jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Tube then Class D That Willeston tube amp has an output impedance of several ohms. It will interact with any speaker's impedance curve and act as a tone control. Do you really want to subject your music to a tone control you can't turn off? | |
| Tube then Class D Don't listen to the about-to-chime-in tube fanatics! I have a large collection of tube gear but I am realistic enough to recognize its limitations. | |
| Tube then Class D NO! Tubes are not "warm" sounding devices! They get hot and glow. This has visual appeal but nothing to do with sonic quality. A tube circuit amplifies an electric signal with more or less distortion. Transistors do the same - only with less noise... | |
| For the first time... @rauliruegas +1: I agree that the limits of what can be gotten out of the LP are here. 100K turntables with 10K cartridges into $35K phono stages are laughable attempts to achieve life-like sonics from a rock dragged through a spiral groove on a r... | |
| For the first time... The LP - and magnetic tape - are inherently flawed. They both depend upon the quality and the material properties of a physical medium. Digital recording and playback transcends the physical by encoding/decoding pure information. Technology advanc... | |
| Vandersteen 2ce Sigs with bass coupler issue A grating/scraping sound is caused by a rubbing off-center voice coil. | |
| EICO Tube Amp HF 14...Transformer question Use a variac with a speaker connected to slowly power up the amp. Adding a dim bulb tester to check current draw is a good idea. | |
| Worth upgrading my cables? Your wire is fine! No need to spend more $$$. Don't listen to the wire fanatics! | |
| Gigawatt LS2 EVO power cord I am like an atheist trying to argue with biblical scholars! Or rather Galileo's confrontation with the Inquisition! Go ahead and keep searching for that magic wire that ineffably transforms your listening experience. | |
| Good (great?) cartridges with user replaceable styli Shure V15mk5MR! I was lucky to find one NIB plus a new SAS replacement stylus for a combined price on eBay! | |
| Motif MS1001 power amp Wasn't that a solid state amp designed and sold by Conrad Johnson in the Eighties? | |
| Paint it Black Cello Rendition by Wednesday Addams..... They're creepy and they're spooky, mysterious and kooky - they are the Addams family! | |
| Gigawatt LS2 EVO power cord Wire, and power cords in particular, has ZERO effect upon a 20hz to 20khz music signal. This is a scientific fact! People that claim otherwise are delusional! There is no such thing as wire "burn-in." A Home Depot AC cord is indistinguishable from... | |
| Tube Amp Repair @rodman99999 : the OP broke the plastic guide key on the center of the base. | |
| Is there a 300B type amp out there with some WATTS behind it? VAC made stereo amps with multiple pairs of push-pull 300B's about twenty years ago. I remember seeing them advertised on the back covers of Stereophile. |