larryi
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| Capitol Audio Fest Sal,I really liked the system with the Goodman woofers and the YL 5500 compression drivers too. It might have been a little bit more dynamic sounding and vivid than the G.I.P. system, but, as with almost everything audio, there are some tradeoffs... | |
| Transfiguration cartridges. What tube phono stages would you use them with ? It has been a while, but, I went from using a Lyra Titan to a Transfiguration Orpheus L (low output) with my Viva Fono phonostage. The Viva is a tube-based phono stage with a built in step up transformer. The Viva does not offer any loading opti... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest I went to Deja Vu this weekend and heard the big horn system that they brought to the show in a bigger and better-suited room. In this setup it sounded substantially better than it did at the show. I noticed that it does not sound quite as good ... | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? I am a bit cautious about generalizing about various types of drivers and speakers; there are really good and bad implementations of all types. Given this caveat, I do agree that large coned woofers can be very fast and dynamic and deliver tone. ... | |
| Low heat alternative to FIRSTWATT J2 ? I borrowed a friend's J2 for two weeks and enjoyed it the whole time. The case gets fairly warm, but, that is, in part, a result of the whole unit being fairly small in size. In terms of the total amount of heat being radiated by the amp, I only... | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? One of the reasons why you will find a wide variety of opinions on vintage tubes comes from the fact that most tubes sold as NOS are really just old tubes where the amount of prior use is unknown and wildly variable. Even when someone has "tested... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest Charles1dad,Yes, I think the Classic Audio speakers are bright and mid-bass is thinner than my ideal. OTL amps, like the Atmasphere amps, and field coil speakers, have as their primary area of superiority, incredibly lively sound--very fast and d... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest When I heard the Burwells, they were being played at low volume and sounded not at all piercing. But, it might well be the case that they would behave poorly at higher volume levels. That actually is an issue with horn systems, particularly when... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest jond,The Channel D room was a touch bright, but, I took into account the nature of that kind of reverberant space. I think you would have really liked the Charney and Rethm speakers. Neither were bright and they were also, like the Auditorium, ... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest There were a lot of nice sounding rooms at the latest Capital Audiofest. As in past shows in this location, the smaller hotel rooms tended to sound better than the larger conference rooms. I am in agreement with a number of postings above. I to... | |
| Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff? Most of Basis' models don't look quite as elegant as comparably priced models of some of their competitors. Basis hardly puts any money into visual aesthetics. Given that a lot of buyers DO place a lot of value in looks, I can see how Basis lose... | |
| Looking for suggestions for a new (to me) pair of high efficiency monitors The BBC monitors I have heard were quite low in efficiency, but, with a 15 ohm impedance they were easy to drive and worked quite well with tube gear with modest output. Also, anyone looking for somewhat high efficiency speakers that work well wi... | |
| Best tube preamp ever The best, in a cost is no object system, would have to match my taste, my other components and my operating requirements (remote control, balance control, etc.). That can be done best by finding a builder who makes stuff that sounds good to you a... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? I agree that it is really hard to actually audition gear at all, much less audition the gear in one's own system. But, it pays to at least hear a few pieces to become familiar with differences in sound between types of amps so that one can at lea... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? There is some logic to first starting with finding the speaker that you really like, and then finding an amp that works well with that speaker. The demands of certain types of speakers might rule out certain amps (e.g., low efficiency speakers ru... |