retiredfarmer
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| Harbeth Super HL 5 Plus room size? About the size of my room mine is 16x23x7.5 I have a set and really like them. I have huge power on them and they sing. Regards | |
| Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ? Look at the neat speaker line very nice speakers and very British sounding. Regards | |
| Western Electric surveying market for (domestic?) mfg. of other tube types? This would be fine but everyone must remember these will not be at the prices of the Russian tubes. I personally don't know anyone who has bellied up to the bar for a set of EAT or ELROG tubes. I don't know many people with tubes though. I read so... | |
| Commonly mentioned speaker brands? Harbeth,neat. | |
| Tube shortage? Well there is elrog and eat high end tubes if the price gets closer to these maybe more tempting. | |
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2358773 Well no it is all part of the reproduction. Junk in junk out a horrendous recording it doesn't matter what the equipment is or what the placement is like it is horrendous. In fact the closer a person ha... | |
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? Well after reading the thread to me there is one other thing missing that is recording quality. As an old friend used to tell me one third of sound quality is the total equipment another third is the room setup and the final third is the recording. | |
| Does carpet deaden the sound too much? Yes I have a few sets of springs. Feet of silence as well as discs of silence and a spring manufacturers setup with ebony and crystal s. I have a set of harbeth slh5 speakers. It was quite amazing how a speaker stand change made them better. The ... | |
| Does carpet deaden the sound too much? Lol neats not beats. Auto correct! | |
| Does carpet deaden the sound too much? I read this different and perhaps I have come to the wrong idea. But here it goes. I am thinking that perhaps the speakers are sitting on the carpet without spikes etc. Anytime I have just looked a set of speakers down they sound dead. I have had ... | |
| Class A or Class D solid-state amplifiers (modern designs) This is the only current amplifier that I have heard that left that feeling of that is special with me. Not sure what class it is but I know to me it was special! With the continuous increase in use of the internet there are very few brick and mor... | |
| Class-A Amplification and 15 Amp Outlet You cannot draw more our of the wall than the circuit can provide that is what the breaker is for so you don't overload the wiring in your home and start a fire. And you can get away with putting Amos that draw to many watts at full draw if you un... | |
| Class-A Amplification and 15 Amp Outlet Well first off I would see what the manufacturer recommends. Secondly you have to remember that anything that makes heat draws big Amps. That is the reason class a amps use more they make heat. As far as sound quality goes you don't want the circu... | |
| Power Conditioning on the Cheap I find that most power conditioners do good and bad things. Dedicated powerline s on the same leg of the breaker box wire the same length and furutech plugs only do good things nothing bad. Cannot say that with any power conditioner I have been... | |
| Power Conditioning on the Cheap The top grade furutech power outlet. Then after that furutech top with of the line AC and IEC ends on your power cords. Start at the wall one set and keep going until you decide it's time to relax for awhile to pl |