tkhill
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| 1st full tube amp Oldchen EL34 I'm on my second Chinese amp. The first, Music Angle 6n1p, class A, sounded good. It was even better after a capacitor & pre-amp tube replacement (7199 for whatever came with it). An unqualified American tech killed it. The second is a Sophia ... | |
| Direct Drive Direct drive's "rumble", which is almost unmeasureable, always trumps belt drive's speed instability and having to replace the damn belts. | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Look for anything Ivie Anderson recorded in the studio with Ellington. The material was recorded by guys who wore ties to work. | |
| Questionable Tweak Bayliner - Can you hear the difference between red beans and black beans? | |
| The greatest tweak ever? We spent an afternoon setting up to record a b.f.d. organ and chorus recital. Sound check was great! We went to dinner (stayed sober) and it rained. Thank God for the second touch-up rehearsal - everything changed with relative humidity. | |
| When a budget speaker is preferred to a high end one... Does anyone out there listen to the Sophia speakers? I have a remarkably good-sounding pair of unlabeled speakers purchased in China when living there. They look suspiciously like the Sophia product. | |
| Have you ever solved a high end audio issue using non-audio technology? Or, visa versa? Tissue to tame excessively spitty tweeters. First recognized as a "Yamaha NSM 10" mod. | |
| Isn't it really about quality of recording? A friend and fellow recording engineer once said "Digital lets you hear the engineering mistakes much better than analog". I've heard magnificent Hot 7 remasters and crappy new work on several what to me are pretty good systems. Always remember:... | |
| Sophia Electric is not honest The decorative metal plate came off my early Sophia EL 34 A/B amplifier. The excellent tech at Pro-Tech Services, Bob, recommended I not put it back on, even with Gorilla glue. If the conductive decoration has slipped even a little lots of pins w... | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd Tonight it's Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderly. Check back tomorrow night. I'm assuming God uses a 275 and a pair of A7s for playback. | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Anything Paul McCartney did or does after the Beatles. Most of the Beach Boys. | |
| Most Realistic Recordings This a great question and terrific conversation! Try https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Moreira-Waltzes-Ernesto-Nazareth/dp/B00Q5KL3IC https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Rags-Rifkin/dp/B000005IYF | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? In 30 years of providing sample cassettes for many well-respected artists, the most common complaint was "There's something wrong with your recording. The entire concert is sharp/flat." The problem was, of course, their not very good cassette mach... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? I'm feeding a CD player directly into my Sophia EL 34. Anything else comes in on an "Aux" input. It sounds glorious. | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? Selling my original Mac 275. |