wolf_garcia
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| long lasting cart I bought an Ortofon Quintet Red a few months ago and it sounds amazingly good (Linn Basik/Akito)...I'll be watching it closely to see if it dies after 600 hours (I maybe have 50 hours on it...it's just warming up), but at 350 bucks...well...I'll g... | |
| Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs? As I've stated around 172 times, Klipsch Heresy IIIs are 99db efficient and I use 'em with 2 REL subs to cover the under 58hz needs. The new Heresy IVs play deeper by 10hz or so but I haven't heard those...a great match with my 12wpc SEP (Dennis H... | |
| Advise on Long Phono Cable run A true balanced signal is the way to go for long runs. Period. | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? I agree from reading the specs that these things are 90db efficient with a 4ohm minimum stated. Absolutely typical of pretty much every modern tower speaker around these days. If you owned actually efficient speakers the world of lower powered amp... | |
| Recommended Speaker List for Atma-Sphere OTL Amplifiers. I somewhat agree with the above comment, except to add that the Schiit Freya is certainly in a class by itself as an amazingly engineered and excellent sounding truly balanced tube (or not, your choice) preamp with more features and flexibility th... | |
| Subwoofer insight. Speakon plugs lock into place, protect against moisture, and are simply a better idea than RCAs, phone plugs, binding posts, and other archaic hookup items. Note that Neutrik makes possibly the best cannon (balanced) plugs also. I'd be happy if mo... | |
| OMG, just removed my speaker grills and the sound just opened up to a new level! I wanna know what Magico charges for replacing a poked tweeter...I actually asked somebody about that at Goodwins and the dude looked a little pale and said, yeah, it happens...didn't mention the cost. | |
| Tung-Sol 7581A......Wow!! I've never tried a 6p3se tube...do they have a blue glow? | |
| Tung-Sol 7581A......Wow!! I switch my tubes around here and there and found that the 7581As are a great tube in my little single ended pentode amp...and the blue glow is cool...GL KT77s however do get some serious amp time as there's a hard to describe dynamic in those tub... | |
| Anyone try the new Synergistic Research Orange UEF Duplex? I think one main result of actually (or literally) buying in to expensive silly pseudo tweaks is the fact that many will go a long way in justifying that purchase...claiming anyone who can’t hear the amazing differences has bad ears (or at least c... | |
| Anyone try the new Synergistic Research Orange UEF Duplex? It means it can create a holographic image of your conscience reminding you not to purchase anything sold using ridiculous pseudo science hyperbole. | |
| OMG, just removed my speaker grills and the sound just opened up to a new level! My Klipsch Heresy IIIs sound a little more "open" with the grills off (this could be imagined, but so what?) but look better with 'em on...since the grills are held on by magnets I try to remember to put them back after an "active" listening sessi... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Even good SS amps don't sound anything like tubes really, try as they might. Especially when compared to single ended tube amps. Nelson Pass might come close, and the effort he puts into getting things to sound like tubes makes me wish he'd just m... | |
| Klipsch Heresy IV I don't get the comments that Heresy IIIs (or IVs) might not have the "uber detailed" sound of more precious designs...balderdash! I've owned a lot of those more typical (read expensive) designs, and the Heresy keeps up with and even surpasses all... | |
| Thoughts on choosing an amplifier The type of music is irrelevant as any good system simply doesn't care what it's playing. Note that with most very efficient speakers (ZU, Tekton, Klipsch, etc.) you can free up the amp portion of your quest because efficient speakers can utilize... |