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| Where should the Tubes Go in a Vintage Preamp / Amp System My experience is completely practical, not theoretical so YMMV. If, and it is a big if, you can find speakers that are synergistic with the tube amp, a ss preamp and a tube amp will always yeild a sound most like tubes. And as a bonus, the combo o... | |
| Rein in the winter static Put a highly diluted mixture of fabric softener and water in a spray bottle and spray the floor around the stereo. That will take care of it. IMHO, the Prime sounds much better with the LP placed directly on the metal platter, no mat, YMMV. Good ... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? Since you like Mose, I would throw in Michael Franks and later George Benson. Dave Frishberg, and Jose James might also strike you. Best of luck and happy Holidays. | |
| It Was Twenty Years Ago Today! First, you stole my thread title, LOL. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/it-was-20-years-ago-today Second, my memory is shot from a mis spent youth, but I can still remember certain concerts with crystal clarity, the last time that I saw Ra... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis Having seen both live, Chet after he got his teeth bashed in and changed his sound, I can say that Miles was not shooting for "soothing". | |
| Top 10 Live Albums Wow, so much less work when so many great recordings have already been covered. A few to add: Lew Tabakin, Trackin’ The Pentagon Humble Pie, Rockin’ the Fillmore Pink Floyd, Delicate Sound Of Thunder Mary Chapin Carpenter, One Night Lonely H... | |
| Ugliest Component of the Year 2024! Really anything from these folks: https://www.metaxas.com/product-page/product-page-audio-2/product-page-audio.html The headphone amp is particularly fetching. | |
| Ugliest Component of the Year 2024! IMHO, a lot of companies take pride in their work without threatening reviewers, and testers with litigation, like Tekton, DCS and Tom Evan’s did. | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! Well, if it's not working stop doing it. Everything you could want to know about cleaning vinyls is here: https://thevinylpress.com/precision-aqueous-cleaning-of-vinyl-records-3rd-edition/ Good luck and happy holidays. | |
| Vintage JBL Floor Standing Speakers So many to choose from, and hopefully you will get many suggestions, my favorites follow. If you have the money, Hartsfields and the Paragon are nice. A step down would be Olympus or Apollo. For more modern, L300 or L212 would be fun. And if beref... | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode Andy Bouwman, Vintage Tube Services? Have not heard that name in decades. Thank you. | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode Circuit topology of appliances sexy? I would not want to clean your Roomba. | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode Thanks Ralph, you are always a breath of fresh air. | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode @ghdprentice: I, and presumably atmasphere, and all other rational thinkers, would rationally conclude that your amps are optimized for triode topology...and, necessarily, that the ultralinear topology was added, presumably as a gimmick, to presum... | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode That is hardly all that you said, but I appreciate the back pedal. We will agree to disagree and leave it at that, logical fallacy, or no. From a design perspective, ultralinear taps must be added to an output transformer at the manufacturing sta... |