larryi
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| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers audioman58, I heard those giant ESP speakers back around 2000-01, and I liked them a lot. But, I knew it would be hard for them to succeed. The sound was beautifully balanced and natural, but it lacked the kind of WOW factor that is often neede... | |
| must you play music to break in tubes The crackling and sputtering sounds I've heard that went away with time took about a minute or two to go away. I've heard similar sounds where the tube pins made poor contact with the socket. You could try cleaning the pins and re-inserting the ... | |
| must you play music to break in tubes My tubes are dead quiet except for those rare instances I mentioned above. Get rid of them just for these minor sins--they have worked well for me for a very long time even though they were old and used tubes (tested strong) when I got the amp. ... | |
| must you play music to break in tubes You can turn the volume down while waiting for the noise to clear. If it is what glennewdick described, it doesn't take that long to clear up. The particles will burn up and the problems stop. I hear that crackling rustling noise very rarely, a... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 A lot of difference in the house sound of CJ and ARC amps, so it is interesting that some have recommended both. You need to at least sample dome of the brands recommended. I particularly endorse the recommendation of Synthesis amps. I cannot t... | |
| Sound Quality Part of the problem with streaming quality is that the services don’t care about what they upload; if the version they buy the license for is crappy, the resolution doesn’t matter. Yes, Many CDs are crappy too, but one can often find better versi... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? There is no useful answer to the question; circumstances vary greatly. There is gear that I found instantly appealing, but, over a longer period of time my annoyance over faults grew to the point that I disliked it. It does help to take enough t... | |
| little big win Oh no, I hope she doesn’t get hooked on good sound and have to spend a fortune feeding the habit. Does’t she know that the dealer starts by giving away free fixes. | |
| Solid state amp vs tube amps All things being the same, they will sound the same. | |
| 4ohms or 8ohms for refurbished WATT/Puppy 5.1's? It does not matter, as far as safe operation is concerned. The 4 ohm tap would probably work best with difficult/demanding loads and almost all Wilson speakers are that kind of load regardless of their efficiency. | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? I've heard power cord shootouts on amplifiers, and differences are, to me anyway, quite subtle and it is hard to really compare cords because of the time it takes to make the switch. With interconnects and speaker wire, the comparison is MUCH eas... | |
| Cool running, low powered power amp I would strongly recommend hearing any amp first before buying. In particular, putting money down for something you have to wait three years for seems very risky. I've heard three Decware amps and all of them were whimpy sounding things that sou... | |
| Finally after 7 years of search... Full Range: Voxativ. YES, by all means look at tube amps. I really like lower powered tube amps of all topologies--single ended, pushpull and output transformerless. I would take advantage of the higher efficiency of the Voxativ speaker to explore low-powered tube a... | |
| Finally after 7 years of search... Full Range: Voxativ. I've heard several systems with their drivers, including their Ampeggio system, and I like their sound. I have also heard a few other systems based on full and wide range drivers that I like a lot. One of the best sounding, and not crazy expensi... | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? It actually does matter in some cases. A friend recently told me that his Audio Note M 8 linestage had developed a problem with turn-on—it would frequently blow a fuse when the switch was thrown. The problem turned out to be caused by a massive ... |