tomic601
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| How long can preamp tubes last? i have a 1961 and 1965 mac 240 and 110 Z, all the records of work, tubes, performance clinics….the small signal Telefunkens have held up well. All due to engineering approach and philosophy….oh ya, and they sound great…have fun | |
| How long can preamp tubes last? very specific to designer, the tubes, tube grading and the genius of the designer and the engineering culture of the firm. Roger Modjeski ( Music Reference ) and Gordon Gow ( good old Mac ) come to mind…soft start, tight regulation, a deep underst... | |
| Proac K6 Signature, Sonus Faber Amati Tradition,Verity Audio Amadis, Kharma DB-9 iF the list is that narrow, Verity…i have never heard them sound bad…and on more than a few occasions sing. i also have not heard latest Proac or SF offerings. i owned a small pair of SF i used for nearfield recording monitor work, lush, romantic…... | |
| Help! New TT skipping badly.... when everything looks like a spring….every spring looks just like a hammer… but thank God there are real engineering firms in the USA close to you that specialize in isolating this and more. For example Johnny who you know, carries HRS, turntable ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? we are newbie at 31. We don’t agree on everything, but why marry yourself ?Tim , there are days when i wish i could plug my ears, sounds like i need MORE time in Bellingham… ha | |
| A full range speaker? witness the acoustic event, capture event, including the ability to play back event in real time in the original reverberant space ( but with a heavy bias to nearfield monitoring, use a Stax grade or better headphone to also monitor, capture using... | |
| A full range speaker? to the OP i can get you the wav files, super happy guy in Michigan with 5a just used them. The Vandy test tone disc includes scaling acoustic bass w finger, string and body noise ( recorded at Ocean Way ) Vandersteen drivers / cast baskets and mot... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @puffball08 yes that must be the one - I think that story dates from 1998, but that border and I have a love hate relationship- I normally keep my boat on W side Vancouver Island, so I have killed a lot of time near the Peace Arch…,are you up here... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yes… already laying pipe for stealthy record day | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? almost forgot…we also in a very mutual way support musical arts by hosting a house concert most years and a recording studio / production company - great couple, great artists and they have a very high plowback ratio, Engineer sound guy has helped... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Finally, some great shared music while driving experience…one very memorable..coming out of Canada after a long week of fishing together ( with no music ), the Indy College radio station in Bellingham was playing a Train album straight thru….. Fir... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? we call it “ Music Nite “, she Trish is much more Video aligned, so she will often pull me in to Music documentary…Tom Petty ( The Greatest American band, ever ! ), Rush, Eagles, etc… We have decent TV both places w Sonos soundbar….. we don’t suff... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? ….well, i met her at work..different department but still “ fishing off the company pier “… caught my interest when her weekend plan was NW Folklife festival… asked her how that went and she handed me a Music of the Andes cassette……I made her a Li... | |
| A full range speaker? Also, the cited in room response is measured in my listening chair w RTA and calibrated microphone using Vandertones ( free download from Vandersteen website )This is not new tech, 5 or 6 models over the years feature the 11 band EQ. | |
| A full range speaker? Actually, no. As always try to pick an expert with broad based experience setting up systems in real rooms with live unamplified music as the reference.while many excellent speaker designers utilize an Anechoic chamber in testing, development and ... |