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| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? On/off cycling the worst, in rush current at initial startups hard on tubes, rectifier tubes and/or soft start circuits, rectifier tubes may be sacrificial here. Heat is the enemy of all components, my 845 SET amps, nearly 1000V at plates, coolin... | |
| Treating the ceiling and floor, who else has had great results? Mostly light absorption on floors, oriental carpets, ceiling combo of absorption and diffusion at critical points. I have sprinkled diffusion panels throughout entire listening room 30'L x 13'W, sloped symmetrical ceiling. Acoustic treatments are ... | |
| Who's winning? External judgement, why should you care. Internal judgement, whatever floats your boat, you make up a story in your mind, this your truth, if goals all there is, missing out on much. $30k speaker person is audiophile, this is a journey filled with... | |
| Do you listen to your music with your eyes open or closed or a combination of both? I listen exclusively at night, blacked out room, I do combo, mostly closed however. I want no distractions during my listening sessions, no visual stimulation for me. | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @shmeet Dac and streamers don't require high current, some cable manufacturers sell high current PC for amps and such, lower for sources. No issues using the high current on sources or any component, but as to whether that cable best in that parti... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship Should add, same xlr vs rca out issue with 005 and 006, I posit XLR superior. | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @car123 Congratulations, you're in exact same boat as I with streaming setup, in fact I feel the same way about my entire system. So even with things seemingly 'perfect', I still reflexively seek change or to be more concise, change seems to s... | |
| Who's winning? While I don't understand churners the few I've known seem to be happy living in the churn so whom am I to judge. And for those who understand about the downsides of desire there is more to. it than winning and losing. | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? And not just for subs, I now use them on every single important piece of equipment. Nice thing is you can build exactly to the need which may be unique for every piece of equipment, need more bass for instance, more AWG, voicing, AWG, solid or lit... | |
| No one talks about Purist Audio Design cables. At the time I ran PAD cables was running push pull EL34 and 845SET amps with modified Merlin VSM and various Alon open baffle speakers, also loved Kimber Tri Focal XL with the Alons. Then I got the Klipschorns, more sympathetic with Cardas Golden ... | |
| No one talks about Purist Audio Design cables. I used any number of their cables back in the day, Dominus Ferox and Fluids, had some IC's, can't recall the model, all were favs for quite a while. | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? Agree with most posters here, EL34 easily my favorite push pull amp tube. Sweet, natural mids, highs may or may not be rolled, depends on amp, bass is biggest issue. Bass issue is lack of slam, can be too resonant in some situations. Power supply ... | |
| What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate? Gate keeping comes from higher end manufacturers and we audiophiles that speak in code and language unknown to the rest of world. We are simply a cult to rest of world. | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? Yep, purity of metal is important consideration. This diy design can use any type of wire, I've been most happy with twisted runs of VHAudio AirLock sold core OCC copper, this for hot wire, number of runs depend on use, three runs of 18AWG of this... | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» In my younger days I felt the need to have others share in my audiophile enthusiasm and/or share in their enthusiasm, much more social undertaking in those days. Over all those years only a single short lived conversion, and this individual no lon... |