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| Best EL-34 Amps? I agree, El 34's are one of my favorite tubes. I still use a Conrad Johnson MV 55 in my bedroom system. Previously owned Cary SLM 100 monoblocks, these ran KT 88's and 6550's as well, preferred the EL 34's in triode mode. I would think the Cary's ... | |
| Power cords and soundstage If you only changed out and rearranged the two power cords you shouldn't be that confused. If however, you changed out other things you have reason to be confused. Only make one change at at time!Power cords do make changes in soundstaging, so I'm... | |
| Reel to Reel Mess I don't know whats up with the servos, but you should be prepared to service the deck. These have many electolytic capacitors that leak over time, you may have to do some replacement. | |
| Holographic imaging Objectively, one would have to go back to the original master tapes to determine the sound of the recording. However, even this could be played on different systems resulting in different sound. In the end, interpretations of correct sound is foun... | |
| So whats your favorite music themed movie? A couple off the top of my head. Another vote for Clockwork Orange, more contemporary, Lost In Translation. On the cornball side, the musical Oklahoma. | |
| Speaker Placement Advice Perhaps you could try some kind of portable acoustic device (diffusor/reflection) to put in the doorway only while listening to music. | |
| burning in capacitors for phono stages I have the preamp volume turned up full.I like the idea of being able to hear the caps as they burn in using the cd player, think I'll give it a try.Thanks, Scott | |
| An Audiophile's journey SETs have much more than midrange. Number one, you have to the proper speakers to match them to, its all about synergy. I've had SS, push pulls and SETs in the main room. I've also had push pulls and SETs in the bedroom system, currently have a So... | |
| burning in capacitors for phono stages Bob, I would think it would take longer to burn in the cap with that scheme. Wouldn't the cd player be sending out a lower level signal than the preamp? | |
| About your music collection The last word from me about what constitutes a music lover. I never said that only audiophiles can be music lovers, I said "based on my experiences, I'm really BEGINNING to believe one has to be an audiophile to be a music lover." Nothing is set i... | |
| About your music collection Photon, I'll give you credit on the musician thing. I suppose they have their fill of the highest quality sonic experience, live music!I'm unable to objectively define what is superior sonic reproduction for others. Perhaps people with tons of mus... | |
| burning in capacitors for phono stages Rodman, I'm burning them in for aprox. 150 hours. I've heard in speaker crossovers the V Caps can take 400 or more hours to fully burn in. Eventually, I will get around to building the burn in scheme you suggested. Thanks again. | |
| burning in capacitors for phono stages Thanks for the info Rodman. I'm using the burn in scheme suggested by Johnss. We'll see how that works. | |
| burning in capacitors for phono stages Thanks Johnss, I will try that break in procedure for my speaker crossover caps.As for the cost of boutique caps, I find it rather inexpensive for amount of change I hear. I consider cabling a high cost item for relatively little change. Besides, ... | |
| Confessions I'm like Kthomas, like too many genres to afford feeling guilty. I suppose I'm particularly fond of really obscure stuff from the late 60's, early 70's, listening to this stuff really brings to mind the zeitgeist of a unique moment in time.Just la... |