roberjerman
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| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? Expensive audio gear is the new crack for the Rich! Fancy stuff to fill those rooms in the mansion/hi-rise! | |
| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? @bdp24 You sir are correct! I seemed to have forgotten Mr.Fulton and FMI. Also Polk's Cobra cable - I had a set! Sold them and bought a 40 ft piece of Mogami Blue Neglex 2477 OFC 12 ga. coax for $40. Cut it in half and used it for the next 20+ ye... | |
| Tube amp suggestions mate with Audionote pre and Tannoy gold monitors The ultimate (and near-impossible to find) tube amp would be the Futterman Harvard Music HB5 OTL with Altec autoformers. Capable of driving low impedances. I have one - bought from the original owner! | |
| ‘modern’, ‘mainstream’ speakers—too many models converging towards too similar a sound Peter Snell's goal was to design a speaker with a flat power response into ANY room (So room-placement effects upon sound quality were eliminated). This remains a fundamental problem that practically all of today's speaker designers either ignore ... | |
| ‘modern’, ‘mainstream’ speakers—too many models converging towards too similar a sound Snell Type A's with wide baffles and against-the-wall placement belie the belief that today's narrow and out-into-the-room speakers are the best at imaging! I have the AIII's and because of smart design handily still outperform most of today's con... | |
| Greatest debut album How about the MC5's Kick Out The Jams! And the Sex Pistol's Never Mind The Bollocks! The precursor and the opening salvo respectively to the arrival of punk rock. | |
| Yamamoto A-08s and preamp CA-04 Joe Roberts of Sound Practices (look it up - the best journal for DIY tube enthusiasts!) thought that the 45 was the best sounding triode for SE use! He also liked the 71A (half the power of the 45). I bought a pair of Heresy's to use with my SE 4... | |
| Help with setting impediance level for Polk rti a7 speakers The POA 2800 has two sets of outputs per channel for driving two pairs of speakers.They are identical. Use either set with your pair of speakers. | |
| Help with setting impediance level for Polk rti a7 speakers The OP has a SS amp! Not a tube amp with multiple outputs! A Denon POA 2800! | |
| Otomon Labs. Soundgate Japan Ken's site on the BAY has a lot of nice audio gear at reasonable prices! I also bought two Fidelity Research tone arms (FR29, FR54) from him. Prompt and safe shipping! | |
| Otomon Labs. Soundgate Japan I'm surprised that I won the auction because there were a lot of bidders and the action was hot until the end! | |
| Otomon Labs. Soundgate Japan I bought a Sanei SA560 2A3 SE amp from Ken/Otomon. Won it at an EBAY auction for $1250. This included shipping from Japan. No output tubes! Had to provide my own - Electro Harmonix Gold's. I still consider the $1250 a fair and reasonable price! Th... | |
| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? Blame it on Noel Lee for starting the fancy wire market way back when! | |
| Yamamoto A-08s and preamp CA-04 That A-O8s SE45 amp is a mere 1.75 wpc! It was reviewed some years ago by Stereophile (should be in their archives). I have a similar SE amp - two-channel 45/6C6's built on a Dyna ST70 chassis by Will Vincent. Requires a 100db sensitivity speaker,... | |
| My first Tube Amplifier Tube amp no.2 was a Heathkit AA100 bought from the original owner/builder (1963). I paid $25 in May 1993. Came with a still good quartet of 7591's and a GZ34 rectifier. Used it with my Quad 57's. Still have it! |