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| Rectifier Tubes 5AR4 : New production vs NOS Longinc, It is always best to check with the manufacturer when substituting a similar tube for the specified variety. Some say the slow start up of the 5AR4s can be easier on amps than the 5U4s. | |
| Need to Downsize: Small Speaker Recommendation I recently began to build a bedroom system. I brought in two monitors, Coincident Triumph Extreme IIs and Ref 3A deCapo Be's for evaluation. To make a long story short, I like both of these monitors. The Coincidents were so good I kept them for my... | |
| Rectifier Tubes 5AR4 : New production vs NOS I have had excellent success with new production cryo'ed Gold Lion 5AR4. For the most part, I like them as well as the more common Mullard Blackburns from the 60's. You can get the GLs for about $40-50, a substantial savings over NOS Mullards. As ... | |
| Borodin String Qtt 2 Schubert usually nails it. One might think he apprenticed under a carpenter. | |
| Audio Magic umbilical w/ Modwright CD players Wig, So am I, so am I! I made an offer on a house in TN this morning. There is a lot going on here. It is hard for me to get 3-4 hours of quality listening time while I still have enough energy to focus right now. Also, I do want to get another 10... | |
| I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet Mapman, what you say is correct. In many respects, a movement away from statistics and toward first principle understanding and modeling provided a better level of certainty with respect to outcome. However, in early development proceeding with in... | |
| I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet Mapman, I think you missed my point on the sandbox. There are social skills that should be learned at an early age and not forgotten or abandoned when one matures. I understand the world is not a sandbox, and believe me, I can play hardball with t... | |
| I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet I do see both sides of this issue. I agree that equipment design and execution is a science and engineering based discipline. I do not, generally speaking, respond well to metaphysical snake oil approaches. Yet, the human emotional element, our re... | |
| Audio Magic umbilical w/ Modwright CD players Dorkwad, I haven't seen any such endorsement. Dan Wright is certainly aware of the Audio Magic product line. He does offer some of their products as options. Who knows if Dan has evaluated the Illusions? I will try to get a preliminary A/B going o... | |
| Audio Magic umbilical w/ Modwright CD players Dorkwad, I purchased an Illusion for my ModWright HAPZ1 and one for my ModWright Sony 5400. The one supplying the HAPZ1 probably has a good 20 hours on it now, but the one to the 5400 has probably only 3-4 hours. Before the end of the week I will ... | |
| Borodin String Qtt 2 Ptss, The work of Schutz in subject matter in many respects overlaps the sacred vocal works of JS Bach with respect to subject matter, but Schutz's musical style is a world apart from the late high Baroque, as a comparison of, for instance, the Jo... | |
| Borodin String Qtt 2 Ptss, Your post is kind of a mixed bag, in that it deals with both performance quality of a relatively obscure piece, recording quality, and power conditioning. It is not surprising to me that no one responded to a post requesting comments on the ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob, I thought about the old SEDs as well. I heard them in a friend's Manley and they sounded pretty good. It would be interesting to hear Israel's thoughts on tubes for the dynamo, so if you contact him, please let me know what he says. PM if... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob, I had a feeling that dynamo wasn't going to last long. I assure you I have no connection with the seller.As Charles stated, the dynamo is brand new. My rectifier tube is arcing on start up, so it looks like I will be looking into rectifie... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? JMC and Charles, I noticed a substantially better stage with the dynamo. I'm inclined to agree with Charles regarding the transformers. I can grab one end of the inspire and easily pick it up with one hand. Not so the dynamo. I didn't weigh them, ... |