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| SET amps ? Thanks Larry for sharing about the massive OTL amp from Greece. Very interesting!Whenever I read one of these SET vs. PP threads, I am always left shaking my head. There is just so much more to the sound of an amp than this one aspect. Most of the... | |
| Can good IC's be used instead of dedicated phono's The wires were all about the same length---3 feet or so---and were all positioned about the same. The preamps are all on wood shelves and tables, not near any metal surfaces other than the equipment itself.The ground wires didn't go near any power... | |
| Can good IC's be used instead of dedicated phono's I agree it doesn't make logical sense (at least anything that makes sense to me). That's why I mentioned it. I didn't notice any correlation between wire gauge and sound qualities. I tried about a half-dozen wires including solid silver, solid cop... | |
| Can good IC's be used instead of dedicated phono's If you use a separate ground wire for your phono interconnect, be sure to try different types of wire for the ground. I recently discovered by accident that the type of ground wire made a significant difference sonically. In my case, the ground wi... | |
| Audio Note Kit 1 300b The Daedalus Ulysses was paired with Serious Stereo 2A3 monoblocks at the 2011 RMAF to good effect. These amps are rated at less than 2 watts per channel, yet seemed quite comfortable driving the Daedalus. | |
| Tonearm Upgrade for Miyajima 'Zero' Mono Cartridge A Schick sounds like the obvious choice if you have room for a 12" arm. | |
| Record clamps: do they really make a difference. I think the issue of clamps or weights is too equipment-specific to permit generalized recommendations. In my case, a number of years ago when I used a VPI 19 Mk3, I thought the stock clamp improved the sound without any negatives, so I used it al... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers I've heard the Volti Vittoras at 4 shows---2011 Capital Audio Fest, 2011 RMAF, and 2012 and 2013 Capital Audio Fest. I like the Vittoras a lot, so much that I seriously considered buying them after my first exposure to them at the 2011 CAF. They c... | |
| audio research ls 2b popping noise? Good to hear that. As I said, the LS2 is pretty reliable so hopefully you will now have a number of troublefree years with it. | |
| audio research ls 2b popping noise? Did you get a pop with the old tube or only the new one? If it's only with the new one, then try putting the old tube back in. If you only have a pop with the new tube, then it would seem the tube is at fault. I had an LS2 for a few years and neve... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Kiddman, As the author of the "garage pontification" you object to, I suppose I should respond. One of the drawbacks of this type of forum is that we don't really know each other. Sure, we may get some feel for how people think through their writt... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers I agree completely with Larryi's comments. Although my experience with horns is not as extensive as his, what I have heard matches his descriptions to a T. In particular, efforts to damp the sides of a horn to make them less resonant simply create... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Larryi,Was the 15a system at DejaVu or a private home? I have read about the 15a on the long thread on Lencoheaven, and it seems everyone agrees it is truly magical. | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Let's first acknowledge that it's hard to generalize about the sound of speaker types. There is a wide variety of horn speakers just like there is a wide variety of cone speakers and electrostats. That out of the way, the single most compelling qu... | |
| It was 20 years ago today. . What was your system? Frogman, great story! The same thing happened to me. After trying ever more powerful amps to drive my Thiel 3.6's, and being frustrated at the lack of dynamics, I hooked up a rusty bone-stock Dyna ST70, Music!! Of course, I couldn't turn up the vo... |