lloydc
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| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera It is often difficult to decipher a Stereophile review. As someone above noted, theymay damn a product with faint praise. Many of their reviews seem inconclusive or unenthusiastic - which usually means "there are better products out there". Wh... | |
| EL34 tubes- alternates to matched octet for Primaluna HP dialogue premium Blues41, Small signal tubes are plentiful and to some degree afordable. I was referring to power tubes. 8 old matched Mullard el34’s? You can’t be serious. | |
| EL34 tubes- alternates to matched octet for Primaluna HP dialogue premium Matched modern power tubes are fine. 8 matched NOS power tubes would cost way too much, and besides, you won’t really find 8 matched tubes- there aren’t enough of them to sort and match them like they can new production. The recommendation for 8... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? I went all tube- pre, amp, phono - more than 30 years ago, when SS amps were harsh and consequently, I had lost interest in recorded music. Solved that problem! Amps and preamps are equally important.As many above have noted, there are many ways... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Science is not a religion. That's ridiculous. | |
| Modwright Preamp Owners. Thanks for the insight on the LS 100. I went from an Audio Research Ls-15 to MW 36.5 years ago. Huge improvement. No doubt the separate MW power supply would improve things, and I guess one might find a preamp which suits his taste slightly mor... | |
| Does anyone use hearing aids when listening to your hi-fi audio system? psag, I have Oticon Intiga 10 hearing aids. The newer aids have faster processors and software. | |
| Triode or Ultra-linear? Why? Wolf, one rumor I heard was that Mesa got tired of dealing with the demands of audio dealers, who wanted frequent "upgrades" to be made available. | |
| Triode or Ultra-linear? Why? Tablejockey, Yes, the Baron can be run in all-pentode mode, but the sound it a bit harsh. Don't know why. I don't think anyone used them in all-pentode mode for long. | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? How about a rule that after x posts by a 'Goner on a single question, no more? How do these people find the time to engage in such pointlessness? | |
| How does the sound of a power tube change, over time? For the reason Wolf gave, you tend to accumulate backup tubes. You can't tell you needed to, until you replace them, and then things sound a little better. I have at least 5 sets of 12 power tubes, and many preamp tubes, in reserve...not worth t... | |
| Triode or Ultra-linear? Why? +1 @tablejockey , Who describes the trade-off precisely. I prefer the lower distortion of triode, even with the slight reductions at frequency extremes, with my Mesa Baron, for virtually all music except loud rock. | |
| Does anyone use hearing aids when listening to your hi-fi audio system? I sometimes do. Cymbals otherwise have no shimmer, and so forth. A hearing aid is an equalizer matched to the curve of your hearing loss, for each ear, with some extra processing (admittedly, some compression.) Inexpensive aids won't do. Mine a... | |
| How to add center channel to stereo thanks. I guess I'll be proceeding along those lines. | |
| Amps from the 1980's -- What gear holds up sonically? Reliably? Hi Eric, I can't say I know 80's tube amps well. Currently using a Mesa Baron from 1995, still happy with it.It was a "light bulb" moment when I realized the reason I was disinterested with recorded music was due to cd's and solid state. Fixed that! |