wolf_garcia
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| Best speakers under $500? Fire away! I bought a pair of concentric tweeter KEF Q10s for near field monitoring years ago and they still work swimmingly. I assume they still make a cheap version of these. | |
| Let's talk Tweeters! I have to mention the extremely inexpensive piezo tweeters that don't require a crossover. HERESY! Although an audio snob myself (a fan of aluminum, magnesium, titanium, ribbons, all that), I've experienced these things over the years in cheap "pr... | |
| The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is Years ago I had a pair of Vandersteen 1Bs that included a small cat trampoline in their design (I think the new ones include this also). I noticed this did have an effect on their tone when the trampoline/sleeping spot was in use by the cat, and d... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Nyame…without my "unwanted" posts this thread might spiral out of control in a maelstrom of mindless agreement…although Atmasphere and Georgehifi and a few (enlightened) others do have my back it would seem (not in a creepy way), being a "mean spi... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Wait…I think this thread is every bit as bad as cable forums…take that back! | |
| I finally fixed my HUM! Halalulah, and thanks for tips I hate hum, put "noiseless" pickups in guitars where needed, spend lots of time locating and removing hum from live concert rigs, and will not tolerate even a spec of hum in my hifi pile. However, I have dimmers all over the place (love dimmers), ... | |
| General Initial Impressions--Genalex Gold Lion KT88 Reissue My trusty Jolida 502p "with factory upgrades" has been running various tubage for years with interesting results…initially sounded fine with the stock 6550s (Tung Sol) but no no no…ya gotta roll! Sovtek KT88s…also sounded fine, similar to the 6550... | |
| Too Much Power? The actual amount of power being used is much smaller than you might think if your speakers are relatively efficient. Having reserve power for gigantic crescendos or that DJ Bass thing the kids like is fine, but I think the general quality and spe... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I've had fuses in gear that remained unmolested for decades and simply nothing degraded…example…a 1961 Fender Bandmaster guitar amp that I abused for 25 years, and an even earlier Deluxe…fuse? Shcmuze! If there was degradation it didn't seem to ha... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Oregonpapa…I have no need to ramble on about my music preferences in this forum as that is simply tedious and really none of anyone's concern, although I do enjoy direct to disc recordings of Norwegian Mumblecore Death Folk at 78 RPM, and the reco... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Nyname…my thoughts on SR fuses are pretty clear, so feel free to read my previous posts, and indeed, I clearly wish I was oregonpapa due to the sad little life I lead in quiet (or noisy at times) desperation. I mean really…that's simply obvious. H... | |
| Cary Audio: Tube preamp (SLP-98) paired with (SA-200.2) solid state amplifier? You need to do "serious listening" (furrowed brow, flop sweat from anxiety generated by the mystery of exactly when it will break in) anyway to really enjoy the exact point when the stuff finally breaks through to sounding settled, otherwise how ... | |
| What signal tubes to use when rollin on a Primaluna Pre Power setup? After rolling various 12ax7s I settled on a set of new series Russian (as opposed to Chinese) Gold Lions in my power amp. They're great tubes and not expensive…got mine as a matched pair from thetubestore.com. I do use the supplied new series Mull... | |
| SS preamp with tube amp Although my SS preamp "seems" to sound fabulous with my tube amp, I'm certain I'll wind up with a tube preamp eventually as I've always liked tubes, and really need to not be scorned by Purer 100% Tubeheads…I might have to simply lie about owning ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Uhealthy relationship? Exposing fraud in audio tweakdom is a rewarding enterprise that can fill one with a feeling of righteousness and the warm glow one can only acquire from helping the misguided to avoid spending their hard earned tweak bucks o... |