philjolet
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| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? I second the Soro fwiw | |
| RB300 anti-skating problem never quite ? I thought on the RB300 if you set the anti skate to max it actually turned it off completely yet, no one has mentioned this yet.anyone?Beuller?Beuller?thanksPhil | |
| SS Amp to replace VAC 300.1 in a side-ways move? I once had a Plinius SA100 MKIII (class A design) and sometimes it was close to tubes in the midrange but still not the real thingfwiw | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? I remember reading an article about guitar players who like very old guitar amps, this article stated that the old power supplies have a special quality because they are completely 'broken in' (for lack of a better term) and that this can only be ... | |
| Optimal Placement for Magnepan 3.6? fwiw some people prefer the 1.6 to the 3.6 because the QR blends to the woofer better than the ribbon on the 3.6When I had the 1.6 I felt the tonal balance was nearly perfectAlso when I had the 1.6 I never felt the need for a sub. Set up correctly... | |
| Integrated tube amp for 91db open baffle speakers i think the Audio Note Soro SE (18 robust wpc) is the best deal I ever got in audio at around $1500.00Another good buy is the Manley Stingray which is even more robust | |
| How do you drive 12 Ohm speakers? in general, tubes like a higher impedance solid state does not | |
| Optimal Placement for Magnepan 3.6? What is your room size?I found with my Maggie 1.6 that the Cardas method worked well and the rule of thirds better but was too intrusive.You can go to the Cardas website to see their formula for speaker placementon a 15 x 21 room the rule of third... | |
| Tube Integrated Amp-Power Filter? you will get as many different answers as there are stars in the skyit is worth trying, buy used and sell it if it does not work | |
| Best Remakes Of All Time ditto Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah | |
| Best Remakes Of All Time I will not say it is better (of course) but Carlos Santana and John McGlaughlin did a version of Coltranes 'A Love Supreme' that is awesome and a classic in my book.Phil | |
| Best place in the system for a good PC? FWIWSome of you may remember Sean who used to post here on Agon a few years back. I bought the VH PCs based on his recommendation that they bettered anything under $500 (in his system) that he tried.For me it was a big step up from the factory sup... | |
| Great recording of William Tell Overture? http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/3/Harmonica-Player-Kills-At-Carnegie-Hall-475094.htmljust for fun watch this videohe does the WTO at the end - about half way thruAMAZING!!!sorry to go off topicPhil | |
| what to expect with new preamp breaking in? grain usually goes away with warmup too... | |
| Best place in the system for a good PC? most believe it will be a big improvementI spent just $70 on my VenHaus PC and it was a huge improvement on both my CD player and my ampI could hear the improvement in the size of the soundstage and a nice open quality (among others) upon first li... |