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| Can anyone recommend a better rectifier tube? I have had very good results with RCA 5R4GY rectifiers in both my preamps and choke-input power amps. They are pretty cheap and easy to find, and they last a long time. | |
| Best Speakers at RMAF 2011...? 1. Western Electric 757 speakers in the Silbatone room2. Daedalus speakers in the Galibier room with Serious Stereo amps3. Volti Audio Vittora | |
| Record Cleaner Fluid suggestions On my Loricraft, I use a 2-step process. First, I apply AI #6 and let it sit for about 5 minutes, then after vacuuming it off, I apply L'Art du Son and immediately vacuum it off. If the record has been cleaned before, I will sometimes use just the... | |
| Speaker Stand Design? Stanwal, I am curious about your experience with Spendors on both Sound Anchor and Skylan stands. I have Sound Anchor stands with my SP100s, but I was wondering if the Skylan might give me a fuller low end. Could you describe what you noticed with... | |
| Spendor and Tubes I agree 100%. I have been using my SP100s with tubes for 10 years now. During that time, I have paired them with a modified Dyna 70, Cary 40M monoblocks, EICO push-pull monoblocks (6L6 and EL-34), 300B single ended amps, and now Emotive Vita push-... | |
| Benz Ruby ZH or Wood SM? Thanks for the inital report AQ4life. Very interesting. Please post a followup after you have more hours on the Ruby Z. | |
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| Comparison Living Voice IBX-R2 to OBX-R2? I didn't notice what type of Border Patrol amps were being used. Sorry. | |
| Comparison Living Voice IBX-R2 to OBX-R2? I heard the OBX-R2 twice recently, at the Capital AudioFest and at RMAF, each time with Border Patrol electronics. I had high hopes for the speakers given the praise in various reviews. Each time however I was disappointed finding the overall soun... | |
| 2011 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet I forgot the Volti Audio Vittora. That also sounded very nice, even better than when I heard them at the DC Capital AudioFest in July. | |
| 2011 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet I agree with Clio09. There were very few rooms this year with what I consider good sound. Five that did sound promising or at least interesting were (not in any particular order):1. Silbatone with Western Electric 757 speakers2. Galibier room with... | |
| What equipment uses 5687 tubes? The Emotive Audio Sira linestage uses a single 5687 for the gain (plus a lot of other tubes for voltage regulation and current sources), and the Emotive Vita amps use a pair of 5687s for input and driver stages. | |
| Benz Ruby ZH or Wood SM? Audioquest4life,I too will be interested to hear your reactions to the Ruby Z. I have a 3-year old LP. I have been thinking about trading it in on the LP-S, but maybe the Ruby Z is an alternative. | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? I agree with a lot of your examples. I have a Triplanar and it is pretty ugly, I'll admit. However, I have a Schick 12" and it looks beautiful to my eye. I also liked the appearance of the Moerch DP-6 with 12" wand that I had a while back. | |
| Does anyone like vintage speakers? At the this summer's Capital Audio Fest in DC, I thought the two best sounding rooms were a modern and a vintage room---polar opposites really. One had Wilson Sashas driven by the D'Agostino solid state amps. The other had Western Electric/Jensen ... |