xenolith
Responses from xenolith
| Don't sell your tube amps Got enough signal, input and output tubes to last 'til I'm 140 years old...should be good | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? I apologize. I understand why my post re: impermanence was removed. Even Old Sid (i.e. The Buddha) said "Not all will be ready to learn this truth in their current Life; indeed many will not want to learn this truth in their current Life." The co... | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? She told me at the party that she was looking for Don McLean’s American Pie in the 45’s rack. I’m starting to think that the management of this site has become anti-democracy, anti-thinking, anti-sanity; in other words, anti-United States of Amer... | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? Met my wife in 1985 in the Licorice Pizza record store in Santa Barbara, CA where I worked when I was 19 (I was the LP buyer!!!). She roller skated into the store and my heart went pitter-patter :). I’d never approached a girl/woman before...obvio... | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had Silversmith Fidelium | |
| What is the most challenging music to play on a stereo? "...more of a Mullard EL34 sound vs Gold Lion KT77. Hope that makes sense." @pangeek yes, that does make sense :) Another challenging track is Run Like Hell from Pink Floyd's Pulse album. The drum strike at the end of the song blows the hair on... | |
| Modifying Crossovers A classic example of the sanity of a) knowing the relative quality of your speaker’s crossovers and b) improving them if their quality is not to the level that you would like is the B&W Matrix 801 Series 2 speaker. Although widely regarded as ... | |
| Recommendation for Repair Service for Dodd Audio Battery Preamp The counsel from aniwolfe is the best possible. By the way, if you do get it fixed, I strongly recommend that you follow my counsel presented here: https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/791187 It's worth doing everything possible to fix it. Good... | |
| Bi-Amping Options B&W 801 Series 2 Yes, so sorry for your loss. May your memories of her remain vibrant and detailed for all of your days. My best advice with these speakers is to give them tubes and the best of those that you can; yes, this means to disregard the advice to give t... | |
| Bi-Amping Options B&W 801 Series 2 tomcarr is mistaken; your speakers do not dip to 3 Ohms; they have a minimum impedance of ~ 5.5 Ohms at ~ 10 KHz. This speaker has very benign impedance and phase angle curves which make for a very easy to drive speaker. Regrettably, I consider to... | |
| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often That does indeed read like a good bet Ralph. Don't know how to explain it; driving our North Creek crossovered B&W Matrix 801 S2 speakers (87dB sensitivity, nominal 6 Ohm with benign phase angles and amplitudes) with only our 100 watt monob... | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… That's a very satisfying...and comprehensible!...description Ralph; thank you. | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… Thanks very much for your input Ralph. The designer/builder of our custom amps told me that fixed bias provides more "snot" than cathode bias. He meant power by snot. I know you’ve stated in this thread that there is no power difference between th... | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… Hidaleeho. Having computer troubles, so just seeing the status of this thread. Good exchange of info...good. Ralph, I'm sure that I'm wrong because I'm even more sure that you're right. Got some 8 Henry chokes on the power supplies of the amps... | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… Excellent point Ralph! Properly executed ultralinear topology is stunningly impressive. When executed properly, it is another reason why fixed (manually adjustable) output tube bias is essential, in order that output can be optimized for ultrali... |