albertporter
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| Amp stands- Do they work? Redkiwi, I agree with your thoughts concerning the importance of speakers versus amps. And with Garfish's comments about the psychology of hearing. Although I have strong feelings about my personal choice in a speaker, your statement about the eff... | |
| Alternatives to speaker spikes? Walker Audio makes brass discs, filled with lead that not only protect the floor, they often sound better. And, Sound Anchor makes hard "chrome" discs, with a kevlar pad on the bottom, it's as soft as a rug, and yet highly resistant to compression... | |
| Amp stands- Do they work? Redkiwi, your point is well made. And your comments about the trade off's in equipment is exactly what long term listening is about. There is no perfect sound, no perfect equipment and certainly no perfect system. The whole point is to find a comb... | |
| What's the best 12AU7 for CJ PV10A? Two tubes to try, Telefunken 12AU7, and Amperex 7316 (7316 is another version of 12AU7). Both of these are wonderful tubes and will provide top performance. I do not know about the tubes selected by VTL, but they could be as good(?). Try the ones ... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music Tommy, your right, sometime you get the music, the sonic excellence and a chance to experience unique music all at the same time. It's nice when that happens. I love reading about all this material, I have begun to search for some of it, simply ba... | |
| Amp stands- Do they work? Thank you Garfish, your response was excellent, I wish I had written it. The blind testing itself can become the object of the session, especially if the goal is to prove ones intellectual superiority. I personally am interested in learning from m... | |
| Amp stands- Do they work? Nanderson, perhaps you live close enough to me to listen at my place. I can assure you that if you have not ever heard benefit from stands or other forms of isolation under amps, then you have an interesting experience ahead of you. In fact if you... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music I just received this today, the Classic Records Numbered Limited Edition of Jimi Hendrix Singles. They are 45 RPM, 7" singles with "printed to look like spindle adaptors" in place. They come boxed in what looks like a 11 inch tall Marshall guitar ... | |
| Amp stands- Do they work? Yes, agree with Mazort and others. My stands are several types of construction, depending on the component. 6061 Aircraft alloy, tig welded (non Magnetic), filled with silica for the phono. Steel, Sound Anchors, with Simply Physics feet under stan... | |
| Whats the best and quietest 12AX7 tube I purchased tubes from Ned at Triode as far back as five or six years ago. Yes, Ned does indeed know what he is talking about, but at last discussion, he was unable to provide some of the REALLY rare and hard to find tubes I was purchasing. IE: Te... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music Timwat, If you pursue high end audio like you do music, you should assemble a truly world class system. I have some of your choices, including Robert Fripp's work, "Lone Rino", "League of Gentlemen," and his help with The Roches. I will look for "... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music As my posting says, "why you love them. Sonic excellence, musical and emotional content, or maybe just fun and memories." And, you answered, that lately, is was more often on CD. I guess that is the sonic excellence that I ask to be reported on. I... | |
| Long Spk. cable vs. long interconnect The two responses above are correct, based on my experience. I have used mono blocks with short speaker runs for over 15 years. It makes sense to push small level signals from a preamp over long runs than the larger power levels from amps. I am cu... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music Timwat, Man! What a music lover! I will have to re read this a few times to take it all in. I have Pat Metheny, Genesis, Gentle giant, King Crimson, Nat King Cole, Diana Krall, and some of Keith Jerrett (If only Jerrett wouldn't HUM along with his... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music Tommy, Liked Tower very much. I did not find anything this visit, but will return again soon. I have been going strong on EBAY, they seem to always have multiple titles that I want. I just missed a T Bone Walker, outbid by .50 cents! Anyway, I jus... |