lowrider57
Responses from lowrider57
| Buy 12ax7 tube Can you hear noise (with no music) from your listening position or only up close to the speaker? It could easily be noise from tubes, but your power setup is far from optimal. You should use a quality power strip or a strip with power conditioning... | |
| Parasound A23+ vs. Emotiva XPA-DR2 Without a doubt go for the Parasound for all the reasons you mentioned. Plus, it is a high current amp with a large transformer and high damping factor. High current, not watts, will drive the speakers with power and authority. The Paradigm Tribut... | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube Agree with @roberjerman on all points. Your noise floor may be too high and your choice of music is not reference quality. Also agree to try using a well recorded symphony to help tweak your system. A revealing setup will present layers of instrum... | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube Poor frequency separation may be caused by your interconnects. They may be limiting the bandwidth or detail.What ICs are you using? | |
| Tekton Design Lore - Cronus Magnum II A dedicated line is such a major improvement to the sound. Be sure to use an upgraded duplex receptacle and have it grounded at the service panel. Not self-grounded at the receptacle.I'm not sure, but I think you need a licensed electrician to wir... | |
| Looking for thoughts/opinions on tube seller's response to my question... Never heard of this problem. One time with reissues there was some hiss but they became quiet with some run-in. At least you can return them if need be. I've purchased reissues from Upscale and have no problems. | |
| Tekton Design Lore - Cronus Magnum II I agree with @avanti1960 100%. Plus, it's not the amount of watts you need to be concerned with, it's the gain of the preamp/amp. This determines the volume setting on your integrated in combination with the sensitivity of the speakers. I dont bel... | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube It seems that one of the tubes is the driver and the other two are the left and right channels (the gain stage).The driver can be a different brand, but the L & R must be matched tubes. | |
| Tekton Design Lore - Cronus Magnum II I don't know why you would hear hum unless you had a ground fault or a bad component. You might hear noise or possibly low-level hum if you have dirty AC feeding your system. This noise would only be audible when close to the speakers with no mus... | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube Oh, OK. SED made the "Winged C." | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube That's interesting about the Svetlana 12AX7. They are famous for making the highly rated Winged C EL34. | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube First of all, I must say that it's preferable to buy tubes from a reputable dealer who's stock will be high quality and guaranteed. Tubes from a Chinese website may not be genuine or may not test as new or NOS. There are plenty of good, inexpensiv... | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player Let us know how it works out. Is the Coax In on the DAC RCA or is it BNC? | |
| First DAC: Metrum-MHDT-Rega-or? Not sure if this helps, but if the Metrum Amethyst is anything like their higher line of Dacs, it could be something special. They make some terrific Dacs.Metrum and MHDT are NOS Dacs, which IMO, reproduce very organic sonics. | |
| Budget Music Streamer Great that you're moving forward. Now try an audiophile cable, you only need a 12 or 14 gauge.I'm a real believer in the difference cables can make. |