roberjerman
Responses from roberjerman
| H/K - Rabco ST-8 Linear tracking TTs never sold in sufficient numbers to justify the manufacturing costs. | |
| Recommendations for floor standers that sound good at low levels too @mlsstl: +1 for the Ohm Walsh's! I forgot about them when I posted about the Vandersteen's. I too have a pair of the older Sound Cylinders with the 8 inch Walsh drivers. They do sound amazing! A wall-to-wall 3-D sound field unlike anything else! T... | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? NO! And transistors don't sound cold! | |
| DCM Time Window 1 questions Add the BEL 1001 amp ($3K + in the early '80s) and the combination has that "rightness" that makes extended listening so enticing! | |
| DCM Time Window 1 questions I own two pairs of Quad 57's and I find the TW's to be equally satisfying for daily listening! | |
| DCM Time Window 1 questions All the TW 1A's had woofers with rubber surrounds. No deterioration! And the TW's frequency and phase measurements are comparable to the Quad 57's! Few dynamic speakers have this level of neutrality! Steve Eberbach (the designer) got it right! A c... | |
| Audio Note Neiro PSE schematic with 45 tube versus Wavac ES-300 IITC schematic Paralleling two 45's will give 3.5 watts (in theory). Equivalent to a single 2A3. I have both a SET 45 (Will Vincent) and a SET 2A3 (Sanei 560). Either output tube makes beautiful music! Problem is finding a good speaker match! I'd go for the AN N... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? Sorry for the redundancy! My smartphone was acting wonky and I tried to cancel the double posting! | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? The info above came from an article in HiFi News & Record Review that I read decades ago! Peter Walker was asked if he listened to his amps during the design process. He said no! He replied that his amps were designed to specifications and tha... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? Back in the days of yore Peter Walker (of Quad fame) arranged a comparative listening test of a tube vs. a transistor amp. Speakers were the Quad 57's. The amps were the Quad II mono's and the 303 (SS).. 15wpc and 35wpc, respectively. Signal sourc... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? The use of metal film resistors in place of carbon. SS diodes in place of tube diodes in the power supplies! The disappearance of power supply chokes! | |
| Your favorite excellent quality/sounding LPs For modern Jazz: Weather Report's first S/T, I Sing The Body Electric, Sweet Nighter and Heavy Weather! Superb compositions and playing by virtuoso musicians! | |
| Your favorite excellent quality/sounding LPs A longtime favorite of mine is the first LP by Kate Bush. Either the US or British pressing will do. A magical recording! The Kick Inside! | |
| Your favorite excellent quality/sounding LPs An easy recommendation are the Haydn "named" symphonies by Neville Marriner & The Academy Of St.Martins on Philips. All analog from the '70s on European pressings! Can be found on Discogs. | |
| Do both cables have to be the same length? NO! As the French Chef says "No diffawrance" between 6ft and 8ft! |