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| Looking for thoughts/opinions on tube seller's response to my question... Others more knowledgeable about this, perhaps @mechans , could chime in here, but I recall something about 6SN7GTA vs 6SN7GTB compatibility being an issue on some circuits, but not others. Are you sure that the B is recommended on that piece of ge... | |
| ***Going Insane***End Game Speakers***Harbeth Verity or Living Voice*** "End Game" and "can't audition" don't belong in the post, especially if your are tied to a 15w amp. If you change the equation to "best guess" and "for a while or longer" then you are in a different situation. If you can't audition, buy used so yo... | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? There's a number of them that are very high quality and low maintenance.VAC, Atma-Sphere, BAT, Lamm, Music Reference, Herron, VTL, Rogue all qualify IMHO. Audio Research is one of the biggest brands, but while they certainly have a large number of... | |
| $1000 should be spent for a NOS DAC or a turntable? What's the rest of your system? What have you listened to(analog and digital) that moved you and made you want to listen more? Cheers,Spencer | |
| $1000 should be spent for a NOS DAC or a turntable? Do you have a record collection? Cheers,Spencer | |
| New Rega Planer 8 (P8) Turntable - Apheta 2 Cartridge Combo - Thoughts @fsmithjack Frank, @mulveling makes many good points. I would agree that the Verdier is a solid table, the Herron would beat the Chinook and that the Hana might not be all that.Somebody just listed a Sota Cosmos IV for $4k, that is a fine option. ... | |
| Mac Mini as a music server Sure, but when you turn automatic updates off, security updates aren't installed. If streaming or internet radio are part of why you use the Mac, you become more vulnerable to attack every day. You get annoying prompts daily suggesting updating. M... | |
| Mac Mini as a music server @wtf +1I used a Mac Mini with all the mentioned software too. Audirvana+ was my fav, but between the Apple updates you already explained and A+ trouble with library files getting periodically corrupted, it was frequently not allowing me to just si... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important @lewm The null points for Löfgren "A" (identical to Baerwald) are at 66.0mm and 120.9mm.You've got your A's mixed with your B's. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player Well, not disagreeing that it will sound better than many CD players, but if you change the question to how do I get best sound out of my computer as a digital source then you need to consider:- linear power supplies vs. typical wall warts- type o... | |
| Try before you buy? You want free? Join a local audio club and borrow from your friends. It really works. As a side benefit you get guys to listen over your shoulder and tell you that your opinion is wrong ;-) Cheers,Spencer | |
| pick an integrated from CAM for under $2000 In what decade did you write this? | |
| Nottingham Spacedeck vs Rega Planar 8 vs Technics SL1200G If anybody is moved by this thread to buy RP8, today I got an email from one of the big music direct retailers offering about a third off the price of them. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Need speaker suggestion for a larger room! The problem isn't that a live room devalues cone speakers. It's that cone speakers disperse widely. That dispersion hits side walls and glass reflections will ruin sound of any speaker. Dipoles almost all the energy goes front and back. If the gla... | |
| Most impressive youtube demo clips If you are implying that you can judge the sound quality of a system by listening to a YouTube clip, that is just plain scary for you and terrible advice for anybody else. Audio quality on YouTube is low resolution. Limitations of the mic & t... |