tkhill
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| What is your audio axiom? "I love re-mastering really old material. All those guys wore ties to work." Rudy Van Gelder | |
| Please explain mono The guys who recorded Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives & Sevens all wore ties to work and worked in mono. That's why their work sounds great nearly 100 years later. | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters Absolutely wonderful! Thanks from Wilmington, NC. (the best place to live in CONUS). | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? BGW 250C, McIntosh 275, Hafler DH 101 | |
| Drinking Songs playlest... What am I missing? Red necks, white socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer. Colorado Cool Aid. both by Johnny Paycheck | |
| Budget integrated amp? Musical Paradise MP 301 MK 3. It has two line inputs, fairly low power (what are you driving?), sounds terrific, and could be put in a suitcase—a heavy suitcase. Convertible from 110 to 220 with a switch. Significantly less than $1000 | |
| Amplifier recommendation Merle? Haggard or Watson? | |
| List Of Small Company Tube Amps Check out Musical Paradise, esp. if don't want to sell a kidney for an upgrade. | |
| Quality of recording while evaluating speakers The old rule was garbage in/garbage out.The new streaming rule: good stuff in, maybe garbage out. | |
| List Of Small Company Tube Amps Gary Huang makes great-sounding, bulletproof gear that you can actually afford. https://www.musicalparadise.ca/store/ I LOVE my MK301 MK3! (And have owned McIntosh, Dyna and Sophia, plus sever other ss amps). | |
| Sophia Electric is not honest Does anyone out there have a spec. sheet for this amplifier (Sophia EL 34 A/B)? Sophia now denies having any documentation. These are not my favorite people! | |
| Is My Tube Amp Unfixable? Help Needed Replace the output tube with a known good & then work your way back. It's also possible the tube sockets are wonky. Clean them with a drop of deoxit sprayed on a periodontal brush. Also clean the pins. Good luck. | |
| Replacement Tubes Tube Depot https://www.tubedepot.com/ | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? Is it really a contest? I thought it was a hobby. Upon returning from abroad with a modestly priced Chifi tube amp, I sold all my solid-state gear and upgraded (?) to tubes because I like the sound more. | |
| Should I steer clear of class D amps I've no familiarity with current NAD products. Those I owned were excellent values. "Class D" always sounded a bit like snake oil to me. The data seems to show it. As to tubes sucking up power, I recently installed a vintage Sophia EL 34-based am... |