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| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? Check out singer Gregory Porter's release All Rise! In the same class as Nat King and Freddie Cole! A superb vocalist! | |
| Sound Dynamics THS-3000 subwoofer. Never heard of them - til now. Sound Dynamics made a three-way speaker, the 300ti, that Harry Pearson (TAS) praised and really liked back in the early 90's. It cost about $600/pair. SD was part of a larger Canadian speaker company (whose name escapes me at this moment). You hav... | |
| Death Of A Tube Amp (A Short Story) The moral here is: BUY AMERICAN! | |
| Heathkit TT1a Tube tester NO! Congratulations on a nice restoration of a classic piece! | |
| Van Den Hul Grail Vs Grail SE My apologies jakesnak! I was just in a grumpy mood when I posted. I have removed my three posts. | |
| Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good? Flat Earth Science at best! "The capacity of Humans for self-delusion is apparently unlimited" - Mr.Spock the Vulcan | |
| suggestion for a SS class AB amp that sounds like a class A ... if such a thing exists Quad 405 and its later iterations: the 303 and 606! Truly innovative circuitry and excellent SQ! I have a 405 and it does sound like the proverbial "straight wire-with-gain"! Something the Benchmark amp has been compared to! | |
| REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab Buy the better-engineered speaker! You already know which one! | |
| Placing turntable on top of fireplace mantle? Yes, that will work good! The mass of the marble acts as a solid foundation! | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Savoy Brown's Blue Matter - Deram CD played on the JVC 24-bit DVD player. | |
| Tube Replacement Problem - Audio Research SP9 MKiii- V1 Tube Goes Dark w/ new V2 installed Don't yank them out of the sockets when power is on! You can wiggle them ok! | |
| Tube Replacement Problem - Audio Research SP9 MKiii- V1 Tube Goes Dark w/ new V2 installed Possibility 2 is that the old V1 has an internal bad connection to its heater. That is the simplest fix! Just install a new tube with a working heater! Try the wiggle test! A bad internal heater connection can be intermittent also! | |
| Tube Replacement Problem - Audio Research SP9 MKiii- V1 Tube Goes Dark w/ new V2 installed Try wiggling the dark V1 after installing V2. See if it lights! Cold solder joints can be intermittent! Tube sockets should not be soldered to pc boards! Poor connections can result! | |
| Tube Replacement Problem - Audio Research SP9 MKiii- V1 Tube Goes Dark w/ new V2 installed Matching not needed! I suspect a poor solder connection on one or both of V1's socket's heater connectors to the pc board. That's why V1 won't light when you press the new V2 into its socket. Easily fixed - if you can get to the underside of that ... | |
| JBL L65 vs Forte III vs Cornwall IV JBL65 Jubal's will kill any Klipch for sheer musicality! You'd be foolish to relegate them to your workshop! You would be trading listenability for loudness! |