coppy777
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| Help! Pre amp turning on by itself. My dCS Bartok comes on without fail from it's warmed up quiet state every time there's a power surge or temporary outage. Had any surges lately? | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal To repeat... Harman has done a great job with Roon. | |
| Qobuz Connect Launched Yesterday The app passes the Qobuz music via your streamer to your audio system. The app is controlled by your iPad separately and has no effect on the music stream or it's quality. And, Roon playing Qobuz sounds great. I use their Nucleus streamer and a... | |
| Audioquest Water interconnects Moon Audio has some apparently good sounding, well constructed IC cables at good prices as well. Mine are AQ Thunderbird and Wireworld Platinum but both are not budget friendly. If you are going to stretch, the AQ top three or four power cords a... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? My preamp is Conrad-Johnson's top model the ART88. It came brand new from the factory with four Phillips NOS ECC88's. I read in a HiFI+ review that you could replace the "made for TVs" NOS tubes with EH6922 Golds for a nice increase in sound qua... | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles Hey Eric... thanks for the great little essay on a vitally important subject. Not the anyone cares but I like meatloaf as long as it's not too greasy. A delicacy indeed. Beer is great as long as it's beer and has a good bit of flavor, not IPA o... | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" I'm old so... First it was the table radio with the pretty glowing tubes. Wonderful... how does it all work? Then Ham Radio to talk with the world, and more equipment fascination. As a teen it was all about the music... loved the Do-Wop but h... | |
| Does loudness play a part in your appreciation? I'm probably an 85 DB is loud guy. Mostly jazz. Most tracks or albums have a perfect sound level, all different. I turn the sound up until the image of the voice or instrument in front of me is the right size. Too loud and it's blasting and ... | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier Preamplifiers have more effect on sound quality than any other individual component save speakers. And, everything goes through your preamp. Companies that specialize in building the highest quality preamps are relatively few. The best value at... | |
| Oh no, say it ain't so. MULVELING... well said, as usual. +1 | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? Yes, I believe a good power conditioner and power cables will improve your sound quality because that's been my experience. But, it may not be yours or at least not to the extent you think it important. One of the joys of this hobby for me is th... | |
| Pure Silver Wire Hey fthompson251, Agreed. The ICs between preamp and amp are actually G.E.8s. I auditioned a pair of Platimums as potential replacements and returned them. Could not hear any difference after a relatively short audition. Best, | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? I'll second the Conrad-Johnson recommendation. They made their reputation building the best Preamplifiers. Owned most, now an ART88. Suburb. | |
| LoFi Hey Mr. rvpiano, I think most of us began just loving music from a table radio or in the car. One reason you may like your low-fi set up is that you aren't locked in to one position and can now again move around and enjoy it anywhere in the room... | |
| Pure Silver Wire To the original point... solid silver is expensive and occupie only the top of a cable manufactures line. My Wireworld Platinum speaker and IC cables are silver and sound wonderful. The speaker cables are much richer sounding than the Nordost Va... |