walter45
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oppo 105d straightup My Oppo has many, many hours on it. I had not tried XLR connections until I read this thread. I have since purchased some moderately priced Audio Art XLR inter-connects here and the difference is nothing short of stunning. I can't believe I waited... | |
What music do you want to play really loud? I usually go with "Rage" or Nine Inch Nails, but I must twist the nob to the right pretty far to really enjoy it. | |
Your last concert was to see who and when? I went to Fleetwood Mac in late Feb, great show. I went to Lucinda Williams in early June at a small 1150 seat venue, that was amazing. Great sound, great performance, great venue. Loved everything about it. I am still playing something by her alm... | |
Songs that Inspire or Move you More times than not I will Have a few tears on my cheeks when listening to Tom Russell, My Name is Isaac Lewis. | |
Lets talk tubes in Pharaoh Integrated I certainly love mine. I haven't had the to opportunity to compare it to much as this was mt first purchase of anything remotely hi-end. Thanks for all the comments, I may still try a different pair of tubes just to be sure it can't be better, Wal... | |
Lets talk tubes in Pharaoh Integrated A ton of time has passed since I started this thread. I have lived and learned a little in the past year. First off I got Jim Smith's how to get better sound for Xmas last year and have found that the sound I did not care for is gone with proper s... | |
Most enduring audio purchase My Yamaha NS 1000 Monitor speakers. Paid the amazing sum of $1,100.00 for them in 1978. I still have them and my 26 year old son listens to them every day. | |
Need advice on HD tracks platback. I do realize that some of the diference in sound quality is in the origanal recording. I was mostly courious about using the external hard drive in the chain(good idea or not) and if I would hear any results from a USB up-grade. Thanks for the com... | |
Need advice on HD tracks platback. Never mind the typo anyone out there? | |
Lets talk tubes in Pharaoh Integrated Hi, I can really tell no diference with the tube swap, in fact I plan to swap back soon just to be sure. I still have the same sound on on what I would call the upper mid-range. I have gotten used to the sound by now but still think there is somet... | |
Lets talk tubes in Pharaoh Integrated Hi all, I did pull the trigger on a pair of Cifte/Mazda tubes from Upscale audio. I went for the platinum with cryo treatment. I now ask about break in, what should I expect? | |
Lets talk tubes in Pharaoh Integrated Thanks for the input, I do have brass spikes on the speakers, also ant vibration disks under the pharaoh and oppo alike. My best guess is tube rolling and/or speaker cables. I do have some room treatment in place also, home made base traps floor t... | |
Lets talk tubes in Pharaoh Integrated I have heard back from Mark at Rogue, the Pharaoh has JJ ECC802 long plate tubes. My other equipment is Tyler Acoustics Woodmere II, Oppo 105, Audioquest Bulk solid copper speaker cables, Signal cable Silver reference interconnects. I also have so... | |
Good DVD Concert? Bruce springsteen live from Hyde Park on Bluray is pretty fantastic,as is ELO Zoom on DVD both are great sound and production quality. |