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| Can tube preamps be as 'detailed' sounding as ss? Tubed circuits can be very fast and wide bandwidth. That is, IF they are built to do so. SS circuits can be very fast and wide bandwidth. That is, IF they are built to do so. As such, it boils down more to the goals and approach that the designer ... | |
| a simple yet stupid ? question Higher volumes require greater voltage and current, which in turn causes greater thermal rise and stress. As far as different "phases" of break-in go, there is only one that takes place. This may take a day or two of extreme use or a very extended... | |
| DIY Interconnects review Dbld: Very few components ( i really don't know of ANY in specific ) will work best with a high capacitance interconnect. Having said that, one can use a high capacitance interconnect to tame top end brightness and / or to tailor the response to o... | |
| DIY Interconnects review Gregm: Changing the spacing between conductors alters the nominal impedance. The further the gap between the conductors, the higher the nominal impedance. While a higher nominal impedance can act as a "buffer" to the source component loading into ... | |
| I hope break in is true Music Direct does stock these discs. If you are open to doing business with them, call and ask for Bes : )As previously mentioned, the Ayre disc has several seconds of silence at the beginings of tracks 1 & 7. Do NOT crank up your volume think... | |
| I hope break in is true My experience is that this type of disc can benefit components at line level along with those operating at amplifier output / speaker level. As mentioned, i've used this on digital sources without signal making it to the speakers and i've always b... | |
| I hope break in is true Scottht: I would beg to differ pertaining to your claims that these discs do nothing to the electronics. I've used the Ayre disc to "break in" CD / DVD players with no sound being reproduced through the rest of the system. The improvements in the ... | |
| DIY Interconnects review TA-DAAAAAAAH !!!! Persistence prevails!!!Hopefully, this thread will encourage others to experiment and share their results. Kudo's once again to JD and all of the effort he put into not only undertaking this project, but also the persistence in p... | |
| I hope break in is true Muralman: I hear ya and was waiting for someone to say something like that : )Honestly though, my Dad has never regretted the work that we did to his system, especially the speakers. He must not be that impressed with them as much as he was before... | |
| Soundlab M1 and Alpha-Core cables Sorry, i misunderstood the motives / point of your question RW. If you don't think that "skin effect" comes into play, try finding some cabling that is identical other than the conductor type i.e. solid vs stranded with the same gauge and geometry... | |
| Music out there with good bass If you like "metal" and seek "pounding double bass" kick drums, check out Master's "Faith is in Season". If you want to see just how much bottom end extension and output your speakers really have, check out Ayre Acoustics "irrational but efficacio... | |
| I hope break in is true Do yourselves a favour and pick up the Ayre Acoustics break in disc entitled "irrational but efficacious". Slip it into your player and hit "repeat" for as long as you can. Set your volume control as high as it can go without doing damage to the s... | |
| Soundlab M1 and Alpha-Core cables Rlwainwright: We've been down that road before several times here. Depending on the test methodology, results vary quite a bit in terms of "skin effect" / inductive reactance. When factored into actual use tests i.e. by combining the electrical ch... | |
| Ohm Speakers, thoughts? I have no doubt that the Walsh driver stomps all over Maggies, which are the best selling "audiophile approved" speaker in the world. As such, i'll use them as a point of reference. By re-designing the Walsh motor structure and suspension, thereby... | |
| Ohm Speakers, thoughts? Frap: I would tend to agree, but maybe from a different perspective. The Walsh makes music with both depth and ambience whereas other speakers may produce FAR greater "hi-fi resolution". As far as being immersed in sound, as one is at a concert or... |