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| Tube versus SS Speculative, anecdotal at best with regard to COVID19. My stereo (just dated myself: who uses “stereo” anymore? It’s “audio”) sounds horrible when it’s humid out. Does everybody else’s? I don’t think so. As for ss v tube: ss sounds less colored mo... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Quatermass - Quatermass Conlon Nancarrow - Complete Studies for Player PianoPaul Kantner - Blows Against the EmpireJorma Kaukonen - Ain’t In No HurryJimi Hendrix - BBC SessionsScraping Fetus Off the Wheel - Nail | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? Should not be necessary to spend $80K on jaw dropping sound. My entire rig, which includes a Koetsu onyx and Futterman OTL3s converted to triode, less than $30K. See theaudioatticvinylsundays.com “about” page. When people come to listen for the fi... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny at My Father’s Place in Roslyn NY. I was at that concert in the spring of 1974. | |
| List your System Ingredients: Listed most to least expensive, by list price or price paid I read the start of the thread. That said, anyone wanting to know about the individual components in my system should simply go here, scroll to the bottom:https://www.theaudioatticvinylsundays.com/aboutPlease note that you will not find cables the... | |
| Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement Geoffkait:i think its a NYC thing. I lived on a busy thoroughfare in NoHo / East Village. Dozens of taxicabs go by per hour. When I removed the cage, the RF went way up. Now that I’m in Newburgh, I should try removing the cage and see what happens... | |
| Blind fold hearing test No | |
| Room improvement For 41 years, my room was a 1100 sq ft area of a warehouse loft, with 9 ft tall brick walls, tin ceiling, hardwood floor, and 4 x 6 ft windows. For about 9 months now, the room is an attic in a brownstone with a peaked roof, a gable, two dormers, ... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? How about 25 ft of audio cable for $15,000?https://www.morrowaudio.com/collections/interconnect-pair/products/anniversary-interconnect-pair-288...I’m using wire from a chain link fence lately. Sounds great! | |
| Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement noromance: My engineer claims that the metal cover acts as a shield. It should never be removed. Same goes for the tube amps. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Richard Thompson - 13 Rivers | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Richard Thompson - 13 Rivers | |
| Speaker Break In...? Or listener “Break In”? It is both. I also think that an explanation for the range of opinions on speakers in part is that everyone hears slightly differently. I’ve also noticed that my speakers can sometimes sound differently depending on the temperature and humidity. H... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Fairport Convention - What We Did on Our Holidays | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Brian Eno: Discreet Music |