tomcy6
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| Tubes The people telling you that vintage tubes are a ripoff and that new production tubes are always better are as wrong as the people saying that vintage tubes are always better.It all depends on your tastes and your system. There's no one size fits ... | |
| Tube tester...anyone own their own? Al, thanks for your experience. What do you mean by essentially? I mean that you may not get a radical difference but you won’t get the same reading either. I’ve been told by Roger Kennedy that the spec for a new (and there aren’t any new ones an... | |
| Tube tester...anyone own their own? It depends on how serious you want to get.If you’re really serious get the Amplitrex AT1000, about $3000If you can live with less precision and control but want a modern computer type tester the Maxipreamp 2 is about $1,000. It will not test power... | |
| Why do Classical CDs sound less Alive/Real/Present ? I still think that the difference is in the different miking techniques used for recording small groups and orchestras. | |
| Amp/preamp shootout That does sound like fun. You found a good dealer. Not many would do that. Let us know what happens. | |
| Does Digital Try Too Hard? No, digital doesn’t try too hard. It has distortions which are new to audio playback. In the early days the designers didn’t even know about jitter. I remember the cover announcement on Stereophile when jitter was finally determined to be a proble... | |
| Arizona Audio Video Club - Annual Membership Drive Thanks! I hope to make it. | |
| I need help with Qobuz please..... I'm not an Apple guy so I probably won't be much help. Does the iPod act as your streamer and the phone as your controller? Connect your iPod to play music through your system (not necessarily Qobuz). When you get the iPod sending music through... | |
| 12BZ7 ///12AX7 I am willing to risk possible issuesOK, It’s your gear, but if your Defy 7 stops working don’t complain about Jadis if they won’t fix it. | |
| 12BZ7 ///12AX7 mozartfan, The E80CC is a European designation for a tube. The European designation for the 12AU7 is E82CC and for the 12AT7 it’s E81CC, for example. I don’t know if there is an American designation for the E80CC.Different tubes have different ele... | |
| Best amp for Martin Logan Summit X I paired mine with a D’Agostino Classic Stereo and it was a very good match. Excuse me if you already know this, but what people are talking about is that when the impedance of a speaker drops it becomes harder for an amp to drive it properly. Sum... | |
| Some streaming comparisons and what to make of it all? Thanks for sharing your experience. I’d say you probably would not notice an improvement by increasing sampling rate above 96khz alone. A different DAC that does 192khz? Maybe. But if you really like the SF stick with it and enjoy.I have read ot... | |
| What's up with TMR Audio? You've still got plenty of time to reverse the charge on your credit card. Enjoy Christmas and wait till next week to try contacting them again. They have a good reputation (not perfect). If it was someone with no known dealings, that would be ... | |
| Living with Magico S3MKII & Luxman C900u +M900u (long term Impression) Thanks for the review. | |
| The Who (Deluxe) If anyone needs proof that The Who died long ago, read this article:https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/who-new-album-new-tour-townshend-daltrey-913902/ And then watch the 1979 documentary, "The Kids Are Alright," not the Hollywood m... |