wolf_garcia
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| That "tube sound" and power ratings I've said it before, but it bears repeating even if I'm the only one who believes it: Tube amps make you a better person, they display signs of life in their glowing hot little selves, and SS amps that just sit there like a metal lump of "meh" are... | |
| That "tube sound" and power ratings If you have relatively efficient speakers (89 to 90db or around there) and a relatively powerful amp that's not one of those tiny wattage esoteric gizmos, you can stop worrying and simply enjoy the damn thing. If the amp doesn't hum or explode and... | |
| Best Amp for $300 to Power Paradigm Monitor 9s I think I could stick a quieter fan in my QSC amp, but I only use it for live stuff (generally driving a pair of monitors) and in that application it's fine...but maybe mine has a louder fan than necessary, or a badly designed fan, or a faulty fan... | |
| Best Amp for $300 to Power Paradigm Monitor 9s I'd ignore pro sound amps like the QSC since it has fan noise that is far too loud for home hifi unless you will only be playing things really loud (I own a GX3 for certain PA needs and the fan is way too loud even for my rehearsal/recording studi... | |
| Best Amp for $300 to Power Paradigm Monitor 9s I've used the Adcom MOSFET amps as well as others over the years, and you can't beat the "bang for the buck" of these things...I use a GFA5300 as an outdoor speaker amp and an emergency backup main amp, and that thing kicks ass, really sounds grea... | |
| New KT150 tubes? I realize you meant AR is one of the biggest tube "users" in the world, but I'd be willing to bet Fender makes their tube inventory look minuscule. Guitar amp companies don't seem to use large tubes like 120s and 150s much if at all (bass amps, wi... | |
| New KT150 tubes? I was going to get a set of 150s, but now the fun has been ruined by all this yammering... | |
| combination tube amp and ss preamp? The best thing about a tube amp is that you get to buy all sorts of interesting tubes for it over the years which results in you becoming a partner in its performance, you seem smarter and better looking, and are happy forever no matter what. Thes... | |
| combination tube amp and ss preamp? I thought my philosophy of using a SS preamp with a tube amp was described adequately, but maybe not, so I shall ramble further. There are tube preamps that appeal to me but the balanced dual mono preamp I'm using (Kavent S33) is so good I don't t... | |
| combination tube amp and ss preamp? I respectfully disagree...well not THAT respectfully...in any case, I use a SS preamp with a tube power amp simply because I want the cleanest and most accurate possible signal going to my Greasefest Overdrive Special power amp where it's electron... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? I had Grado 60s that died after many years, replaced them last year with new SR80is that are amazing...not closed back, not exotic, simply amazing once broken in (that takes a while). I've used countless "cans" for live mixing for years (closed ba... | |
| SACD... can you hear the difference? Excellent point. | |
| SACD... can you hear the difference? Let me help...if I put ANY cd on my Linn turntable the needle just runs off and nothing but bad noise happens...SACDs or redbook...it just doesn't work at all. | |
| Best XLR IC's for around $300/pair? I use 2 pairs of AQ XLR Diamondbacks bought used. My preamp to amp run is XLR but not balanced, and Mogamis from Guitar Center (seemed like a good idea since I've used their mic cables for years) sounded extremely harsh in that position (note I ha... | |
| Tubes at idle Regarding tube amp care, I've used a 1960 Fender Deluxe tube guitar amp for maybe 50 years with varying degrees of on and offness and it works perfectly. Changed the tubes a few times over the years...but still. Also used dozens of other tube amps... |