emergingsoul

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Handling Heavy Amps
Recommend using racks with casters so you can move them around. Why would anybody rest these things on the floor? There is no Sonic impact if you use casters.  
Breaking news! Jays Audio is moving to Texas and takes interest in McIntosh
I love the radical spirit. Stick it to the man. I think the spirit of audio shows needs adjustment.  The last audio show in Texas brought together hundreds of individualized components that were all assembled in individual rooms where elderly men ... 
if you had this system, what would you do to make it sound the best you can
Panamax power conditioner should go. I have one and don’t use it in my System, it tends to be restrictive. What is size of room which really impacts Quality of what you're hearing.  I would for more powerful amplifiers, mcIntosh is fine  
Breaking news! Jays Audio is moving to Texas and takes interest in McIntosh
Hardly, I just spend all my time watching audio related videos on YouTube. There are so many audio things on YouTube it's remarkable. All the time everyone spending for views that only yield pennies a month . I'm not sure how much marketing suppor... 
Audio Racks, Just How beneficial? looking for guidance in upgrading
I used a plastic milk crate for years and it was fine. And I put the speakers on the floor and the turntable on a dresser as long as I didn’t do jumping jacks everything was fine.  I do have a nice wooden wide rack from salamander they don't make... 
Audio Racks, Just How beneficial? looking for guidance in upgrading
Nice to buy a solid wood rack and good to isolate turntable but all this hype about buying a incredibly expensive rack that's been incredibly well-designed with all these isolation qualities is just ridiculous. Explain to me the sonic benefit of ... 
Breaking news! Jays Audio is moving to Texas and takes interest in McIntosh
He’s got an addictive channel what can I tell you. Doesn’t mean I have to agree with everything. He’s really into what he’s doing and I respect that. I think his videos are on the long side and yes I still wish they had more descriptive info abou... 
Breaking news! Jays Audio is moving to Texas and takes interest in McIntosh
Plus I'm waiting to see how he likes the mcIntosh 901 and maybe he'll give us a sneak peek of the speakers that he's hiding   .  
Breaking news! Jays Audio is moving to Texas and takes interest in McIntosh
I like him he's got a lot of positive Energy. And he keeps flashing all this wonderful gear what could there be not to love here. I think he's bringing life to the whole industry so this can't be a bad thing, it needs to be revitalized.  I think ... 
How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you?
Amazing how complex and convoluted this discussion is.  I don't think there's a good answer here. Except, having a Quality tube or solid state amplifier with plenty of power is undisputably a good thing. Yes there are speakers that can run off of... 
Are You a Swifty?
I don't like the way she takes so much money from her fans who really shouldn't be spending that kind of money on her tickets. Seems pretty greedy to me.  
12AX7A preamp tubes - ribbed vs smooth plate
The Mono amplifier uses 4 12AT7 tubes and while four seems a bit much for rectifying (ie converting AC to DC) maybe two are devoted to this worthy cause and then it leads to the question what are the other tubes used for . I thought preempt tubes ... 
12AX7A preamp tubes - ribbed vs smooth plate
  @jond  You got lots of cool stuff. Maybe you have too many tubes in boxes. Why you have so many tubes? 4 12AT7 tubes. no clue what they do Beyond rectify. I know rectify transforms AC to DC and why you need four tubes to do that, dunno.    
12AX7A preamp tubes - ribbed vs smooth plate
It's a mono block amplifier with 8 KT 88 and 6 small tubes (  4 rectifier, 2 preamp).  And in this food chain, it's my understanding the 2 preamp tubes probably impact sound the most.  So this is where I want to spend my money.    
Rockport Lyras
I'm troubled  no one on this forum seems to own the rockport speakers. My dealer just began offering them and I was interested and now I'm not sure what to do. I need some speakers for another room and all of a sudden rockport is not as exciting ...