tomcy6
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| Best speakers for classic rock There are lots of speakers that don't play ANY genre well, and there are lots of really good speakers that play many genres well. That's the disagreement with deep 333. He thinks that no speaker can play a wide variety of genre's well. | |
| Driver Tubes 6922 Tony, There are a lot of tubes sold on ebay as NOS that aren’t There are a lot of lightly used tubes that still test above average new. Without going too far into the weeds, tubes are usually tested for transconductance to determine how long they... | |
| Best speakers for classic rock @deep_333 Your trash talk really isn’t impressive and won’t earn you any respect here. Why don’t you just explain, in technical terms, why a really good speaker can’t sound really good on a wide variety of genres. That way we can deal with facts... | |
| Driver Tubes 6922 Calm down, Tony. New Old Stock should be new. Brent will replace the tubes. Tell him that the tubes appear very much used to you.and ask him what his criteria for labeling a tube NOS are. Preamp tubes are less likely to damage your gear than powe... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often I don’t think many audiophiles realize how hard it is to make a profit in high-end audio in general. We are fortunate that so many music loving people keep trying. | |
| Anyone else get burned Boltz Main reason for posting is to "Warn Others" as their web site is still up and is accepting orders. Appreciate the warning. | |
| Has anyone heard the TAD Evo One and the Raidho TD floorstanders? How do they compare? Thanks for the very thorough account of the Danish speakers, Bliss. Your posts are always informative and positive. You're an asset to Audigon. | |
| Anyone else get burned Boltz This is on their website, don't know how long it's been there: ***NOTE: We're still experiencing both internet and telephone issues at our office. Windstream has attempted to troubleshoot the problem(s), but advised it could be due to the extreme... | |
| The Wonderful World of CD-R's I have always been told to stay away from anything made by CMC. | |
| The Wonderful World of CD-R's I have used MAM-A (formerly Mitsui) in the past. They are made in Colorado and are supposed to be high quality cd-rs. They have gold and silver discs. The golds are pretty expensive. I haven't had any trouble with them myself, but I haven't b... | |
| Tube microphonics Those Ref 750s have 16 KT 88s sitting on top of the amps with only air around them, right? You did not say what speakers you have. If you have speakers that have large woofers pointed at your tubes, I think they could affect the sound. I sugges... | |
| Any (new) Tube Testers that can be recommended? You get what you pay for. I have an old Hickok and a military TV-7D/U. The manual for the TV-7 has instructions on how to destroy the unit with hand grenades or hand tools. Wouldn't want one of those falling into the hands of the enemy. | |
| Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Ruins the Song ‘Money’! I find Water’s "Money" interesting. Sound quality is good as far as I can tell. Waters said a while back that the purpose of the remake would be to put the focus on the lyrics because he hadn’t noticed any change in behavior in people who have be... | |
| Upgrade Esoteric K03XD to K01XD? I think the DACs are very similar if not the same. The K-01XD would have connections to the disc drive, but I don't think that would affect the sound. Esoteric has diagrams on their website that you could check for differences. Do you have many... | |
| Any (new) Tube Testers that can be recommended? I own a Maxi Preamp 2 tester and find it easy to use and helpful in using tubes. It’s a big improvement over vintage Hickoks and others, unless you want a lab grade tester so that you can test tubes under the conditions they will meet in your equi... |