tomic601
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| Robert Hunter unfortunately has died RIP, quirky, original artist in his own right, let alone with his massive contribution to The Dead. | |
| Vandersteen 2WQ Subs and ARC Power amp spikes and IF you don’t want floor marring use the machined aluminum shoes w felt under each spike. You get coupling, just not as much as the bare spike. You can see a picture of the shoes on my Poverty Bay system photo in systems this site.Shes a... | |
| Speaker Analysis for Armchair Critics @gdnrbob so right, opting out just hurts the contribution centered community and learning.....but I get the thick skin sometimes required.... | |
| A civil discussion about the state of Audio Research @twoleftears sounds. like stock purchase buyers remorse to me....I lie awake wishing I had shorted them.... | |
| Help chose : Hafler 110 preamp or Carver C2 preamp ?? what does the robbergerman NOT have in his vast collection ?i built so many 110, 101, 200, etc putting myself thru University....a very competent preamp and others have mentioned more “ off the shelf” modification available....BUT Ralph makes a go... | |
| ESL57 vs ESL63 the smaller CJ tube amps in particular the MV-45A....work well with the 57I am running pair 63 with a heavily modified MC240, adequate in my small room and as others have noted, reasonable expectations...have fun, enjoy the journey and the music | |
| Speaker Analysis for Armchair Critics ask yourself are you learning anything from the troll?my speaker designer, engineer, passionate listener and frugal Dutch American has listened to both of his creations, in my room....oh ya, it hits the mark....but because we are Kaizen warriors, ... | |
| I gre out of Be Tweeters i gave up on the etch a sketch.....and truth be told trying to get all 4 ESL and decca ribbons to work together.....let alone the Hartley subs...the big Infinity had similar issues with woofer tower placement..argh... | |
| A civil discussion about the state of Audio Research @bifwynne I have a USA NOS TungSol in the Power supply, I would classify that change at the 2 k hour mark as revelatoryanother cheap and easy 5se mod ( at least in my room ) is getting it off factory feet and up on 3 Ayre blocks... | |
| Best budget streamer on the market now? Some Bluesound dealers seem to have access to refurbish units, try that path... stereo unlimited in San Diegoboth the node and Aries mini have pretty good SQmy aspiration is to give TMR a run for the money!!!! | |
| Speaker Analysis for Armchair Critics teachable moment ( only because i don’t consider you a troll ), the room and room nodes and modes are already another form of EQ, so I and others are doing our best to fix those with just 11 bands of EQ below 120 HZ, let whatever it is the artist/... | |
| A civil discussion about the state of Audio Research my REF5se tubes ( less the regulation ) are at 4 k hours and still sound great, will change them this Fall. any other vendors of note? Not sure iF RAM is doing much with 6H30.... | |
| A civil discussion about the state of Audio Research i am appreciative of the posts relative to tube sourcing beyond ARC, not so much the analysis of potential cognitive dissonance, etc....or realized for that matter...the music is king, queen and the jester | |
| Speaker Analysis for Armchair Critics my signature is flat to the last band on the eleven band analog bass EQ with a Q of .72, unless I am listening to Steely Dan: Two Against Nature, then i tweak it back a whisker....seriously Eric..keep doing your thing, learning, building speakers,... | |
| Speaker Analysis for Armchair Critics 6db per octave slopes since 1977, half a million sold, real systems design vs just catalog shopping components, etc....and the ability to visually see cone breakup and non-pistonic behavior.....the cat stopped chasing the tail long ago....The Wiza... |