tomic601
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| which power tube sounds better: EL34 or 6550 @eelgar1857 The RAM EL-34 are lovely and at least in my system bested the RAM 6550. The 6550 had slightly better bass, not as magic overall. Jim | |
| RIP oregonpapa Grace and Peace for his family. Godspeed to the eternal Frank ! | |
| Soundsmith Strain Gauge Peter - Best wishes to you and yours in this Holiday season. Good to see you writing here and regaining health ;-) A serious question in your listening / measuring experience does the Hyperion in a quality arm like a Triplaner exhibit the bass p... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, that should do it. I can see the blue plasma … from here… I am a Flek of Robot in a Bella Universe | |
| A $349 record brush @reubent like your strategy, may send an addendum to Santa….. i am a speck of dust in the robotic realms | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA @nonoise have to admit , i am more of a barn find…but definitely a 1961. Siblings say i was hatched. Mozart - yes of course. In particular my main amplifiers are SET = single ended transistor in a cyclotron configuration with no emitter resistors... | |
| New cartridge i do take issue comparison w $165 retail Nak 110….. lets at least help people… and yes, Soundsmith make fine cartridges i am a comparison shopping robot for my second gig | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA listening to Norah crooning Christmas tunes thru my spectacular sounding 1961 push-pull amp….. made in Binghampton, NY….. Wow do i feel old…. I am a 1961 Robot in a Scaglietti works body | |
| Your Favorite Sounding Power Amp, $5000 US Retail max. in Solid state used the newest highest model Ayre you can find. in used tubes ARC Ref 75 or hybrid used Aesthetix Atlas Stereo…. i am a junkyard dog hiding inside a diplomatic robot | |
| The Audiophile Community Has a Problem: Part Deux The Saga Continues? @roxy54 yep for the most part a good path to take.. it does tick me off to see sheep led down the primrose path by those fawning over gear they have yet to hear…but ? I am having fun today mucking about listening to Norah sing Christmas tunes thru... | |
| A $349 record brush team fuse argument is IF you have not tried it how can you weigh in on virtue and value ?. seems like the brush, any brush would stand up to similar argument… IF going down the Audioquest route, get the latest w grounding / conductive handle… I... | |
| Current state of VR technology i keep up with a mentee of mine, she is a Director at a firm deeply into using 3D cad models and various VR software tools, IF you like i can put you in touch. Definitely not vaporware. I work in Quantum software, so i am probably more bleeding ed... | |
| Beginner wishes to build tube amp good advice so far ! Match the amp to the speaker or risk not knowing what tge amp is capable of…Ralph @atmasphere used to offer one of his OTL amps as a kit if ya really want to dive off the deep end of things in the quality frontier… i am a ro... | |
| Short list of musical subwoofers Dave - Stream some Ten Foot Tall Ganja music….that should get tge servo mojo working ! I am a Reggae fool Robot in a dub spin cycle…. | |
| Short list of musical subwoofers @mijostyn no issue w accurate. I live w accurate and flat to 20 hz every day I am in Seattle. with a push pull 12” aluminum honeycomb driver in a carbon fiber wrapped cabinet within a cabinet. 11 bands of analog EQ on both channels. YMMV, and unhe... |