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| Crown Amplifier for Advent 300 Hi Classic: It's me again pushing the Phase Linear 400, it is not transistor sounding as suggested at the other site. It gained a bad reputation because a lot of people used it for PA's in the 70's and 80's and still do today. If you can listen to... | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords I use a Monster HTS2000 ($125.00 mail-order) and a Harmonic Tech. Pro 11 PC ($130.00 used) with very good results. I plug everything into the Monster though you would want to try your "amp" both straight into the wall as well as into the Monster. ... | |
| Best speakers for looks & sound < 1000 I was thinking along the same lines as what Blkadr has to say. There may be something wrong with your amplification. I have never blown a cone LF driver and have used both the Phase Linear 400 and Hafler 500 amps and made spaced out errors with th... | |
| Where can I find a Wallytractor? Grand: You are welcome. If you don't want to give up search Ebay and continue to do so. Everything shows up there eventually. | |
| Where can I find a Wallytractor? Check with Wally's brother, his name is Wally too. Or better yet go to Audioasylum.com and search the Vinyl Forum under Wallytracter. If the email addresses of the posters are still current, they may be able to help you locate one. | |
| Simple Question. Simple Answer? Thanks for the info Lakiraly and Trelja: Now I understand your old post on gage/feet Trelja, before it was over my head. For around $10.00 (if I can purchase this minimum amount) I will have to try it. I am still fascinated by little inexpensive t... | |
| Audio & the Emperor’s new clothes. Hi Classic: Tom really got to you with that dammed Dynaco Stereo 70 (you know, the one that "blows" every modern amp away) didn't he? I checked back and he has been working that amp so hard that he has probably needed to change the tubes twenty ti... | |
| Simple Question. Simple Answer? SF: I basicaly just did a doughnut today and ended up where I started. I screwed up the end of one of my cables and decided to make a jumper out of the the same cable instead of stripping another 3" off the end and threading it throught the LF pos... | |
| ~$1k Monitors...So Many Choices... Welcome back Mailman. Shelton's two picks are the ones that I will also be auditioning for use in a small SET system. They are both around 90db efficient with a nice stable load (which is always nice) and they are supposed to sound good as well. I... | |
| Simple Question. Simple Answer? Good logic Carl. I will need a second set of long cables anyway "if" the MF amps do come through and if they don't come through I am still set up for bi-wire which is probably the next best thing. I can't do the long interconnect short wire thing ... | |
| The best speaker wires under $500 new or Mcne: I spoke with Jim recently regarding a question that I had about their Truthlink IC's. I explained in my message that I left on the weekend that I had purchased the cables used. Jim called me first thing Monday morning with the answers to all... | |
| Simple Question. Simple Answer? Thanks Carl: I use Deoxit on the bare wire connections though I did not notice any improvement when I cleaned them last week. I do not want to buy internal bi-wires because with a little luck I will be bi-amping pretty soon and they would then not... | |
| Tube sound: Pre-amp vs. amp? Joe is right about Harmonic Technology. I purchased their Truthlink interconnect ($125.00 used) to take the edge off of poor recordings and it does, though I prefer my Homegrown silver IC's for everything else. Listing the rest of your equipment w... | |
| Tube sound: Pre-amp vs. amp? Depending on how high end your CD Player is you may try an inexpensive tube buffer stage in between you player and amplifier. Musical Fidelity makes one for $200.00 (much less used) that does this trick but may slow the tempo somewhat per recent r... | |
| Power of amp. Listen to a 2 to 5 watt SET amp on efficiant speakers or a cheap Monarchy class "A" low watt amp on normal efficiancy monitors and you will get a good answer to your question. There are no set rules, which adds to both the fun and the frustration ... |