jasonbourne52
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| In general, how does price relate to quality? The higher the price the more "confirmation bias" comes into play! | |
| JBL Olympus C-50 loudspeakers You apparently have a Marantz 8B tube amp. You will need a preamp to connect from your music source to the Marantz. The Marantz 7 was a preamp - not capable of driving a pair of speakers! | |
| Questions about Mcintosh tube amp pairing with Altecs A good alternative to the Mac amps are a pair of Heath W5’s. 25 watts using 6L6/KT66 pairs along with Peerless output trannies. I have a pair along with several different pairs of Altecs. | |
| Gale 401's What condition are the woofer surrounds in? If they are foam they may need replacement. Foam ages poorly and rots away! | |
| Gale 401's They were built in England during the 70's. They came in two finishes - Walnut and Chrome. The Chrome version came with a pair of chrome tubular metal stands for horizontal placement. They are a 4 ohm impedance speaker of moderate sensitivity. A s... | |
| adcom-500 Look for a used Adcom amp: 535, 545, 555. Sell the receiver. | |
| Quantum Science Audio Thread The only place a fuse has an audible effect is if it is placed in series on one of the + or - conductors of speaker wire. It will increase resistance and decrease damping factor. A bad way to protect a speaker from excessive voltage! | |
| Have you heard darTZeel Amplifiers Fantasy amps for the 1%! | |
| What is it about spinning vinyl? It is fascinating to watch rotating objects! | |
| Cartridge leads? White = Left, Blue = Ground Red = Right, Green = Ground | |
| Please recommend a powerful tube amplifier If you really need to scratch that itch there is a Convergent Audio Technology C.A.T. JL-2 for sale here on Agon. $11950. Single-chassis with 8 KT120's per side for 200 wpc! Designed by Ken Stevens. I'd take it any day over any ARC or other five-f... | |
| Sony XA5400Es CD Player DAC Upgrade? Why not try the Khadas Tone Pro DAC? $190! It measures near- state-of-the-art! I have the earlier - and cheaper - version. I personally think that four-figure DACs are over-rated and are examples of confirmation bias! | |
| Quantum Science Audio Thread And now the Chinese see the dollar signs! Ten cent fuses selling for a hundred bucks! Westerners are indeed crazy! | |
| Quantum Science Audio Thread What do you think Lee DeForest would say about fuses? I bet at least half of you people here are ignorant of his achievement! Instead we have the likes of millercarbon raving away! | |
| Quantum Science Audio Thread "...you better be prepared to have your mind blown." Warning: Do not eat the brown acid! |