tmcclintock
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| General Initial Impressions--Genalex Gold Lion KT88 Reissue I replaced 4 KT120s in my amp with Gold Lion KT88s and like them much better. No downside - only up. | |
| Tube Physics Question Thanks, glassandlight. The part about not being able to adjust bias to the point spec'd for the 120s seems legitimate in my case and part of my original question. The 88s operate in their range, the 120s don't.As to what's physically different a... | |
| Tube Physics Question Thanks for the link, rcprince. A lot of what Kevin Hayes says went over my head, but a couple of his points maybe speak to what I heard."3) You should expect more distortion with the KT120, possibly particularly at moderately low listening level... | |
| Tube Physics Question Thanks for your responses. True, I don't know how much the KT120s have been used (likewise the KT88s), but was told they didn't have many hours on them. Second system, so I haven't put many on them. I didn't mention the amp manufacturer because ... | |
| Is it safe to A/B 2 different speakers using my int. amp's balance so I can compare? Yeah, but to answer OP’s question, I can’t see that it would hurt anything. Not as the sole way of testing/deciding, but it might be interesting to set the two side by side near the center, switch the amp to mono and listen for differences in tone... | |
| Your favorite album cover... Abraxas, Tales from Topographic Oceans, Barboletta, Disraeli Gears, Physical Graffiti, Eat a Peach, Question of Balance, Santana 3, But Seriously Folks | |
| What to do? I don't have experience with single driver speakers, but no or minimal crossover is one thing that drove my search when replacing Acoustats. Definitely can have a positive effect, but implementation is everything. | |
| What to do? Hi Bob,Tough one. Having had 2+2s myself for lots of years and in several locations, I know they like room to sound best. But good advice to try them first if you don't mind moving them. My ex-Acoustat odyssey included a couple of pairs of early S... | |
| 4 ohm taps on an 8 ohm speaker Al - Got it. Thanks again.Bifwynne - Too true.Later,Terry | |
| 4 ohm taps on an 8 ohm speaker Thanks for responding, Al. That's pretty much what I thought but wanted to be sure I understood the science. Also, does it make sense that because the amp's output impedance starts relatively low on the 8 ohm tap and doesn't have a lot of room to ... | |
| Floorstanding Speaker Feedback To give you another data point, I had electrostats for many years and found Wilson Benesch Curves to have that coherent sound similar to electrostats but with better bass, good WAF and they're not finicky with placement or amps. US distribution is... | |
| Sold speakers you really enjoyed?... But why? I had a pair of Acoustat 2+2s from new in the early 80s until around 2005. They were part of the system I had when I met my wife, so she just accepted them along with my other idiosyncrasies (they're 82 inches tall - very low WAF). They got stored... | |
| 4 ohm taps on an 8 ohm speaker I've read through most of the tap vs. tap threads and get the gist. But my results from trying 8 and 4 ohm taps would seem to contradict the predictable, at least as I hear it. Maybe just proves "The bottom line: It pays to experiment with the dif... | |
| Father's Day For An Audiophile CDs a few times for birthdays and Christmas, a Discwasher brush once, but never anything that plugs in. I probably nixed that possibility by making such a big deal out of my very first Father's Day present from my wife - a gallon of antifreeze for... | |
| What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed I find it absolutely makes a difference which direction a penny is inserted behind the 20 amp fuse in my fuse box. And wheats have a fuller, more rounded quality just like live - probably something to do with grain structure. Going to try a cryod... |