trelja
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| Jadis amplifiers: rolled off treble? Chris, which one have you heard?I don't get this impression, in fact, the opposite, but not in a harsh or bright/shrill way. The words I most use to describe Jadis are romantic, sweet, and musical (probably more of these three than it should be), ... | |
| Mullard EL34 as a choice for your amp. Stivervii, the JJ KT77 are NOT compatible with the Consonance Cyber 800 tube monoblocks. And, despite what some try to tell you, neither are 6550 and KT88. This is the price paid for the convenience of this cathode bias (autobias) circuit.After CE... | |
| Best Cheap Speakers - New or Old Some good suggestions here; I'll echo the Spicas.One I'd like to add are the Fried A/6. They have routinely beat out new loudspeakers in the $2000 - $6000 range in my system, including the winner of a loudspeaker of the year award. Tuneful/tight, ... | |
| High Efficiency Dynamic Speaker Suggestions Please Hi, Phil, haven't seen you at one of our meetings lately...Your listening position being about 10' away is ideal, and having 7' between looks to be OK even if I try to spread them a little bit farther than that. In a good sized room such as yours,... | |
| Media Room - flooring Shadorne, is this underlayment OK to put under hardwood (not engineered, Pergo, floating, etc.) floors?Not going into my listening room, which we already put hardwood 2 years ago, but I'm going to do my family room next month, and have been wonder... | |
| Help Design & Build a Cabinet - KNOW ANYONE? Good suggestions. Another who I can personally vouch for as he has built my loudspeakers is Brian King in California, he can be reached via homebrew3573@sbcglobal.net | |
| $1000 upgrade budget- cdp or speaker? I'll put forth a contrarian answer, and say replacing the CJ CAV50 integrated amplifier will give you more improvement than either the CD player or the loudspeakers for your money.My next move after that would probably be the CD player. | |
| On a scale of 1-5 a) 4b) sonic quality 4, build quality/reliability 2 | |
| focus audio fs 78sig's, Tweeter on inside or out? Bud Fried made many speakers like this, and was adamant about the tweeters being on the inside. Every other person I've spoken to, however, insists on having them on the outside.I've tried both ways, and agree with Bud. The imaging is far better i... | |
| 1, 2 , 3 , 4, etc of speaker mod / upgrade 1) Have the drivers rebuilt. After 20 years, the suspension of the drivers can often have stiffened considerably and the copper or aluminum of the voice coil may have corroded and lost a significant amount of conductivity it once had.Find a reputa... | |
| High-current tube amps Quite an elegant way to put things, Bill.You don't see dump truck motors in a Ferrari or vice versa. Maybe people should spend more time worrying about synergy. | |
| a tube amplifier repair technician John, interesting that Bob also feels that "cycling" is the best method of break-in...I've been writing that in some threads over the past several months, as it is my experience as well. From a logical standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. Steady s... | |
| Most Reliable CDPs? Jb0194, I'd argue that replacing the entire drawer is a safer bet than simply changing out the laser head pickup by at least an order of magnitude. Laser heads are prone to instant (or, withing the first 72 hours of play) death via ESD (electrosta... | |
| Repair question for Audio Note CD-2 Look to what is driving the output tube - both the power supply feeding it, and the upstream components in the output section (voltage regulator, etc.).Cost will be dependent on that. I would think $250 on the low end, and potentially 3 - 4 times ... | |
| Quicksilver Contact Enhancer Grant, I think you really captured the true essence of these products!I've also heard the same thing ala many of my close friends use of a similar product - having formerly made this stuff for many years, I wouldn't dare use it on any of my gear b... |