zaikesman
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| Another 6550 vs. KT88, 90, et. al.? Kevziek, I should add that although the Ruby 6SN7's I tried sounded good in the application in which I used them, the envelope of one (the glass of which *was* fairly thin-seeming) came apart from the base when I attempted to remove the tube from ... | |
| Sam Phillips Of course, it's ironic that you list Johnny Cash - brings us right back to Sam Phillips. Listening to Cash talk about Phillips on radio's Fresh Air, it was clear just how much Cash really was *produced* by Phillips. Maybe he would have become a st... | |
| Another 6550 vs. KT88, 90, et. al.? Trelja, thanks for your kind offer. Russ is sending me six each of his spare KT-90's and MO KT-88's to try out in one monoblock against my 6550C's, and this should greatly help me get the way pointed right.At least with the KT-90's, there's only o... | |
| Another 6550 vs. KT88, 90, et. al.? Hey, I'm from DC...no need to gloat about losing teams (in both senses) to me :-)Thanks for your email Russ, and when I've gotten somewhere with this experiment I'll be posting results here for all interested parties to check out (around a month f... | |
| Another 6550 vs. KT88, 90, et. al.? Nice to hear from you RCP. Just like in the majors, 3-way trades are pretty complicated to pull off...Besides, it doesn't sound like either of you guys has any questions about the Svet 6550C's you haven't already answered to your satisfaction? Sin... | |
| Your favourite recordings that everyone else hates Actually, most of Costello's work up through at least "Imperial Bedroom" was critically adored and sold fairly well. The first album has a much different sound than those that followed, but the backing band was also different too. Of his records t... | |
| Sam Phillips Chris, I just went and checked, and on "61" the name is actually listed as Bob Johnston, though it still only vaguely rang a bell with me. But the hit single "Like a Rolling Stone" was produced by Tom Wilson, with who's name and work I am much mor... | |
| Another 6550 vs. KT88, 90, et. al.? Trelja, thank you (I do get up to Philly from time to time, my bro lives there), but unfortunately each one of the monoblocks requires 6 power tubes. We could swap 4 of my 6550C's into your Jadis, but of course that wouldn't tell me what the KT-90... | |
| Make me feel better One begins to get a picture of why there are so many manufacturers vying for a piece of a business pie I had previously assumed to be a bit smaller than I now realize it must be...buy it, break it, buy it, break it...:-) | |
| Sam Phillips OK Chris, I give - who the heck is Bob Johnson? Are you maybe referring to John Hammond? | |
| The finest technically recorded album. LP or CD Champtree, Onhwy61 correctly applies the second part of my critique to your comments re the Willie disk. Let me put it this way: I believe that many audiophiles originally arrived at their interest in the quality of reproduced sound through their ... | |
| The finest technically recorded album. LP or CD Even more than just the storage medium and generation aspect (significant, but less so in my mind), I am refering, from just the audio perspective, to the number of nominations of electric-instrumented, multi-track mono (they're not true acoustic ... | |
| Review: Antique Sound Labs Hurricane Tube amp Rwd, I'm glad for you that everything seems to be going as hoped for with your purchase, and enjoyed reading your thoughtful review. If I had known that knew HP and had listened with him in the past, I wouldn't have been quite so surprised that so... | |
| Sam Phillips Can't believe this thread has only one poster - audiophiles have no idea, or no taste, I don't know which (likely both). Ironically, just 3 weeks ago I traveled to Sun Studios in Memphis for the second time in my life. Sam hadn't had anything to d... | |
| The finest technically recorded album. LP or CD Please try and excuse me for posting a dissent I'll probably regret ever having let out of the cage:The majority of these responses ably demonstrate why one should never trust an audiophile in matters of music - or sound...Not only do most of the ... |