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| Devore or Harbeths to replace my ESL63s? I too would appreciate reading a follow-up after you've lived with the 30.1's for a while. I read a blog a few months ago by a guy who has both ESL-57's and 30.1's, and as I recall he occasionally swaps them back and forth but overall prefers the ... | |
| Classe CA-201 Issue I had a Classe CA-300 a while back and I had the flashing green light a few times including at turnon. It turned out this was due to some low-frequency pulses produced by the preamp while it was warming up. It would be easy to find out if your pre... | |
| I can't get a wood bodied Benz anymore I had SoundSmith do a "re-tip only" on my Benz LP and I think it sounds the same as it did prior to the retipping, just with a whole lot better tracking since the stylus tip is no longer worn. The retipping didn't take all that long, maybe 6 weeks... | |
| Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps.... Someone once said something along these lines: The sound quality of a given component is 75% due to the circuit design, i.e. the engineering, 75% due to component part selection, and 50% due to build quality.I like this not just because it's funny... | |
| Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps.... That's good to hear about KT-120s. I have been using my pair for over a year so maybe I have a few more years to go. Mine are run pretty conservatively----500v and 65ma---so that should help.By the way, I don't see any point in waiting very long b... | |
| Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps.... I have noticed the same thing with my tube amps, both my flea-powered 46 SE amps and my 50W PP amps. After 2 hours or so, I can hear greater detail and the soundstage has more of a see-through transparency. It's not a night-and-day kind of thing, ... | |
| Devore or Harbeths to replace my ESL63s? Andrew,I have heard AN-E speakers numerous times at a nearby dealer. At various times he's had the hemp woofer model, a less expensive version, and a ridiculously expensive version with outboard crossovers and silver wiring. I didn't keep track of... | |
| Devore or Harbeths to replace my ESL63s? The AN E speakers have a discontinuity between the drivers that I find annoying and distracting. It's a shame because they have many other very nice qualities. I've noticed that some people are bothered by the discontinuity and others are not. Thi... | |
| Devore or Harbeths to replace my ESL63s? The Harbeth 30.1 would be a great choice! While no one ever knows for sure whether a given speaker will work out as a long-term keeper, your experience with the other Harbeths is a pretty good indication that you will have the 30.1 for a long time. | |
| Devore or Harbeths to replace my ESL63s? Different people have different tastes in speakers, no question about that. I have to take exception to Dodgealum's comment about the Harbeth 30.1 and the Daedalus heard at last year's Capital Audio Fest. I was at the CAF as well for both Fri and ... | |
| Top resistors Great report Justubes2! I am glad the PathAudio resistors have worked well for you. Your description of the Duelund resistors as having "a larger unfocussed and slightly messy soundstage" is, I believe, the same thing I was trying to describe as "... | |
| tube pre amp and Krell FPB 600 I agree that it is not likely a preamp turn-on or turn-off thump will damage the power amp. The real point is the damage to the speakers. Krell has good reason to be concerned about this in my opinion.Since I have been all-tubes for many years, in... | |
| tube pre amp and Krell FPB 600 With due respect to Ralph, I think Krell's concern about tube preamps being used with their direct-coupled amps is a valid one. Many tube preamps have a substantial low-frequency pulse on turn-on and turn-off which can cause major problems for a h... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil A line-level crossover means biamping or triamping which definitely makes your system more complicated. For those of us with tube monoblocks, it means an additional 2 or even 4 amplifiers, each with its own power cord and mounting stand. If you ob... | |
| Top resistors Yes, my resistors are all in the high-pass section of my 2-way crossover. And I am using a mix of Mills wirewound (black body) and PathAudio. I am not using any Duelund resistors these days.As for why I have a mix rather than all PathAudio, my spe... |