wolf_garcia
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| Most forgiving high end speaker 10k-20k? I think relatively "frequency flat" speakers are the way to go, and among most good speakers one should appreciate accurate treble as an important part of the musical experience (tonal "cues"), and only bothersome if your system has something wron... | |
| Brad Mehldau So to sum up: Some of us like Mehldau a lot, some less so, and some not at all. | |
| Cambridge 640P Power Supply Upgrade Oh...and I bet plugging it into a conditioner (which I do) makes little difference as it is actually a conditioner itself, and doesn't use much juice. | |
| Cambridge 640P Power Supply Upgrade I talked to Audio Advisor a while back (couple of months ago maybe) and asked that exact question...they told me that the P100 would work with the "plus" once they designed a cable to fit it. I suggest calling Audio Advisor for an update on that. | |
| Tube Integrateds...why not a preout for subs..... A point of the REL "high level" input (from the amp's speaker posts) is to use the tone of the amp itself (a good, although maybe not all that important idea). So I second the REL suggestions (I use one with a Jolida amp...works brilliantly). Also... | |
| speaker selection help ... on a budget Haven't personally heard these but maybe check out the Pioneer SP-BS41-LR...got a great review in Stereophile (whatEVER) and list for $150. New and cheap...win win (unless they suck). | |
| Bass tones and low cost tubes for a Jolida 502B I recently found out (from the "horses mouth" as it were) that you can use KT120s in the Jolida 502p...not sure what will happen (haven't tried it yet, as my 502P is new and not past the 12,416 hours and 8 minutes break-in period) but hey...there ... | |
| Straight XLR vs XLR to RCA adapter HEY...I was being serious...and yes, Mogamis usually are fine as I've used their mic cables for years. My turntable cable is weird reddish Japanese neglex and seems fine. It was odd...the Mogamis could have been made on a Wednesday, or infected wi... | |
| Looking for brighter tubes Excellent point. | |
| Straight XLR vs XLR to RCA adapter Make a cable consisting of ONLY dozens of RCA/XLR adapters stuck together...may sound like crap, but it's interesting and allows all options...custom instantly adjustable length, satisfies your Leggo compulsions, helps train you in child anti chok... | |
| Wanting to get into Vinyl - Need help Why doesn't everybody own a Music Hall MM5 for under 500 bucks used? Why? (rhetorical question...calm down) Well..I don't, but that's only because I found an old Linn Basik/Akito in great shape for cheap. Sure it has a glued-on motor and like that... | |
| Rega P3-24 or VPI Scoutmaster Is it just me or is anybody else bugged by the fact that most Regas have NO easy arm height (VTA) adjustment? Shims? Really?It seems wrong...just wrong, and somebody should take a stand...I'm keeping my Linn/Akito rig. So there...I feel better now... | |
| Older Altec horn speakers I owned a pair of Altec A7s for many years...used 'em for my band's live PA mostly, but for stereo playback they had a certain sound that was so "organic"....perhaps not accurate compared to things now but really sweet and effortless...due mostly ... | |
| setting-up rel strater-3 The most useful information from all this is experimentation...move 'em around. And moving your listening spot is silly, unless it's in a really weird place (like your head is resting against the back wall, or you're sitting on a pile a broken gla... | |
| Jolida 502B correct tube allocation I bet there's a tiny old electronics shop someplace in Costa Rica with a treasure trove of NOS tubes...maybe that's wishful thinking and not the case, but hey...look around... |