albertporter
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| Best Audio Related Story (or joke). In my days of retail, a customer came into our audio store with a (then current) tube type receiver that was producing distorted output. The (other) older salesman that I respected so much says to the customer, "No need to send it to repair just y... | |
| Best Audio Related Story (or joke). OK, to show I'm in the spirit of this whole thing, here is my offering. The symphony orchestra was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the piece, there's a long passage, about 20 minutes, during which the bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather th... | |
| Anti-skating question Your choice to use the sonically-based setting is correct. A grooveless LP adjustment cannot take into consideration the velocity forces encountered by the stylus in the groove of a actual LP. To confuse this issue even more, the azimuth and track... | |
| Who R U? I am 57, and fell in love with music when I was about 11 years old. I remember the old tube radio we had, and the challenge of trying to tune it for best sound (guess I was a tweak then too). My degree is in fine art, I worked for a number of year... | |
| Tube vs Solid State - Comparable Output? There are speakers that present a difficult load at both ends of the (frequency) and impedance range. Soundlab Ultimate Ones are are an example I am familiar with. The are about a 30 ohm load in the deep bass, but only 2.5 ohms in the extreme high... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Thanks Slawney and Tubegroover. I am actually not very political. My actions are conservative, in that I believe every voice has a right to a turn. And Liberal, in that I try not to judge what each person has to say, particularly if I lack experie... | |
| Worst Music of All-Time Tubegroover, I did not like the song, nor did I know the answer or the history. What follows is copied and pasted from our friends at AMG. Hope this clears it all up. Starland Vocal Band dominated American airwaves during the Bicentennial summer o... | |
| WOOLCOT AMPS - Anybody heard these? I already asked Hank about other octal based tubes, such as the 6L6 and KT88, and he said that he was uncertain that the auto bias circuit would accommodate these tubes. I have a friend who is an amp designer, who said that there was an old milita... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Slawney, I hope that my system being the most perfect example of a "federative government" of components and accessories is a good thing. I admit that I don't know what that means. I do know that it works very well, but like all things, probably w... | |
| Using a demagnitizer on compact Discs? If a CD disc were so perfectly engineered, that there was not a single microscopic scrap of magnetic material anywhere in its formation, I suspect that the demag would not help. That being said, I know for a fact that you CAN hear the effects of t... | |
| Home Theatre - Hoax or Substance? I am a truly dedicated two channel guy, but would never hesitate to switch on my 5.1 channel for movies. Would I listen to music in 5.1? No, I would not. But if ask, "do you enjoy the 5.1 channel presentation during these movies?" Yes, I do! 5.1 i... | |
| Is 2hz/100khz better sound than 20/20? I may just be jaded, but I think the warning is a sales pitch, to warn (promote) to audiophiles the "awesome bandwidth" of the SACD. I suspect that the material on the recording will not be any burden to the equipment at all. Real music cannot del... | |
| Speaker Rebuilding It may still be possible to repair your speakers, using the original components. I met some of the German engineers from Kirksaeter at the CES this last year. This company built amplifiers and preamps as well, and imported into the United States a... | |
| Best electrostatic in smaller room? Please help! I agree with Jazzman about the Soundlabs (what I own), and with John_1 on the Maggies. Both are excellent choices in electrostatic design. Carl is correct about some cone speakers being excellent, but your topic is close to my heart in asking abou... | |
| Best Electrostatic loudspeaker? Martin Logan is actually a very late comer to the electrostatic industry. Soundlab has been in business about twice as long, and Quad of England is the unofficial grandfather of the industry. If you wish to brag on Martin Logan for cosmetics and m... |