rrog
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| Fleetwood Mac Neilspeed, Fleetwood Mac was not afraid to spend time in the recording studio to get perfection. Recording studios charge by the hour and it was understood Fleetwood Mac's last few albums were extremely expensive to record. It is no wonder the sou... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Do manufacturers of passive preamps and attenuators assist in matching? | |
| Noise at start-up of one mono-block I was going to recommend trying KT88s in your amp. I don't have experience with your amplifiers, but I have owned other Quicksilver amplifiers with KT88 tubes and the sound was very good. | |
| Do any amps have 6 ohm taps for 6 ohm impedance? It is my understanding the taps are slightly lower impedance than marked by most manufacturers. VTL and Manley set theirs at 5 or 5.5 ohms I believe. It's all a matter of taste. Try both taps and see what you prefer. The 8 ohm tap usually sounds w... | |
| Fleetwood Mac I was living in the Bay Area in the 1960s and 70s. I enjoyed live music at the Carousel Ballroom/Fillmore West, Winterland, and the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, the Boat House in Sausalito, the Bodega in San Jose and many other places where g... | |
| Noise at start-up of one mono-block I would replace the output tubes in both amps. With fresh output tubes in both amplifiers you should get a powerful balanced sound. Also,I recommend ordering the tubes from Quicksilver. They know best when it comes to sorting and matching tubes fo... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Pubul57, I thought this thread was closed a long time ago and here you are still carrying one. Maybe dynamics can suffer because of what I said in my very first statement here. The source is not designed to drive anything. The source signal is des... | |
| To bi-wire or not to bi-wire? Try bi-wire and single wire with the cable you have now and see if you hear an improvement. As with most things in audio, you just have to try it. | |
| Noise at start-up of one mono-block Call Quicksilver Audio and talk with Mike Sanders. He is a great guy. I am sure he will help you out. | |
| Why terminations on speaker cable? Elizabeth, Isn't all wire aftermarket? Connecting speaker wire is the most basic of tasks. | |
| Why terminations on speaker cable? All connectors affect the sound. I prefer the sound with bare wire opposed to terminated wire everytime. Audio Magic sells an unterminated wire also. | |
| Preamp suggestions for a monoblock setup Audio Zone Pre A1 currently for sale on Audiogon $495. obo | |
| New audiophile looking for first speakers. HELP The 4430s aren't that easy to drive in the low frequencies with a tube amplifier. | |
| Center imaging problems There are many things that can cause a slight imbalance. Are you using tube equipment? Tubes that are not properly matched can cause this problem. When was the last time you cleaned your connections? Interconnect and speaker connections should be ... | |
| Center imaging problems This should be tested in mono. Can you select mono on your preamp? If not try a mono recording. Try extending a length of string from the center of your listening seat to the front left speaker. Hold the string firmly and extend it to the right sp... |