marantz33
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| Is this describing a blown tube, or two blow tubes? @tonydennison Yeah.. I checked with Mike Sanders when retubing although now you're making me wonder if it was kt150. The tubes I was using went with a pair of prima Luna prologue 6 monos that I sold a few months back. Had them biased at 42 and th... | |
| Do Your Speakers have LEVEL CONTROLS or EQUALIZERS? (Vintage or Modern) ??? I saw the Advent loudspeaker mentioned. I owned a set of these which did have a toggle for attenuation. The three positions should have been labeled "muddy... bright... just right". That said they were a very good speaker in their day and are stil... | |
| Is this describing a blown tube, or two blow tubes? I also have a set of quicksilver mid mono and have lost a tube before. You described my experience to a t. For what it's worth I was running mine with kt120 for a long time until I decided to try the el34 which as I understand the amps were voiced... | |
| Am I missing anything? Well that will teach him. Trying to do something nice for a friend. The nerve. | |
| Mazzy loves Little Feat! My apologies I had it backwards. Credit to Rickie Lee Jones. I just assumed it was Lowell that wrote it. | |
| Mazzy loves Little Feat! Lowell's Thanks I'll Eat it Here album is an overlooked gem. Not hard to figure out why Little Feat was so eclectic when he was in the band after hearing it. Easy money was covered by Rickie Lee Jones on her debut. Excellent version. | |
| Mazzy loves Little Feat! Little Feat is my all-time favorite band. Unfortunately I was never able to see them with Lowell George but saw them many times during the mid-80s Texas Twister era. Incredible musicianship and they gave you your money's worth. One of my most priz... | |
| Amplifier considerations, PrmaLuna EVO 400 versus ARC Reference 160 S. Is ARC worth it? fsonicsmith1 That's a great point and one I hadn't considered. I wrongly assumed that an arc owner would most often send it back to the manufacturer. I was not aware that they were open to sharing the schematics, many manufacturers will not. Penn... | |
| Amplifier considerations, PrmaLuna EVO 400 versus ARC Reference 160 S. Is ARC worth it? People like what they like and I am loathe to question anyone else's judgment or tastes. So against my better judgment here goes: until recently I owned a set of prima Luna prologue 6 monoblocks. I now own a Conrad Johnson premier 11a and a set of... | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! At the risk of opening myself up to ridicule I bought Rockville stands for my many pairs of bookshelf speakers. They were dirt cheap and doing admirable job after a few cheap modifications. I filled the posts to the top with rice and applied a lay... | |
| So many YouTube clips to evaluate sound quality. Why??? @pabs85 nailed it. You can't discern much from these clips but you can discern something. I find it is usually about the character of the speaker dynamic versus laid back. Plus just looking at them is gear porn. | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT +1on the Audiolab CDT 6000. I am 90/10 vinyl to compact disc as far as listening habits but I can tell you the AudioLab takes the sting out of having to listen to CD when I don't have a vinyl copy. Very organic and an incredible value. Some people... | |
| So This Really Is The End.... Wandering... Not wondering. And I was an English major.Thanks speech to text | |
| So This Really Is The End.... Man I feel really guilty. With the exception of 6 years or so in the late '80s early 90s I've lived here all my life and had no idea moles was still open. I definitely would have checked it out. As far as the old school holdouts everybody's record... | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? If I may humbly suggest a budget solution for replacing your CD player. I have an audio lab 6000 CDT playing through a Schitt modi external dac and couldn't be happier. As far as a solid state amplifier paired with a tubed preamp I have run quite ... |