dougthebiker
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| Speakers that are good with tubes Open baffle speakers are generally very efficient, mate well with tubes (especially 300B's IMO), and kill everything else at equivalent prices. I've got the GR Research NX-Otica open baffles mated with a 9 watt per channel Elekit integrated amp a... | |
| All New Treehaus Audiolab Phantom Of Luxury Open-Baffle FIELD COIL Loudspeakers Review You could save a ton of money with no loss of SQ by hopping a plane to Wichita Falls, TX and listening to the GR Research NX-Oticas or NX-Tremes. They have open baffle totally figured out. They only sell them as DIY kits, but they can direct you... | |
| That sound is right for me. Much to my amazement, some YouTube sounds better than badly engineered hi-rez. Case in point, remastered hi-rez of Led Zep cannot even remotely compete with YouTube’s Playing for Change cover of When the Levee Breaks. You can actually hear the b... | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up My Elekit 300B sounds better than most of the other integrated amps on earth after 20 minutes. But after 4 hours they’re magic. Had a pair of Gryphon SS Class A monoblocks that peaked at 12 hours even though I kept them in standby all the time. ... | |
| Open Baffle Experience I’ll pile on for GR Research. I’ve had the NX Oticas and the dual 12” servo subs for about a year and couldn’t be happier. Incredible soundstage width, depth and height. Another advantage of OB is efficiency, which allows you to use low wattage... | |
| Nobosound Springs I put the Nobsounds under my open baffle speakers, GR Research NX-Oticas, and was very pleased with the change-like focusing a camera. Others have said it’s the next best thing to Townshend platforms. You do need to adjust the number of springs ... | |
| Streamer Recommendation. I had an Ethernet cable run about 75 feet from my router to my listening room for $600. Much better idea than the mesh router path. If you’re handy, you could do it yourself for under $100. | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? I probably missed it above since this is a really long string, but the open baffle speaker is a technology that’s now getting a lot of focus from a few really good designers. Steve Guttenberg, New Record Day and Thomas and Stereo on YouTube have ... | |
| What selections do you play when showing off your system to others? Bruce Hornsby’s cover of Madman Across the Water live on his Intersections album. Incredibly well recorded and performed. Chris Isaac - Heart Shaped World Dominique Fils-Aime - Birds Frederick Fennell, Dallas Winds - Trittico | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? We’ll said, grislybutter. | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? In my experience, there's a very loose relationship between SQ and $ spent. Recently listened to the system of a member of the local audio club. Poor guy spent probably $500k on his system and I have hugely better SQ in my sub-$50k system. I wo... | |
| Snake oil of the year? Tough to judge by the picture of your system, but you might be several thousand dollars away from the ehternet switch being the weak link in the chain. And for free, you could improve your sound by experimenting with speaker placement in your ro... | |
| Solid state to tube If you want no tube hassles, go for a model that uses 300B’s. The new Western Electrics come with a 5 year warranty. They are $1,500 a pair, but well worth it IMO in terms of SQ. | |
| Pass labs upgrade path I haven’t sprung for the Townsend platforms yet, but @millercarbon was definitely right about the Nobsound springs. Big improvement under my speakers and they are crazy cheap. I’d prefer that no one tries to ban anyone with good advice. It’s h... | |
| Aurender N20 If you really want to torture yourself, go over to the Roon Community website where they get hot under the collar telling you bits are bits and you don’t even need a streamer. Just go directly from a Nuc running Roon into your DAC! And since the... |