tonydec
Responses from tonydec
| Cable upgrade Thank You. The King Cobras have been pretty good bang for the buck for me and seem to work for my ear. | |
| Cable upgrade Pretty satisfied with my speaker placement at this point. Now to contemplate cables or not. | |
| Cable upgrade To update, I feel the speakers may be just about there as I have not noticed any glaring differences in their sound lately. I have again made some changes placement wise. I found 2 positions that seem agreeable to my ear. One has slightly better b... | |
| Cable upgrade Speakers are progressing nicely; pretty confident I am almost there. I had to reduce the toe in by a little bit and it made an improvement. When I started this, I was making changes in inches, and as I got closer it’s down to 1/4" changes which le... | |
| Cable upgrade I've been listening a couple of weeks now, and I am happy with the Focal's and their "progress" so far. I replaced the Veracity's with the AQ's I had just to see if I could detect any changes. Seemed to even out the sound somewhat and exhibit a ... | |
| Cable upgrade I've been listening an average of about 6 hours a day to facilitate them burning in. I detected a change in the soundstage today, seemed to flatten out so I moved them around a tad. Have a nice deep soundstage with better focus with a slight toe... | |
| Cable upgrade Thank you for the replies. Yes, I am running the speakers in before next purchase for sure. I did like the Veracities with my other speakers, the Focal’s are for sure more articulate so I worry they might sound too bright with a cable that’s just ... | |
| Info on ADS M12/90 Oops, forgot about impressions. I really liked the sound of these, pretty smooth highs with tight, but not boomy bass. Depending on the type of music you prefer, even though they claim 34 Hz on the low end, it didn't really seem like it. It could ... | |
| Info on ADS M12/90 I have a set of the M12's, not sure if they are the same as the 1290's, which may have been an earlier version?Here are the specs for the M12's:Freq Resp. 34-22,000Hz, +/- 3dBImpedence 4 Ohms, nominalEfficiency 87dB from 2.8 VRMS (1 watt)pink nois... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp I've read this thread, and am intrigued. Any ideas how the Dude would mate to a McIntosh MC275?Thanks,Tony | |
| Tube issues, 12at7 affect KT88? Thanks. I had the tubes tested, and the one that was in the number 2 spot tested poorly, which I think corresponds with the number 2 KT88. I did plan on replacing it because I figured it severly shortened it's life. I'm going to have them all test... | |
| Tube issues, 12at7 affect KT88? Got it, one of those I have. | |
| Tube issues, 12at7 affect KT88? Hifigeek, looking at it from the side, back row is 4 KT88's.Front row is 2 12AX, 2 12AT, 1 12AX, 2 12AT. I remember reading the first 12AX is only needed when run in stereo and not mono blocked. So I am assuming 2nd 12AX and 2 12 AT for first 2 KT... | |
| Tube issues, 12at7 affect KT88? Version V, newest version.Heyraz, you are absolutly right. I am considering purchasing a tube tester.HiFigeek, the weird thing is, only one tube runs away. I don't have the wiring schematic, but I'm guessing the first 2 AT's run the first 2 KT's, ... | |
| Tube issues, 12at7 affect KT88? The power tubes were not moved. Only the 12AT7's. I swapped them twice, both times the Tele's ran the power tube hot, but just one. I replaced them in the same spots, so I think I have it boiled down to 2 of the 4. I was thinking about swapping th... |