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| Is bi amping worth it ? Bi-amping can be complex, but it doesn’t have to be just to get your feet wet. You don’t have to start by realizing every theoretical benefit for bi-amping that exists for it to be beneficial. There are many options, but each situation is diffe... | |
| Who is your favorite tube seller? Tonal Tubes Viva Tube Depot Ness Tone | |
| Audio Technica VM530en vs AT-95C It's subjective, but the 530EN has a nude shank, and better coils. | |
| John Fogerty Legacy Album I heard him in concert when he was 72 and he sounded amazing. I thought his Blue Moon Swamp album was really good too. Just ordered the Legacy CD thank to you! | |
| Is bi amping worth it ? @billpete I’m having trouble wrapping my head around that. In stereo, wouldn’t this mean that I have one channel driving the bass and the other channel driving the mids/highs? Isn’t this kind of defeating "stereo"? No. "Stereo" is in the sou... | |
| Is bi amping worth it ? There are definitely some benefits that can be had from bi-amping, but the results depend on a lot variables. There are a lot of ways to approach bi-amping, so your approach is best tailored to your system and goals. Adding an active subwoofer ... | |
| cartridge for Cart The AT-3600L is a great value that tracks at a heavier weight than a lot of them, so it could be a good match for that TT. | |
| What speakers compete with GR Research? There are other kit makers who compete directly with GR Research. Madisound, CSS, Troels Graveson, HiVi, Parts Express, Falcon Acoustics, and others. Kits skip the retail markup, so can offer higher quality parts for the money. The downsides ar... | |
| Merlin VSM & TSM speakers: RIP Bobby Palkovich, Ten Years Ago Today Bobby and I met around 1983/1984 range through the Kodak Audio Club in Rochester, NY when they were based out of Paul Heath Audio on Alexander Street. We hit it off immediately, and I liked what he was doing with the early Merlin 1s. He had a ton ... | |
| Single driver full range speakers You could easily add a separate active subwoofer that has built in active crossovers so you don’t need to add a passive network. Adding a woofer to the cabinet with no crossover would mean the woofer would heavily overlap the main driver, which ... | |
| Adventures With Subwoofers Did you happen to try reversing the polarity of the subs at all? | |
| Does anyone own a tri amped system in Florida I could hear? There are so many variables involved, that it’ll be tough to distinguish which contributions are specifically from tri-amping. If all else is equal, typically changing from one stereo amp to two identical stereo amps (one per side) will improve... | |
| ordering from China.....which Chinese Tube Integrated at 3k? Skunkie Design also has a bunch of fixes/mods for the Willsenton in case you pursue it. | |
| Do you recall "instant improvement" from your first stand-alone DAC ? Yes! My first DAC was a humble Topping E30. It was audibly better than the stock DAC in my older Denon DCM 440. My second one was notably better yet - a modified SMSL C100 with an upgraded MUSES02 opamp and custom linear regulated power supply. | |
| Any Thiel CS7.2 or PowerPoint 1.2 crossover mods to share? You could always send yours to GR Research, and see what Danny comes up with. |