stevecham
Responses from stevecham
| Tube CD-player question The Regas are smooth...I remember hearing a Planet a few years ago and wondered if it had tubes. Very warm. | |
| Tube CD-player question The Jolida is a good player. The CJ DV-2B is a great player and I am still hoping that CJ will re-release this or replace this fine component. | |
| Leave an amp "on" permanetly Hey there could be an upside to prematurely wearing out your amps by turning them on and off as needed: a damn good reason to go out shopping for a new one. By golly, the horror! | |
| Leave an amp "on" permanetly I think it is better to turn components off when not using them for more than a few hours. I have not heard of a single example where the life of a component was shortened by routine switching on and off. This is simply another bit of audiophile f... | |
| Your Fav EL34 and why? Now running a new quad of KT77s from JJ in my CJ CAV50 and these are as good if not a little more dynamic and full compared to the Winged Cs. | |
| what makes a tube sound the way it does? OTL stands for output transformerless | |
| Best Value Speaker Model for the Buck? Vandersteen 1c and 2Ce sigs | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Hiend2: I use 45 watts a side from a CJ CAV50 to drive my 86 dB Vandy 2Ce Sigs in a moderately sized room and I have very little trouble hitting my comfort zone of 80 dB in my listening position about 10 ft from them.I don't know where you get tha... | |
| Common If they would just slow down the pressing process a little and let the damn biscuit settle into the stamper a bit longer, all that surface noise would go away. I know time is money but just a bit longer will help. I have several Classic releases t... | |
| Amazingly Close to Krell Sound Krell has never made tube amps. | |
| Amplifier for Vandersteen 5A' s ? A friend of mine uses Parasound JC-1 monoblocks and they sound fabulous with the 5As. | |
| May Day May Day Pathetic little thing with screw on stylus, mount assembly that touched a rubber/piezo pad. White arm, mainly for 45s. Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini was my first record. Then my grandparents gave me a stack of Ravel Mother Goose S... | |
| Conrad Johnson and Proac Speakers Kd7kld, YES!!! | |
| Thiel 3.6's vs. Vandersteen 3 sigs Soitanly! | |
| Conrad Johnson and Proac Speakers Thiel or Vandersteen (2Ces with lower power CJ amp) |