samujohn
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| How to level match when comparing components? Sorry, I misquoted, he said "evaluate them effectively". | |
| How to level match when comparing components? You cannot level match, unless you are picking a specific frequency, typically 1000 HZ. Music is not so simple. I use a verity of equalizations which are stored in memory and the perceived level changes with each one. Therefore, I agree that long ... | |
| Are you a Verificationist about audio? Long ago, when I was young, if an amplifier passed a sine wave and a square wave at a certain power over a certain frequency range, it was declared to be better than the job required, since obviously one could not hear distortion below say 1 or 2 ... | |
| The most important word of advise? Tvad: Mostly customers were pre-sold by advertising. That was fine, but when I tried to give advice based on my knowledge, such as it was, I was met by arguments and questions derived from advertisements. Neither I, or my customers had any useful ... | |
| The most important word of advise? JohnK's advice is sound (pun intended). Buy Vandersteens or Quads, and similar everyman audio stuff, and get a grip on what folks are talking about. I sold audio stuff for years and only had one customer who I thought shopped intelligently. He cam... | |
| What are we really trying to replicate? I agree with your basic point. Few things irritate me more than attending a "live concert" and instead hearing the PA system, which is certainly inferior to my home system in all aspects but ultimate sound pressure levels.Acoustic instruments are ... | |
| Martin Logan Aerius i or Vandersteen 2Ce ??? You owe it to yourself to take an extended listen a set of Quad 63's.These classics set the standard for natural, unforced resolution at moderate levels. If pressed for space, hang a blanket on the wall behind them.Almost everything the Vandy's do... | |
| Vintage Phono Stage? pros and cons You do need to consider the amount of gain needed if you plan to use the lower output moving coils (I do not). I am very happy with my solid state CJ EF-1. Quiet as the grave, it's was $2000 a decade ago and is a set and forget unit. CJ is always ... | |
| Martin Logan Aerius i or Vandersteen 2Ce ??? I have owned 2c's using tubes and solid state amps. They are good value, are easy to drive, and do few things wrong, but are not the last word in detail. I love electrostatics, own them and have had several in my home. The small hybrid types- like... | |
| How to make record albums "I've dealt with orchestra leaders who wanted me to use more mics and signal processing"You are so right! Knowledge of live performances, and knowledge of recordings are unrelated. Many musicians do not "hear" the recording, they only reference th... | |
| Upgrade advice, please. I liked tubes for their musicality, and solid state for the power, but the Tact digital is impressively quiet and stunningly quick. Previously I had no idea how much low level detail was obscured by transistor noise, or how much tubes compress the... | |
| How to make record albums If you want to replicate the classic Mercury sound, you might try sending the line output down a few miles of telephone wire! | |
| Upgrade advice, please. If you really want to stick with tubes, one stereo tube amp I can recommend unreservedly is the Music Reference RM 200 or the older RM9.It has been highly rated (class A) for years, as was the RM9 versions one and two, its predecessors. While it s... | |
| How to make record albums Astralography: Nice post. I am a bit older than you, so have seen the evolution a bit longer. Put simply, recording live performances and making the result as convincing as possible was replaced (for economic reasons) by the recording culture that... | |
| Upgrade advice, please. I will add that the CJ 2500A @ 240 per channel will easily power almost any speaker and can be had for around $1500. The 2250A is similar, is also very powerful, and costs even less. An Alternative is a digital amp. I own a Tact and there is an S2... |