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| Does your system do things better in the dark? Neither Meatload or Madonna has fallen asleep on me. | |
| Best way to couple monitor speakers to stands? Put 50 lbs on top of the monitor | |
| 12ax7's to roll Donjr: The 35.00 cost for a pair of new ElectroHarmonic 12ax7 tubes covers the cost of manufacturing and distributing at 2009 prices. At times I've bought expensive NOS tubes which invariably helped maintain the high prices of NOS tubes. There are... | |
| 12ax7's to roll I was very surprised with the performance of new Electro Harmonic 12ax7 Gold Pins (not NOS): dynamic and accurate. They were $35.00 for the pair. I like Siemens 12ax7s, very accurate and quiet and I liked them more than Telefunkens | |
| Recommendation for speaker wire upgrade My newest favorite speaker wire is Analysis Plus Oval, they easily replaced Kimber 4tc and 8tc feeding Green Mountain monitors w/a 2 channel McIntosh amp and also via monoblocks. The Plus Oval cable is a hollow braid like the 4tc/8tc with amazing ... | |
| Tube preamplifier tube choice help please The 6sn7 will probably be easier to sell as a used item | |
| Tube preamplifier tube choice help please A lot of audio equipment manufacturers utilize the 6SN7 and millions of these tubes were manufactured for the military, so there is a good supply and more choices for tube rolling. My favorite 6SN7s are Slyvania for accuracyFor tubey sound I like ... | |
| Has anyone tried new Auvio cables from Radio Shack Got me interested. I passed a Radio Shack during lunch, purely by accident and got a pair for $20.00. I'll let them burn in and do a comparison against ELF Gold Helix, Virtual Dynamics, Audio Quest King Cobra and Quest's Black Mambas. So far, I've... | |
| Whats your current Reference CD at the moment? For Midrange and treble: Bob Dylan: Modern Life #3For Bass: Embrya by Maxwell | |
| Best place in the system for a good PC? A power cord makes the most improvement in your amp | |
| Small speakers...big sound?? Check out the Europa or the Calisto by Green Mountain Acoustics | |
| Can I do better? Can I do better? Don't let go of the branch below you until you have a firm grasp on the branch above you | |
| dustcover up, down or off I bought an MM7 (used with no cover) and replaced the cover with a new MM7 cover. When the cover is down the counter weight starts to hit the cover during the last 1-2 minutes on the last track of each LP, so I leave it open. Stevecham: does this ... | |
| Which inexpensive ic's cables worth checking out? I like My Audio Cables (MAC) for interconnects and power cords. Signal Cables didn't work for me. Personal favorite is Virtual Dynamics | |
| Decent software for classical LP collection mgmt? I like collectorz |