learsfool
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| Your thoughts on these different tubes?.. In my push-pull amp, I prefer the EL-34's to the KT-88's. I do not find the EL-34's to be bass shy, either, but I think this depends greatly on the amp and the speakers. They are warmer sounding, and do a better job with both vocal and instrumenta... | |
| Primaluna Prologue Two Hi Ross - I use a Dialogue 2. It came with KT88's, and I did change to some EL-34's, but I believe the Prologue 2 comes with EL-34's anyway. I would be interesting in hearing the other posters reasons for why the preamp tubes make a bigger differe... | |
| Complete newbie needing guidance/purchase advice Hi Renaissanceman - since you seem to be a fan of classical music and possibly an old school guy, you might want to consider going an old school route here - horn speakers and tube electronics. As you probably know being an engineer, many of the g... | |
| overture to wagner's tannhäuser There is a nice old recording of the entire opera featuring Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Wolfgang Windgassen, with Otto Gerdes conducting, on the DG label. | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Phaelon, as you may be aware, many modern composers in fact believe that all noise, even silence, is music. John Cage being the primary exponent of the theory. Nice post, by the way. | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Lacee makes a very important point. Any musician would agree that we would rather listen to a poor recording of one of our favorite musicians than an excellent one of someone mediocre. While I appreciate that a great many people in this hobby are ... | |
| What component is responsible for dynamics ? Yes, Unsound, your last post doesn't make alot of sense to me, either. High efficiency speakers, especially horns but also other types, are well known for very high quality at the very softest dynamics. This is one huge reason why so many professi... | |
| Bandwidth question? Don c55, nice link. I can't find the articles anymore, but it has been proven in the last twenty years or so that the human brain does definitely detect frequencies above what the ear can hear, scientists just don't understand exactly how yet. | |
| Rega P5, Dynavector cartridge? Please post when you have made the change, and let us know what you think! | |
| How Many Audiophiles Have Do You Know? I know a great many, but I am also a professional musician, and we naturally have a much higher percentage of our profession interested in audio reproduction than any other. I am surprised and more than a little disappointed to hear that so many o... | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus Philojet, if you are still reading this, the answer to your question is yes, those sales numbers certainly include MP3 downloads. | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Hi guys - Frogman, thanks for your excellent post. You are so much better at explaining these things than I am. Vertigo, your last comparison to the human voice is exactly right as well. As Frogman said, the instrument becomes an extension of your... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Hi Vertigo - like Frogman, I am dumbfounded by your posts. Either you have not been serious this entire time, and this has been one giant troll; or, if you are truly serious, I throw up my hands in despair. If you really are curious for more info ... | |
| Critical Listening Training Document Interesting page, good as far as it goes. I have posted this before, but another great book as far as learning to listen to music better in general is the famous composer Aaron Copland's "How to Listen to Music." This classic is still perhaps the ... | |
| Man in need of new music Hi Klipschking - I would second the recommendation to go to some concerts live in your local area, especially if you happen to be in a major metropolitan area that has lots of offerings. That said, I think Mozart is the best place to start, partic... |