jax2
Responses from jax2
| Favorite Tube Combinations This is pretty much exactly what I was responding. It's all rather subjective anyway...one mans ideal combination is another's one-tube-short of a circus. Sure, there's bound to be some general consensus in users, but if you don't fall under that ... | |
| WAV file WAV files actually do not support metadata. The data that is associated with them in iTunes is a direct function of the iTunes software, as I understand it. So if you copy via drag-and-drop all the associated data will be lost. This is a huge disa... | |
| Favorite Tube Combinations What combinations of tubes have you found to synergize?I'm a bit perplexed by your question. How well combinations of tubes synergize depends mostly upon the circuit/component you are using them in, as well as on the specific tubes you use, not to... | |
| Anyone use a DVD player as a front end? It's even more interesting that they're using a 9 year-old player via the analog outputs. Pioneer actually used to produce some excellent players with great transports (I think it was their Elite PD65), but the player you mention is definitely not... | |
| Tube Ampp Almarro low level hum Yes, as Swampwalker said, or rather, let me paraphrase; Hum Happens. Not a defect or necessarily worn out (Could be loose bolts, which you could address). Could also be a drop in voltage (I think when you get on 10% or so you could induce some hum... | |
| American-made integrated tube amplifiers Hey Trelja - Ralph's gotta be a tremendous assett to have on that project. Dude's a true Renaissance man with a great passion for music. That sounds like a product worth waiting for! Tell him I'll see him next year in band camp! I agree 100% that... | |
| American-made integrated tube amplifiers Trelja - that sounds like a great goal. Manufacturing does need to come back here to this country in a big way, and with it a return of pride of workmanship. I only hear good things about Rogue here. I can echo the same kind of recommendation for ... | |
| Tube Ampp Almarro low level hum It sounds like it could be some transformer hum since it goes away when you touch the amp on occasion. Not guaranteed to be the answer, but you might try tightening down the transformer bolts and or putting a dense heavy object on top of the trans... | |
| American-made integrated tube amplifiers There are American options that are worthy in the $1500 range but you'll probably have to settle for used components, such as the Manley Stingray, Conrad Johnson CAV-50, VAC Williamson, VTL-IT 85, Cary SLI-80.Correct me here if I'm wrong, but I as... | |
| American-made integrated tube amplifiers I doubt whether a company in the U.S. (or any Western European country for that matter) could possibly produce a good integrated amp for $1500 retail simply because of the cost of labor and parts, as well as running a business of that scale in thi... | |
| DAC advice for the non-tech-savvy Thanks for the responses so far. Tobias, you write"Use a 1.5 meter-long coax digital cable to get the best definition out of your setup, at any frequency. The extra length keeps reflections within the cable from upsetting timing at the DAC end."I ... | |
| Coincident Eclipse vs Devore Two big thumbs up for my Super Eclipse III's - outstanding in every respect and one of the few conventional, dynamic driver speakers that could compete with the sound of horns for me (fast as all get-out). I've used them with 9 watt SET amps and n... | |
| recommendations for a sub $2000 cdp I'd second T-Bone's recommendation to move in the direction of PC audio. My experience has been that at its best it has the potential to outperform any CD player you'd be likely to find at that pricepoint. Short of that, I'd look at a used Modwrig... | |
| DVD upscaling; motion movement pic quality I have the Oppo 983 which upsamples DVD's to 1080 via HDMI: Flawless...I've never noticed any digital artifacts at all. They're coming out with their BDP-83 Blu-ray player pretty soon (allegedly...it's been "coming out" for a while now) - It is su... | |
| to mod or not to mod my new tube amp????? I'd agree with Tvad - you won't get the improvements you are after for a $200 mod as described. I also don't think they'll come swapping tubes to any great degree, and great NOS tubes are pretty expensive and somewhat risky. What you describe as y... |