whart
Responses from whart
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? Or, the companies focus their efforts on the upper price ranges, where they can make more money, and offer the true 'entry level' line as 'trickle down' technology, perhaps sharing design attributes, but manufactured in places with cheap labor, e.... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? I haven't experimented with new small tubes, maybe they have improved, I've only had luck soncially with older tubes, and even among those, pretty selective (the telefunkens seem to be more my cup of tea). I haven't tried any different power tubes... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? It's true, to a degree. There is something so old school laboratory 50's sci-fi atomic age (and earlier) electronic about tubes. Ever look at the stuff Jeffrey Jackson does or those things using ancient radio tubes, or even 211's or..... They all ... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? Doggie, despite what i had heard and read about how bad the lost highway pressing of shelby lynne was, i bought one standard pressing and one audiophile pressing (I sorta hate to encourage audiophile pressings, if i can avoid them, and have been d... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? Wolf, no malice intended, it is hard to tell from the Internet, because you can't see the smile, the arch of the eyebrow or the wink. | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? Doggie- so much current pop is recorded or mastered so badly- I hate the autotune on the vocals and the compression to get that pumped up sound just robs the music of any real dynamics. Somebody here turned me onto Black Dub. On vinyl it's pretty ... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? Regismc- not to get into a war, but i think that your comment is unfair. I'll grant you tubes are a pain, but there is a real sense of music in the right tube set up, and not all tube equipment is euphonic. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, a... | |
| Can anyone recommend a ARC repair service in NYC a Raquel, you are right, Peter has serviced my Dual 75a, my Sp10mkii and at least one other ARC piece. Forgive me for not mentioning him. | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? I started using tube equipment in the late 60's and with a brief foray into solid state in the early 70's, have stuck with tubes since around 1973. And.....drum roll...I think it really depends on the application.Right now, I am using pretty high-... | |
| Can anyone recommend a ARC repair service in NYC a Not dissing the other recommendation but Ben Jacoby is authorized ARC, I know he is highly regarded for a bunch of high end tube stuff, shop in Brooklyn - (I think Ben was the repair guy at the Stereo Exchange back in the day-btw, does anyone know... | |
| Kuzma 4Point vs Airline - is it worth the upgrade? Syn: it works fine, but it is noisy, it is in an adjacent closet to the music room, and there is nasty electrical snap when it cycles, even with the extra relay Kuzma provided- the only way i got rid of the electrical snap was to plug it into a bi... | |
| Kuzma 4Point vs Airline - is it worth the upgrade? So, sorry to revive ancient history, but where did you guys come out on the Airline v. 4 Point debate? Did anybody have both set up at the same time for comparison? I've been using the Airline for a while, the arm is great, the pump is a PITA. I'd... | |
| Audio Research SP-11 MK2 ... Thanks, Geek. My tube rolling experience was with the same tube type in a Steelhead, so having tried Mullard gold pins, Siemens NOS and Tele NOS, the Tele was by far the best sounding tube= holographic mids, but not lush sounding. Granted, the cir... | |
| Who listens only to vinyl? Patrick, without getting into specific products (I'm pretty agnostic when it comes to turntables, there are alot of great ones, and we are truly enjoying a renaissance in products), the more time and effort you spend getting the turntable sorted, ... | |
| Audio Research SP-11 MK2 ... Can't remember what tube is used for the 11, but i started experimenting with the NOS tele in other gear, and it made a dramatic difference compared to other highly regarded tubes, holographic, without sounding too euphonic. |