larryi
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| What gear do you want to demo? Good choices kennyc. I’ve heard the Voxativ fieldcoil in another system and it is quite good. I have heard, and liked very much, Pure Audio Project speakers with the wooden horn and coaxial driver options, but not with the Voxativ. I share your... | |
| 300B or 2a3 SET Class A for Heretic Model A? It has been a while, but, I have heard the Atmasphere M 60 and M 30 amps. I liked the sound a lot--very alive and vivid without being harsh. If you are looking for extra warmth, they might not be ideal, but, they are still very fun to listen to.... | |
| 300B or 2a3 SET Class A for Heretic Model A? Very good points yaluaka. Every component choice involves some kind of tradeoff, and if low-powered SET is your thing, you either live with some compromise on ultimate volume capability or a MUCH more limited range of speaker choices. The right ... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 I hope it works out for you and Aric Audio. I like small custom builders who know what they are doing and don’t greatly overcharge for their services and I like the fact that you will be auditioning the gear before buying. You have been quite di... | |
| 40 years of fitting cartridges to a variety of arms, I'm feeling stumped You can be off by quite a bit and it will not result in such gross problems as distortion and excessive sibilance (evidence of mis-tracking). It is most likely problems with the cartridge. Two arms, other cartridges working with the arm, what el... | |
| Sound Quality The theory is that the act of decompressing a file somehow affects the sound by creating temporal delays resulting in jitter. It a few years ago but someone claimed blind listening tests showed thar WAV files were superior in sound. I don’t know... | |
| Leaving tube amps on. I have not owned high-powered tube amps. None of the amps I’ve owned really required much warm up. I turn them on and start listening immediately. If they seem a bit off, that goes away in a minute or so. If the sound is enjoyable right from t... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 Yes, as I mentioned above, OTLs may not work with a low impedance load. Adding a transformer to lower the amp’s output impedance sort of defeats the purported advantage of being transformerless. I personally don’t care about such theoretical pro... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 I would add to audiotroy's list: 1. Dynamics--tube gear sounds more alive and dynamic, particular at low volume. Solid state has to be cranked up much louder to come alive. 2. Natural/realistic attack/transients--the initial attack of a note s... | |
| Leaving tube amps on. As jea48 says, most decent tube gear has a soft start circuit or if tube rectified, rely on the rectifier to gently bring the power up. It makes sense, from an equipment/tube preservation standpoint to turn off tube gear when not using it. In par... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 If the requirement for balanced design limits choices to much, I would ditch that criterion. There are MUCH more important things at play than the relatively trivial advantage of balanced design. You do need to somehow hear various amps and make... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I understand you are getting the Rosewood Signature Platinum (outstanding choice in my opinion). Koetsu cartridges are somewhat unique in terms of having a rich, warm sound without being murky. If you own just one cartridge, that is a great choi... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project The matching of cartridge to an analogue rig is primarily a consideration of the tonearm. The Rosewood Signature Platinum is best used with a high effective mass tonearm. The cartridge will sound very good even when the match is not ideal, but, ... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 I like OTL amps—they tend to be very vivid and lively. But, because of their high output impedance, they tend to work best with high impedance speakers and not ones rated at 4 ohms. The M-60 is quite good, but it is also not on the warm side ton... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 The ARC VT80SE is a fully balanced amp so it fits your specifications. I don't consider it a warm sounding amp, but that is a very subjective judgment. I have never heard the Lab 12 Suara, but, nothing in the description suggests that it is full... |