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| Aria preamps I found Jafox's substantial and very interesting review of the line stage. | |
| 10 Great Classical LP's If you've just started listening to classical music, you would not be concerned terribly with what performers give "the best" or "greatest" interpretations. Besides, that's always a matter of opinion. The same is true for the greatest lps or the g... | |
| Rolled some 12ax7's recently... It seems many are raving about the RCA 12ax7 black longplates, but I've barely seen or heard a word about the RCA 12ax7 GRAY longplates. I've owned and listened to both varieties in my system. I just shook my head. I wound up selling the blackplates. | |
| Cardas ICs are too warm for Tube amp Listen with your own ears. Cardas makes very fine sounding cables, which have satisfied many listeners, including myself. I currently own and enjoy their Golden Reference tonearm cable very much. I sold the GR interconnect, which I replaced with a... | |
| need help on transparent sounding 12au7 tubes I agree with Mofimadness and Tvad. I've tried many different combinations of 12au7s and 12ax7s in the 9 pin sockets of my Air Tight ATM-3 amps. I keep coming back to those airy, easy, musical Mullard cv4003(12au7) boxplates. In conjunction with th... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Marill555. I'm still "alive and kicking". Yes, I recall well that time when some considered us the equivalent of partners in crime when we detailed the problems we had with the sound of our Suprateks. I want to also say, though, that there were... | |
| Phono cables Phil: Uru 975 suggests you try the Hovland Music Groove 2 phono cable, and you might do that. I just wanted to add that I currently own and use the Cardas Golden Reference phono cable with DIN, and used to own the Hovland Music Groove 2 with DIN. ... | |
| do you need to elevate interconnects? Dan...Unless you already have ics and scs that you feel you might be able to "live with", your only opther options, it seems, are to take a chance with buying based on what you've read or heard from others or making an effort to contact The Cable ... | |
| do you need to elevate interconnects? Indeed, the argument/discussion over the issue of what should be longer or shorter is a never ending one (as evidenced by the subject's repeat play on this very site). I've used longer ics and shorter scs for so many years now, the matter doesn't ... | |
| do you need to elevate interconnects? Incidentally, though I've had short and long (up to five meters)interconnects elevated off the carpet without audible improvements, I've never heard any "injury" to the sound while running them along baseboards, and I've never run them under a car... | |
| do you need to elevate interconnects? I have elevated both interconnects and speaker cables. While I have found a definite improvement in sound, especially greater presence, with speaker cables, I've yet to discover any benefits by raising interconnects off the floor. Your experience ... | |
| Which NOS tubes on my ASL 1009 for more warmth? I think you will be quite satisfied with Mullard 12au7s. The boxplate variety is especially nice if you can get it for a good price. I've tried virtually all the top notch 12au7s, and I keep coming back to the Mullards. They have none of the irrit... | |
| Kubala-Sosna power cords? Stringreen's comments ring true. Superb case in point: The Ridge Street Poiema 3 Signature power cord. | |
| Replace au24 speaker cable??? Xti16 says that while he demoed the JPS Superconductor 3, he "...never heard the AU24s..." I demoed the AU24e speaker cables, considered to be an upgrade of the 24s, at the same time I demoed the Superconductor 3s. IME and IMS, the latter bested t... | |
| Smooth treble Though I'm very pleased with my existing components, here is something I failed to mention, but should have. If you have tried a number of component changes but are still somewhat dissatisfied, you might want to re-examine your room's acoustics. I... |