zaikesman
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| Tube ---- Ei 12ax7 Joe, this unfortunately didn't work out from a technical standpoint. I'll be updating the original thread. | |
| And we strive for..... what ? Onhwy61, while I don't disagree with you in theory at all, there is one other alternatinve you don't mention: Drop the 'requirement' for 'perfect' performances altogether. Put the human element back in record-making, and the accidental element too... | |
| Tube ---- Ei 12ax7 Just a note, Distortion: As far as I know, all the EI 12AX7's will be the same "model" as one another. The 'Low Noise' designation will simply mean that the particular ones you bought have been pretested and culled by the reseller to represent som... | |
| Harry Weisfeld Was Right All Along There are those who feel anti-skating compensation isn't incorrect in theory, but rather that there will always be, to one degree or another, introduced compromises inherent in its mechanical implementation (whether through weights or springs) whi... | |
| And we strive for..... what ? Thanx for the link - I have to admit that my preferred state of ignorance concerning the current 'music scene' had included the existence of these specific devices, though I always knew there was a lot of electronic manipulation going on, 'cause y... | |
| Tube ---- Ei 12ax7 An approach I was able to take successfully on a few occassions - but which may not be practical or available to everyone - was to get 10-20 of these tubes from a local guitar or repair shop that stocked these tubes, and where I could find a guy w... | |
| Tube ---- Ei 12ax7 To me the EI 12AX7 is the best production tube of this type (less colored, more defined and extended, cleaner), though I've never tried the new Svetlana's. I have found the newer shiny-plate ones to be as good as the older gray-plate ones. For hig... | |
| High Pass, Low Pass, Notch, and Notch Width A high pass filter will progressively roll off (cut the amplitude of) the response below the set frequency, letting the frequencies higher than the set frequency 'pass' unaffected.A low pass filter will progressively roll off (cut the amplitude of... | |
| What does your common sense tell you? I second any above posts saying in effect, sell to whom you please, based on whatever combination of criteria you require. Extend as much courtesy as you like, but do what you need to do for your sale, as long as you don't mislead anybody. | |
| Balanced Output from Transport Yes, the digital signal in AES/EBU format provided on XLR jacks is electrically balanced. In my experience, a balanced transport feeding a balanced DAC will probably sound superior utilizing the balanced XLR digital connection, rather than the sin... | |
| Review: Acoustic Zen Hologram II Speaker cable Though I haven't heard the Holograms, your observations are pretty similar to my impressions of my Satori mono's. For the bucks especially, I feel they are great cables, and I'm going to stay here for the indefinite future. | |
| Best band of the 80's At that time (I graduated HS in '82), the best band in the world to me was, no contest, The Replacements (Twin/Tone label-era work, mostly, and before the forced departure of the late Bob Stinson). Looking back, I can see now that they were not ju... | |
| Fixed Bias vs. Adjustable M., although I'm sure there can be pro and con arguments made each way, I don't agree that simply implementing auto-bias directly results in 40% greater tube life. In fact, if the tubes aren't bad and you double-check the bias every once in a whil... | |
| How can multiple woofers generate lower frequency? I would add to Sean's thoughts that a larger woofer, with its greater diaphragm area, also doesn't have to make as large an excursion as a smaller woofer would. The more cone area you get - whether by using multiple smaller woofers or one larger w... | |
| tube suggestions for cj MV50? My C-J was the MV-55, but close enough. I much preferred the Svet's sonically over the Sovteks, and had no reliability problems with either. The Teslas sounded better than the Sovteks, though not as good as the Svet's, but I did have repeated reli... |