rodman99999
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| PSA 3 Phono Stage Pre-amp... VS ...Hafler 110 full pre-amp with phono Are you referring to the Icon Audio PS3 Phono Stage? Using the Hafler would mean processing the phono signal through both it's Phono and Preamp stages, before inputting to your integrated's preamp stage. Generally speaking; simpler (les... | |
| Tung Sol 6550 NOS vs Grove Tube 6550A NOS btw- You’ll note; they had a grading system, by which a purchaser could choose the distortion inception/levels (ie: at what bias setting/how much) of their tubes (pg 4). Will your seller provide that info? I have to wond... | |
| Tung Sol 6550 NOS vs Grove Tube 6550A NOS "I find information that Groove Tubes is not a tube manufacturer." Correct (they were a tube rebrander, marketing mainly to musicians). "May I know who produce this tube and produce in which coun... | |
| Is there measurement that correlates with cohesive/pinpoint imaging? Whenever a question arises, regarding sound stage and imaging; I make this suggestion: The following provide tests, with which one may determine whether their system actually images, or reproduces a sound stage, as recorded. ie: The LEDR test... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night Condolences, to the family. RIP, Al Will miss his insights. | |
| Leave tube amps always on? "Tubes, generally speaking, are NOT like light bulbs, so they do not suffer nearly as much from the thermal shock of being turned on." Actually; the cathode in a vacuum tube is heated by a refractory metal filament, generally tungsten, very m... | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality +1, on that Atkinson piece. | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality "......the same fuser snake oil s**t" That's the Naysayer Doctrine preacher's outlook, on the 20th Century's Physics. Gimme that old-time religion, gimme that old-time religion........(one can almost hear the Wonder From Down Under,... | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality Back in the 1960’s, those of us blessed with the access to institutions of higher learning, were being taught the truths of wave/particle duality, dielectric constants/polarization, and attending lectures on the theories of virtual photons, Quantu... | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality "YOU GOT NOTHING" doesn’t carry the same impact or religious fervor as, "TRUST ME" and shouting, "AMEN!", but- close enough, Wonder. CHEERS! | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality btw: About PCB boards and Dielectric Absorption, Constants and Polarization (some things the Naysayer Doctrine would like to ignore): https://pcbprime.com/pcb-tips/controlled-dielectric/ | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality There’s that 1800’s technology and belief system, rearing it’s head, again. You forgot to say, "TRUST ME" and to shout, "AMEN!" | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality "So why is there a belief that speaker cables and interconnects are not thought to be the same? Why should we not treat them as integral system components? I propose that they do make a difference, how do I know? because I tried it. ... | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality Don't knock it! "Cheers" means, "G'bye!" That's GOOD news! | |
| LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality Once again: the Wonder From Down Under (a Naysayer Doctrine, snake-oil handler, extraordinaire) offers nothing of value, in 500 words or less, to a thread (always failing to surprise). |