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| Cal Audio Alpha 24/96 upgrade? If you haven't tried swapping tubes in this unit, i would go that route before spending the money on the 24 / 96 upgrade. Then again, i know others that have done the upgrade and found it WAY better than any tube swap. It's all personal taste and ... | |
| Sunfire Signature Amp One simple statement: The Signature will drive ANY speaker : )Honestly though, whether or not it is a good sonic match for your speakers or system is another matter. I would say that the amp is very quick and clean but lacks the extreme "punch" or... | |
| Help me salvage my rack Streetdaddy, how are the shelves supported ? Before doing "surgery" on this rack, is it too late to return it ? Sean> | |
| Uh oh.... This is the system that JJ from the Asylum has been working on. John Atkinson from Stereophile has heard their in-house demo and was pretty much blown away. He said that it was enough to make him reconsider his stance on multi-channel recordings. ... | |
| Coincident Total Eclipse/Avalon Radian Room placement for side firing WOOFERS should not be a problem at all. That is, unless they are actually MID-woofers and placed up too high on the cabinet. If the woofer is crossed over higher than 200 Hz (at most), expect problems. If the woofer ... | |
| Solve this fun puzzle What kind of music do you listen to ? Size and shape of room ? Volume level that you like to listen at ? Do you ever plan on adding sources such as a tuner, tape, TT, etc... ? Any size or placement constraints on speakers ? Sean> | |
| new amp vs old amp Not to belittle your purchase, but i can believe that there might not be a drastic difference between your old "Dyna" and the Acurus. Many of the old Dynaco products were "overachievers" in terms of price and age. If the Dyna was a current product... | |
| Stacking power amps mono blocks I agree that stacking the amps is NOT a good idea in terms of heat dissipation. If the amps are high bias designs, i would recommend appr 8" of free space above them. This lets the heat rise out of them unimpeded. In your case, not only is heat tr... | |
| Trelja in New York Trelja, while i did not go out to the show, i too agree with your assessment of the Legend gear. I heard their demo hear at the Stereophile show in 1999 and it was by far one of the best at the show. Even though their little stand mounted monitors... | |
| Are Monoblock s worth it? The only time "reduced" signal levels are "better" than high signal levels in terms of conductivity is when the wire has reached a point of saturation. At this point, the wire can't pass enough current and a voltage drop occurs. Otherwise, higher ... | |
| Are Monoblock s worth it? I experienced a "backwards step" when moving from a single less expensive stereo amp to far more expensive monoblocks. To top this off, i even tried going to more expensive yet 1/4 the length speaker cables ( same manufacturer and design ). When t... | |
| Amps Preamps Try this website. www.rsvlonline.net/vintageamp/From what i've heard, the "new" Threshold is working only on selected "older" models. The website listed above is that of one of the former "original" Threshold employee's that worked in the service ... | |
| October Audio Magazine Issue If the "knuckleheads" that used to put out Audio had ANY smarts, they would have continued putting out JUST the annual equipment directory. I know that i and many others that i know would have been GLAD to pay full subscription price for just that... | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" Out of curiosity Ken, what speaker cables have you tried using in your current system ? Depending on the specific amp & speaker combo, i have noticed some rather drastic differences on this end. Sean> | |
| What SS amp has the fastest warm-up time While opinions vary on the topic of "on vs off" and life expectancy of gear, i am a FIRM believer in leaving amps & preamps ON all the time. My only hesitation for "always on" is something with an LCD display such as transports, tuners, etc...... |