swampwalker
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| Sunfire Classic Tube Pre-Amp will the "good" tubes always be "good" with all Pre-amps? Unfortunately, no. OTOH, many pre-amps are very easy on small signal tubes like you have. They may be just fine. Regardless, you will probably experience a greater improvement in sound... | |
| Musician vs. audiophile Very interesting topic. Props to the OP. Frogman said:The degree to which the sound of even our most sophisticated stereo systems deviates from the purity of sound in live unprocessed (or minimally so) music is typically and seriously underest... | |
| Are my " diamond " tweeters really diamond Like a diamond condom for your tweeter.....ouch! At least your speakers won't need those blue pills ;-) | |
| Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc? Kitty Litter. Unscented. And unused. Have you done a shoot-out; used vs. unused? ;-) | |
| Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc? No idea on how much or what you use would affect sound, but be aware that lead, if ingested, can have an adverse effect on cognitive development. If you have young children in the house and decide to use lead shot, you should fill and adjust in an... | |
| What music or equipment gifts did you get for Christmas this year? +1 gpgr4blu and ruebent re: Amazon wish list. My wife looked at mine and got me AKG noise-canceling earbuds (N20-NC, I think) for when we travel. In the case, they take up roughly 1/10 of the space of the PSB noise-canceling headphones they are ... | |
| Best tidings to Gonners old and new. Happy New Year, 4yanx. Glad to hear you have regained your health and gained a new partner. with those intact, everything else is gravy! | |
| Total newbie question here about completing a system " analog signal from a computer source ".... huh??? Was trying to keep it simple,,,many computers will output an analog signal using internal digital to analog converter (DAC). | |
| Total newbie question here about completing a system he will need a phono stage to boost and correct the frequency response of the TT before the signal goes to the LS2 line stage. Phono cartridges do not output a strong enough signal to drive the line stage properly and there are also physical chall... | |
| Simple copper speaker terminal jumpers? Lost my originals. Here you go:http://www.cardas.com/jumpers.php | |
| what to buy first Interesting question. The Benchmark DAC/Mac-mini is a well-respected combination for a source. However, based on my experience with a Marantz SR5006 AVR, that is probably your weak link. Despite the power rating, it sounds very anemic to my ear... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? listen to them using my ears. Merry Christmas, Wolfie. Good to see that you're still marching to the beat of a different drummer ;-) | |
| NSMT Speakers? @NSMT2- said Spend more time doing research less time trolling. You might want to take your own advice; spend more time on research and less on marketing BS. If you have bothered to look at Audiokinesis’ post history on this site, or research his ... | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? @prof- I was using "value added" to include all of the various elements. I could not agree more with your feelings about the over-chatty or under-knowledged salesperson. Can’t get to the door fast enough. In fact, it's one of the reasons why I do... | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? It’s theft. And not the cool kind of theft that comes from desperation and need of basic necessities like food, shelter and clothing. It’s the narcissistic type of theft that comes from a lack of a moral compass. +1 viridianOP said:moral compas... |