tomcy6
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| 6922 Amperex PQ White label... D or O-getter? Holland or Hicksville? I think the Heerlen, Holland tubes are generally thought of as being the midrange champs and the D getters as being a little more laid back or richer. The small O getters are a little more lively.Of course when you try these in your system you ma... | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? Amps do sound different. The difference can be subtle or huge. Sometimes subtle differences can be worth the upgrade too. I would not recommend an older Adcom. I just don’t think they’re a very good amp.I don’t know your amps or speakers, but I wo... | |
| Ellis Marsalis dead from corona virus Sorry to hear that. He was a great pianist. | |
| Digital Only Preamps - What's out there now? You have to buy the speakers and amps (inside the speakers) with it, but Gayle Sanders' new Eikon Audio Image 1 Integrated Speaker System has an Eikontrol box that has 4 pairs of analog inputs and 3 digital inputs. It converts all inputs into di... | |
| Liking MQA Good to hear you're enjoying your music. That's the objective. Keep enjoying it is my advice. I'm sure there's a lot more MQA versions that you will find. | |
| Cassettes still rock! Thanks uberwaltz and mofi,It looks like the American Recorder Tape Head Cleaner is the place to start. The Rubber Renue sounds like heavy duty stuff.I have a lot of cassettes that I recorded back before cds from vinyl for use in the car. It was al... | |
| Cassettes still rock! You guys have motivated me to dig out my Nak 670ZX and set it up. What are folks using to clean pinch rollers these days? | |
| James Taylor Just listened to “Carole King James Taylor Live at the Troubadour.”This is a really nice show. Anyone who enjoys James and Carole should check it out. | |
| Streaming bgpoppab, Let us know what your EasyStream sounds like when you get it. | |
| SACD player/streamer with built-in Volume Control alecela, Your Oppo 205 will play any disc, including SACD, right? So what you need now is a streamer with which you can send the digital out to your Oppo, right? How much do you want to spend? | |
| Corona playlist- time to smile Thanks terry9. It's a great song, isn't it? | |
| Different Tubes and general purpose? The KT 120s are the power tubes. The 6SN7s, 12AU7s and 12AX7s are small signal dual triode preamp tubes, even though the 6SN7s look quite a bit different from the 12XX7 tubes. There are differences between the 12XX7 tubes even though they look the... | |
| What country builds the best audio equipment? Why has no one mentioned China yet? | |
| Corona playlist- time to smile It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - BD | |
| Corona playlist- time to smile The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon and Garfunkel |