trelja
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| What is it that you don't like about your speakers ? @inna That's the relevant question, why so many loudspeakers? I've often kept 2 - 3 systems going. It's part of the sickness of this hobby, and both wonderful and stupid, at the same time.I do drive the Quads with my Jadis amplifiers, and the 3... | |
| Impressions of the Re-issued Genalex Gold Lion U77/GZ34 Rectifier Tube @artemus_5 thank you for keeping us informed! Glad things worked out so well with the Genalex.Based on your recommendation, I'm putting on my short list of tubes to try | |
| What is it that you don't like about your speakers ? @inna, FANTASTIC topic. Most people do expound the positives of their components. But perfection doesn’t exist in this realm, or in life.Some analysis of the speakers I currently own:Quad ESL57: More hard to fault the Quads than any speakers I’ve ... | |
| Preamp Deal Of The Century- Update @mickm, Welcome back and good luck!Like you, I’ve been involved in the this business, but do so well at my "day job" that it would be beyond stupid to pursue audio. Yet that siren call remains always, yes?Have a friend who bought one of your prea... | |
| Genalex GL GZ-34 Rectifier...Did I just get a bad one? Five months seems @artemus_5, yes, the Quicksilver 8417 monoblocks each have dual 5AR4 rectifiers, and use the same circuit as the Dyanco. Most have converted to EL34 or KT88 operation, as the 8417 became difficult and expensive to source. This amplifier was the ... | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. @czarivey, Fried used a (the?) famous maker's kevlar drivers for while. Unfortunately, they just didn't sound or measure well. As Bud spent 1/3 of the year in Europe, he popped over for a visit to the factory in France, and demanded a set of mea... | |
| Genalex GL GZ-34 Rectifier...Did I just get a bad one? Five months seems Thank you, Ralph.I’ve seen excellent reliability out of current production Shuguang 5AR4. I think the one I use logged 7 years of steady rotation. My issue with them is that they barely reach a sonic level of adequacy. No idea on how my Sovtek hol... | |
| Charley Hansen (Ayre) Passed Away May he rest in peace.Agree with you, Dave on the recent AA posts. Checked them out over the past few weeks, and he was as active as ever. Sad news, indeed | |
| Genalex GL GZ-34 Rectifier...Did I just get a bad one? Five months seems @artemus_5 consider folks who never previously built anything assembled all but a few of the 300,000 ST70s, the fact that most of them that came up on the used market sported their original (5AR4 and all) tubes, and the majority of that number sti... | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. @erik_squires, "If we could only have 1 driver, it would have to be a midrange."Absolutely. Several times, we began projects by simply running a midrange driver; often to just play around with that. You'd wouldn't believe how many listeners woul... | |
| Genalex GL GZ-34 Rectifier...Did I just get a bad one? Five months seems @artemus_5, thank you for clarifying.That's certainly disappointing news. Given Genalex is the premium Russian tube, even more so. Over time, I've gravitated away from the majority of new production European tubes, both for sonic and reliability... | |
| Genalex GL GZ-34 Rectifier...Did I just get a bad one? Five months seems It's more difficult to quantify old tubes than most people think. Simply paying more for supposedly higher quality is often a roll of the dice.Personally, going against the opinion of most here, I prefer lower cost older tubes on ebay, and skip t... | |
| RIP Arnie Nudell Another lion of the industry. My good friend, Bill Legall, has had many of the Infinity IRS models in his home, and we were fortunate enough to enjoy them.Rest in peace... | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. Bud Fried, "85% of the music lies in the midrange." | |
| Mark Levinson 27.5 versus modern day amps @inna, yes, I had the Pass Class A amplifier. And, supposedly, the best sounding of the lineup |