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| Graphene Sluggo - Unlocking Sonic Scenery Assuming you are willing to take the risk of running your gear without a fuse, why use an expensive slug when you can re-wire and bypass the fuse holder entirely with a straight piece of wire? A slug would only make sense if you have plugged the ... | |
| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. You cannot assume that a technology good for one purpose (e.g., tweeter) will be best doing the job at other frequencies. If that were the case, there would be only one driver or type of driver in all speakers. There probably are tradeoffs made ... | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? That "Night in Tunisia" track I mentioned above includes a Ron Carter bass solo and a Tony Williams drum solo with very prominent bass drums. This reminds me of a jazz music joke: An anthropologist is given the privilege of being the first outsid... | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? Some of the best recorded jazz is on a Japanese label--East Wind--and the recoding of drums is particularly good on an album for the Great Jazz Trio (Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Tony Williams): "Direct from LA." If you can find it, go for the origina... | |
| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? Because the builds can be for a specific customer’s needs, there are some quite odd pieces out there, like a single chassis holding a phono stage and crossover. This reminds me of an establishment in the M.A.S.H. novel: Finest Kind Pediatric Hosp... | |
| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? Yes, it was aa Audio Note capacitor used in lieu of a Western Electric paper in oil. It’s hard to believe, but there are much more expensive capacitors sold by Audio Note. Deja Vu uses what works for their sound, so the parts mix includes crazy ... | |
| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? A local dealer has electronics built for him according to his rough specifications on design and his choice of parts. From years of experience, he knows what parts he likes in the electronics, but, the process still involves parts swapping to get... | |
| Warm, yet detailed tube preamp The Cary SLP98 is a very warm and smooth sounding unit, even moreso than the SLP05. Audio Research and LTA are not particularly warm. I suspect that you Zu speaker is the reason for wanting a warmer sound. While I appreciate the liveliness of t... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? A friend of mine gave someone who is a rabid Beatles fan a Butcher "Yesterday and Today" (used condition). He gave me the Mobile Fidelity Beatles Box and the Mobile Fidelity Rolling Stones Box. He also gave me a Marvin Gaye One Step. i think th... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? All of the speakers we are talking about are "warm" (they are tipped up a bit from about 60 to 200 hz), but, warm speakers can also have a peak much further up or some other characteristic not necessarily associated with frequency response to can ... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Perhaps, "sibilance" was not the right term to use. At certain upper midrange frequencies there is a slight edge or hardness that will be most pronounced in recordings that have a tendency to be sibilant. That slight edge also can make recording... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Stuartk, The Audio Note line is quite efficient, but not like horns or other very efficient speakers. But, they are also easy to drive which makes them suitable for use with most low-powered tube amps. My local dealer frequently uses a 6 warr/c... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? I hear that slight edge with some very good and smooth tube amplification. It is NOT in the least a disqualifying property; I like very much most of the Harbeth line. I don’t know of any speaker that is perfect in every way, so I mentioned what ... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? This dealer only sells tube electronics, so, the Harbeths were not run with the recommended high-powered solid state amps. Still, Harbeth acquitted itself quite well. I particularly liked the 30.2 model for its lively, yet not lean or harsh soun... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? All of these brands make nice sounding speakers and one would have to hear specific models to make the right choice. There are also other similar lines of speakers that deserve consideration. For example, for the extremely small monitors, the Fal... |