sandthemall
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| There us a Worldwide Panic on Availability of Vacuum Tubes @ douglas_schroeder 14 years!!! Wow! That's a medium-long time! Maybe you need another 14 years! Just in case you missed something. So, please, report back in another 14 years! And take your time this go around. Don't want to rush anything. I'm... | |
| Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story? The correct answer: You need 2 amps: a summer amp and a winter amp. Summer amp is SS...duh. Winter amp can double as a space heater: 300Bs You're welcome. | |
| How much gear do you own? I don’t have a lot of audio gear...I try to keep it simple. But I have another problem. I married late so I got into a lot of hobbies. But they don’t feel like hobbies...they’re a part of me but I can’t seem to reduce the herd. Besides the audio ... | |
| Better Sounding Systems, Objectivists or Subjectivists? Numbers can lie. They precisely tell you a part of the story. They're useful but become a trap for some people. You can develop the ability to better than numbers. You know an artist, a master...or just really good. | |
| Will I Hear A Difference? As far as...will you hear a difference... The phono signal can be 1000x smaller than a line level signal. It does help to have the best TT, cartridge, headshell leads, interconnects, phono pre you can afford. | |
| Will I Hear A Difference? Technics 1200GR Hagerman Trumpet MC Phono Stage Audio Technica AT33SA | |
| Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story? Try (x8) 7581A tubes instead of KT88s. My Evo 400 does run fairly warm but not hot enough for me ever to give a care. On top of that Primalunas run tubes relatively easy so I find this post entirely fascinating. But sounds like the OP is ready fo... | |
| In the beginning Bingo, the first instrument was a drum | |
| What are your favorite recordings that sound best to you? The hands-down-best for me: The Very Thought of You / Ella Fitzgerald + Nelson Riddle Not far behind: Heart Shaped World / Chris Isaak Also very good: Boys and Girls / Brian Ferry | |
| Dang it, I'm Deaf.... Also, lose that much hearing and soundstage is gone forever. I had no idea how important bass was to soundstage! Also watch out for ototoxic drugs: aspirin, ibuprofen, antibiotics etc. In regular medium-high doses, they can be ear killers. | |
| Dang it, I'm Deaf.... OK let me explain: I'm 54. When I turned 53, I woke up one January morning and something was very different. My head felt subtly different. I had a fullness in bass for about 2 weeks before this but now it seemed I had no bass in my left ear. I... | |
| Dang it, I'm Deaf.... Try Homeopathy. I lost 70% of my left side hearing. And I got it back in about one month after treatment. All this after 3 months of Western Medicine that did not work, I had nothing to lose. Do not give up! | |
| Passive vs Active...Again! There are a lot of sneaky ways to make a room art friendly and also ’acoustically sweet’. These two objectives have a lot of overlap and you can satisfy both masters by careful planning. My wife will not tolerate acoustic treatments in our liv... | |
| Comparing Speaker Cables This is not so difficult. As someone mentioned, take copious notes. But also listen to specific tracks over an extended period...allow yourself to get accustomed to one set of cables. Then a after a couple of weeks, change cables and take more n... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment Geez, forgot that I also bought Tannoy Turnberry GRs. Perfectly matched to my Primaluna Evo 400 power amp. It certainly was the biggest improvement this year. |