orpheus10
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| Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic. I forgot, this is "Audiogon", not "Musiogon". Those of us who can appreciate the subtle "nuances" that only a tube amp can deliver; must contend with those who can not. | |
| Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic. Mlsstl, you may have given me "my" right answer. An amp for 5K puts out 250wpc. With a tube amp it's not a matter of getting 250 wpc, but how many WPC can I get for 5K. Of course both amps must deliver the sound quality that we demand. | |
| Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic. Audiofeil, Tvad, every moron who ever read a book knows about the speaker variable. You could have kept that. Others seem to know the question I am asking. Why don't you? | |
| Vintage Gil-Scott Heron recommendations..... Eddaytona, when you look into the soul of someone who expected a much better and more positive world than the one in which we live; you can understand why they smoke crack. Real fact, not an excuse. | |
| Vintage Gil-Scott Heron recommendations..... I assume you have, "Pieces Of A Man", RCA CD 66627-2, which includes, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". | |
| CD vs. Vinyl Rudy Van Gelder said "Linear digital has no attributes, it's just a medium for storage. Digital is cold, has to do with writings in consumer magazines. They got to write about something" | |
| CD vs. Vinyl I was born listening to scratchy 78's. Records slowed down to 45 and after that 33 1/3; now they got a 45 craze going. Their noiser than CD's at any speed.I'm not sure whether or not "analogers" are smoking something or what; their claiming that t... | |
| Dave Brubeck at Newport I recently discovered an LP, "Desmond Blue"; it was Paul Desmond's most famous. The title song was also "Leo Cheers" theme song; he was a disc jockey, "The man in the red vest". I heard that tune "Desmond Blue" almost every night. Although that wa... | |
| Imaging and Detail. For me, once I got a Holographic soundstage; everything else fell into place. | |
| ARC Tube preamp suggestions A CJ PV-12 is a preamp made for jazz. NOS tubes makes it even better. | |
| use headphone amp as pre amp? I am currently using a Headroom headphone amp as a preamp with Parasound amp; it works fine. | |
| Words From the Wise It is possible to be economically deprived and still be in the "High end". First, you have to buy the low end of the "High end", next you improve it by swapping out capacitors. Always make your own interconnects; Vampire wire and Belden have very ... | |
| Dave Brubeck at Newport The last time I saw Mr. Brubeck was at a free outdoor concert. (He has an aura of greatness about him) It was on a beautiful fall afternoon in a park like setting with sculptures. There were creative modern dancers moving to the music as he played... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl Imagine two ladders, one has 10 rungs, the other has 15. The vinyl ladder has 15 rungs if you got the $$$$ to get to the top. | |
| Best CD with a muted horn? Miles Davis, "Round Midnight", is the best. |