westcoastaudiophile
Responses from westcoastaudiophile
| When were the best tube amps made? typo above: MQ88uC | |
| When were the best tube amps made? today - Japan Luxman SQ88uC sounds awesome! | |
| Made in USA @hilde45 "Not many American made products with nothing but American made parts" +1 - zero to be precise | |
| Small form factor, SS phono preamp recommendation. Teac PE-505 | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @brunomarcs "Custom made to his measurements” correct! I don’t buy critical cable-assemblies on amazon, those are custom and built of military grade bulk cable and professional terminations, e.g. Amphenol (for dig)/Neutrik(analog). All standard ... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? @tjag what is your “good cable” definition? | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @soix thanks for sharing your story! | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @thyname for digital interconnects I choose cables with best EM shielding 90dB+, lowest diff-common mode conversion, common mode filter, lowest Tx-Rx crosstalk, freq. dispersion, and lowest insertion loss at least at 6th clock frequency harmonics... | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @soix “better” cable/s without any technical data to back it up aren’t really “better”! | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @soix "I’d suggest you try a better digital cable" please define "better" | |
| Cartridges + 1 to “both” without high quality vinyl records you never will be able to discover high-end cart/TT and arm/phono/pre/amp/spkrs sound advantages! | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? @rsa speaker cables improvement' leading to lowering loop resistance and inductance, does make sound impact. the longer cable is the more impact you will hear. 4 Ohms speakers also will show higher impact vs 8 Ohms set. | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps "You may not get 100,000 hours on the equipment before corrosion has had a chance to damage the semiconductors" -good point on corrosion! In my experience corrosion hits tube amp sooner than SS! Just look at the power transformer, capacitors, out... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps @atmasphere agree with you on tubes could match better than PMOS/NMOS or N/P BJTs. Please try to measure distortion of tube amp while adjusting bias/balance of the output tubes, and you’ll see how sensitive it is. Then please repeat the same after... | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable "Have you auditioned different USB cables" differentiated by specification/performance or price? |