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| Selling a very rare album It's a bootleg from an LA concert. Not much.Maybe a limited press, but not "rare"Only for the hardcore Tull fans, which are getting up in age. Hurry and sell it, before it's too late! | |
| Should the power be off every time changing cables? Playing with electrical components -always best to play it safe. Power off.Real world-I've never been to a demo/show, where gear was turned off, with the exception of power cables.This has been with the presence of the amp/gear designer standing n... | |
| Another marketing gimmick? I wouldn't be surprised the amp sounds great. It's a $14K amp, with the latest transistor technology-it should!https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9b494-agd-productions-vivace-monos-gallium-nitride-newest-techn...The circuit in a tube thing just ... | |
| Another marketing gimmick? dweller-you're on to something....let's collaborate$$$$! | |
| Another marketing gimmick? Perfect for the buyer "innovative stuff?"A look at the manual, and it appears the designer even put orange LED's in the faux tube. This thing is just....odd. It better sound good for $14K! Plenty of SS amps for less, that sound great. | |
| Phono Amp for new Rega Planar 10 with Apheta 3 "The problem is that I do not want to spend $20k just for my analog front experience to justify it as better"Your assessment is neither right or wrong. What sounds "better" is up to your ears.Subjective, like everything audio. The P10/Apheta setup... | |
| THD In Light Bulbs LED=light emitting diodeAre you hearing more noise with it on? If not, just enjoy your music.Best to turn off, unplug EVERYTHING in your house for true sonic enjoyment.That's if you follow the "keep the power pure" philosophy. | |
| PWB Electronics The Belts have been doing their thing for awhile. I didn’t hear anything different with the magic foil, years ago. The other free tweaks didn’t improve anything either. Perhaps my hearing isn’t sensitive enough? I squinted my eyes, closed them, le... | |
| Question about TT Power Connections For that level of turntable, use whatever the manufacturer provides. Best to simply enjoy playing a record. All of those models are fine units. IF, you're truly obsessed, be concerned with the platter speed consistency of whatever model and get on... | |
| Fosgate Signature Phono V1 Preamplifier I use a Foz V2. Like everything audio, the tube/cable tweaks are a subjective, YMMV thing.The manual states V3 makes the most sonic change. After trying tubes in the other positions, I too agree it's the only position worth experimenting with. Wh... | |
| Speakers or room room/speaker positioning with good speakers are better than great speakers,less than ideal positioning and bad room setup. | |
| Looking for Speakers circa 2K If I were looking in your price range, I would have these on my list.https://www.musicdirect.com/speakers/ELAC-Adante-AS-61-Bookshelf-Speakers. With the stands, seems like a nice deal.The open box deal is particularly appealing. These were the fla... | |
| Settings For pro-ject Tubebox DS https://www.project-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Manual_Tube-Box-DS2.pdfWhat's not clear?I had a P5 years ago. Fun table stock, better with a couple mods.Exact cartridge uses the lowest gain setting- 47K loading. Pretty much the go to set... | |
| Which tubes is better. Siemens or Telefunken? Wow! time marches on...This is an 18 year old thread. | |
| Kiseki Purpleheart "Disturbing to hear about those quality issues."big_greg-I typically have good luck with gear. Likely, no real concern in your case.The KB does have subtle refinement compared the the ART9 overall-particularly the mids/highs. It should, being 2X ... |