lubachl
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| Don't like vinyl aewarren: Well said! Even when the plan is to have some background music, I am drawn to "the chair" if the TT is spinning a record. I have pondered this often and can come up with no reasonable explanation. | |
| Speakers that are a great value! Since you are on a budget (as are we all to some degree) I would suggest you narrow your speaker options down to high efficiency speakers, ie 95db or more. The reason being that you can cut costs by buying a lower power or perhaps integrated tube... | |
| More Dynamic Speakers Than Vienna Acoustic I second what Wolf said. Micro and macro dynamic responses improve rather dramatically when you jump to horns, especially in the 100 db efficiency range.I made the change years ago (AG Trios) and have never felt the need to update my system. The... | |
| Subwoofer matching My experience with matching subs to just about any speaker is to go with an array of multiple subs rather than just a pair, as others have correctly observed. The idea is to have a large wave launch that can match the volume level of the much fas... | |
| Advantages of owning equipment from major audio brands vs. boutique shops? Sophia Electric is also a boutique brand of electronics that gives great value, great support for their products after purchase and they have been around for decades. | |
| Playing mono records properly without breaking the bank - a phono pre-amp question. @folkfreak, yes that is what I concluded. The more expensive MC stereo cartridge was giving me more information and dynamic bloom than the lesser MM mono cart. However, I remain baffled that many of my RCA monos have a bigger sound and slightly ... | |
| Playing mono records properly without breaking the bank - a phono pre-amp question. Because I have a lot of mono records in mint condition I thought it would be worth the effort to do just what you are considering, which is to get a dedicated mono set up with mono cartridge and separate arm for my TT. Having gone that route, I f... | |
| Phono Preamp Tube Rush If you prefer tubes and have a low output moving coil it is best to use a solid state phono pre and employ tubes in the downstream electronics. My recommendation would be to go with Nagra BPS. It has high enough gain for low output MCs, runs off... | |
| Going Battery Powered The areas where DC power gives you the best return is where the signals being amplified are tiny such as in a phono preamp or turntable. I have an turntable that is battery operated and a Nagra phono preamp that runs off a 9 volt battery. Unlike o... | |
| Has anyboidy had any experience with an 833-A single-ended triode amplifier? Thank you Greg. | |
| Has anyboidy had any experience with an 833-A single-ended triode amplifier? I've not been able to find Will Vincent's website, could someone post it or is that not permitted on this forum format. Thanks. | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations I do not think it is necessary to use tubes on horns. At Axpona this year the Avantgarde room was using an Esoteric integrated amp, 30 watts per channel with AG Duos and it sounded terrific. Perhaps others on this forum heard that room and can c... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations My room is 23' X 20' which I assume is smaller than most dedicated sound rooms. That is what I am referring to as a small room. In that space they work fine. Most venues where Trios are being displayed are much larger than that. I should have s... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations I have had many speakers over my lifetime and have spent a lot of money on stuff. The best long term speaker system I have encountered (and own for the past 8 years) are the Avantgarde Trios. On the used market a pair with subs in 19 ohm configu... | |
| Speaker recommendation thread (Organised by tiers of price) My favorite for overall best speaker for the money is a used pair of Avantgarde Trios. Average price used in mint condition is around $20K. There is a reason this speaker has been around relatively unchanged for the past 25 years. Most speakers... |