wolf_garcia
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| Low Watt Solid State Amp I was auditioning some speakers at a shop and because I told them I had a 12 watt per side single ended tube amp, they used a 25 watt per side Luxman M200 that sounded great...weird little seemingly well made SS amp with a display of the watts it ... | |
| Beware the audio guru The fuse does only what fuses do, they don't provide any part of the tone of any device unless they're blown, in which case they do have an effect in that things shut down so there's simply no tone at all. The "inconstant non-repeating odd order h... | |
| Keep Adcom GFP-750 or Replace Tubes are more fun. There, I said it again. | |
| what is the best Kt88 to get I had a pair of "preferred series" 7025s that didn't sound as good as Gold Lion 12AX7s in my hifi rig, but work fine in a guitar amp. Who knew? I'm happy to share this revelation with others, as hey...I'm a giver. | |
| We give up perspective to avoid tone controls Brevity warning: Buy a sub, adjust the phase if possible so it works properly, move it around until it sounds good and turn it up or down to blend with the main speakers. Done. | |
| Beware the audio guru Note that there is no actual engineering or scientific analysis proving that allegedly "better and way more expensive" fuses make a difference relative to a working stock fuse IN THE SOUND OF THINGS. They're exclusively supported by "claims" of he... | |
| We give up perspective to avoid tone controls I use 2 unobtrusive beautiful sounding REL subs (inexpensive bought used) and their volume pots are accessible due to chicken head knobs, and until recently they were my only "tone controls"....and that was fine, and mostly still is. I have a Schi... | |
| what is the best Kt88 to get Verbosity is good as hand signals or morse code rarely gets the point across around here. In recent years I tried (mostly in a factory modded Jolida 502P I recently sold...great amp) new version Tung Sol 6550s that were certainly clean, along with... | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? The above mentioned Heresy III reviews from Olsher and Tone Audio are among the few detailed reviews around, along with Steve Huff (relatively recent review) really going at it as the dude loves these things...I have said before how surprised I wa... | |
| which 6sn7 gives the most air?? If the tubes have too much "air" they can cause a light draftyness in the listening area that will provoke old people into donning sweaters. | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? I utilize my massively powerful 12 watts per side Firebottle amp into 99db Klipsch Heresy III speakers (which, I might add, is plenty of power for these speakers), helped along with 2 REL subs adding 250 watts to the party. I like tubes for jazz a... | |
| New D'Agostino Monoblocks...$250,000 I have a world class musician available 24/7 with various instruments ready to go at all times. It's me. | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? Nice review of Heresy IIIs in the June Stereophile. | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs As I'm not a DSP user for home audio (or pro audio for that matter, although I utilize graphic and parametric EQ in pro mixing work) as it seems to rob a little of the soul from music (my imagination possibly, and this opinion is based on listenin... | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? I think any great speaker (including the Heresy III), especially efficient ones, respond to the "first watt" principle where the quality of the amp is immediately apparent. I happen to like tube stuff, but there are countless well designed and voi... |