tkhill
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| Questionable Tweak Bayliner - Can you hear the difference between red beans and black beans? | |
| The greatest tweak ever? We spent an afternoon setting up to record a b.f.d. organ and chorus recital. Sound check was great! We went to dinner (stayed sober) and it rained. Thank God for the second touch-up rehearsal - everything changed with relative humidity. | |
| When a budget speaker is preferred to a high end one... Does anyone out there listen to the Sophia speakers? I have a remarkably good-sounding pair of unlabeled speakers purchased in China when living there. They look suspiciously like the Sophia product. | |
| Have you ever solved a high end audio issue using non-audio technology? Or, visa versa? Tissue to tame excessively spitty tweeters. First recognized as a "Yamaha NSM 10" mod. | |
| Isn't it really about quality of recording? A friend and fellow recording engineer once said "Digital lets you hear the engineering mistakes much better than analog". I've heard magnificent Hot 7 remasters and crappy new work on several what to me are pretty good systems. Always remember:... | |
| Sophia Electric is not honest The decorative metal plate came off my early Sophia EL 34 A/B amplifier. The excellent tech at Pro-Tech Services, Bob, recommended I not put it back on, even with Gorilla glue. If the conductive decoration has slipped even a little lots of pins w... | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd Tonight it's Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderly. Check back tomorrow night. I'm assuming God uses a 275 and a pair of A7s for playback. | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Anything Paul McCartney did or does after the Beatles. Most of the Beach Boys. | |
| Most Realistic Recordings This a great question and terrific conversation! Try https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Moreira-Waltzes-Ernesto-Nazareth/dp/B00Q5KL3IC https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Rags-Rifkin/dp/B000005IYF | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? In 30 years of providing sample cassettes for many well-respected artists, the most common complaint was "There's something wrong with your recording. The entire concert is sharp/flat." The problem was, of course, their not very good cassette mach... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? I'm feeding a CD player directly into my Sophia EL 34. Anything else comes in on an "Aux" input. It sounds glorious. | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? Selling my original Mac 275. | |
| China built tube amps I'm on my second Chifi amplifier & have been very impressed both times. The first - a Music Angel Class A - was excellent after an inexpensive tube replacement. A U.S. technician's incompetence killed it. Now I have an early Sophia EL 34 China... | |
| When did audio goners now have to pay to see the book value of equipment?? A thing is worth1/ its value to you2/ what someone will pay you for it.Why do you want to sell it? How much do you want to buy it?Are you listening to the music or are you in the equipment brokering business? | |
| Do chinese tube preamp/amp clones interest you? I am using and loving a 2003 Sophia Electronics EL34 A/B amplifier. Parts made in the PRC to U.S. (Chinese) owners specs and assembled in Northern Virginia. Previously I owned a Chifi Class A based on 6N1P outputs. The class A benefited from a $10... |