tubegroover
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| SET amps ? Hi CharlesYes I am sure you are talking about those that are well designed as was Salectric, at least that can perform at a satisfactory performance level that they can be used on a wide variety of music. The output transformer and power supply de... | |
| SET amps ? To me it depends on musical taste as well as speaker efficiency as to whether or not an SET will suit your individual needs. I find these amps have their limitations for ALL types of music but fare extremely well with small scale and vocal music. ... | |
| What is Imaging? Actually you often though not always CAN pick out individual voices in a large choir both live and recorded. Some voices stand out and are more readily identified than others IME. On smaller choral ensembles it is much easier to identify individua... | |
| Are you an Audiophile? "All of this is like watching a snake eat its tail. I started out as an audiophile who quickly learned to love the music but came to the realization that I had to be an audiophile to achieve that objective."ORI started out as a music lover who thr... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? Definitely the Berning zh-270. I certainly wouldn't mind trading for the Berning Quatrature or maybe a future dream offering from David, a 50 watt SET zero feedback Class A with zotl circuitry. Could it GET better than that, a wide bandwidth SET t... | |
| Best Recording of Scheherazade How's that Tostadosunidos? | |
| Need a very neutral interconnect- Well by Milhorn and Soix's definition of black, which I understand through their descriptions and have heard in some systems over the years including my first real hi-fi system from the mid 80's with a CJ pre-amp that was really good at this, a da... | |
| Need a very neutral interconnect- For the most part I think many probably the vast majority of cables are purposely designed to sound a specific way in line with what the designer likes that probably have little to do with neutrality. So far as the neutrality of cables, it seems t... | |
| Best Recording of Scheherazade Yes Tostadosunidos, that's the one recorded in 1962. | |
| Need a very neutral interconnect- Zd it seems your definition and Bo's are a bit at odds, I guess this just adds to the confusion. Bo seems to be saying, and I certainly get this point, that it allows us to hear greater separation of voice and instruments, a greater palpaple sense... | |
| Need a very neutral interconnect- "The blacks are stunning..."What do you mean by that Bo? You mention it alot in your posts along with your love of the 3D presentation of music. I remember when I bought my first CD player back in '87. It's what stood out, how quiet the background... | |
| Does anyone like country Tostadosunidos the 5 note pentatonic scale is quite prevalent in music and not limited to country, blues and folk. Surely these groups being from the South were influenced directly or not from country music but what I find remarkable is that they ... | |
| Best Recording of Scheherazade "and while it's probably nowhere the "best", I enjoy Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra"Me too Classical1, I think it is that large string section. Agree on the Reiner/CSO. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Agreed Charles! I too find acoustic jazz and big band satisfactory in the digital format and it would be, to me, splitting hairs concerning the preference of one over the other. I just don't understand why this doesn't carry over as convincingly w... | |
| Does anyone like country "I also like a lot of country rock oriented acts like, ALlman Brothers, Skynyrd, New Riders, Little River Band, NItty Gritty DIrt Band, Outlaws, Diamond Rio, and many others."Country Rock? Really Mapman, you've got to be kidding. It is obvious you... |