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| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? I'd never leave any tube equipment on 24/7. Some have standby mode, in which only heaters are lit, some also have soft start circuits, both minimize wear. The rest you're choosing between wear and tear from being used 24/7 or same from inrush curr... | |
| Klipsch Forte ii too bright, or is it my room ? @audioman58 Way too much info for this thread, OP looking for simple fixes. I happen to agree with you, my Klipschorn, extreme mods.I saw OP later post. He has idea of fixing room first, this is exactly how he should proceed. He then mentioned amp... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics I wish someone or something would define exactly what tweaks are.Is there an objective list of particular devices or group of devices? Therefore, room treatments, cables, AC, footers/isolation, internal parts such as capacitors, resistors, etc. ? ... | |
| How much power for Merlin VSM speakers? Wow, you must listen at very low volumes! I used 845 SET amps with Merlin VSM-MM for years, all the volume, micro and macro dynamics, transient performance one could want. But a 2a3? I had 2a3 monoblocks at the same time powering small bedroom sys... | |
| Critical listening and altered states Forgot to mention subjective physical qualities of our individual brain/ears. Makes me wonder if a truly objective mind can even exist within the ascetic? | |
| Critical listening and altered states This word, objectivity, seems to be so misused these days. In regard to listening to an audio system, I could argue its used as what in reality is a subjective state. Objective listening as used here is in reality an evaluative or judgemental stat... | |
| older CD transport vs newer ones. Per Charles, yes, don't need to hijack thread, this has been discussed at length here at the 'gon' and elsewhere.For those still using cd transports, players. I discovered very early on, footers and rack solutions have relatively large effect on p... | |
| Klipsch Forte ii too bright, or is it my room ? He needs to change only one variable at a time, changing room first may allow him to live with rest of system. If he intends on keeping Klipsch (which do have some admirable qualities even in stock form), damping the horns could be a next possible... | |
| Acoustic Revive RR888 , Chartres mk. V and Chinese Schumann resonators. I previously used two Chartres, both were sent to me clean, pristine, no issues. I used with decent LPS and power cords, they had a relatively large effect in my room and system. Mine had potentiometers, so intensity could be adjusted. I suspect y... | |
| Klipsch Forte ii too bright, or is it my room ? I'd agree room would be first thing. Second could be wrap horn rather than change amp. I can only tell you the horn on my Klipschorn went from ringing like a bell to sounding like a damp rag. I tried everything from tiny to large amounts of variou... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night I'm out of here at times, sometimes for long periods. Upon return, noticed Almarg posts disappeared, didn't know he had passed. He was always one I respected, both for his knowledge and his steady and kind demeanor. He also treated novices with re... | |
| older CD transport vs newer ones. Don't agree with Georgehifi, tons of info on this very topic all over the place, many reasons why rip could sound better than cd played over transport. Doesn't mean it always will, but its not unusual that it does. | |
| Dedicated 20a lines, 125 feet distance, which gauge wire to run? I use 10awg on 75' lines. The problem with anything bigger is you'll have issues with fitting onto vast majority of AC receptacles. You'd probably have to use sub panel for the larger wire, then run 10awg from there. | |
| Streamer vs. new mac mini for 2 channel system tvad, I don't have direct answer since my RenoLabs switch has built in LPS. Prior to switch, I fed NAS and server directly from router. I can say adding an LPS to router was very worthwhile upgrade, continue to use on router since addition of swit... | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy OCD guy pretty much like most humans. Recently heard the average human tells ten lies a day. Does that mean I should no longer trust any human? No, I'm willing to listen, there may still be accurate information to be gleaned, in which case its ser... |