philjolet
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| Off brand hdtv sets..... I am a bit ashamed to admit I got rid of a 5 year old 36" Panasonic Tao TV for my 50" Vizio but could not resist the big picture experience even though the Tao had better color. | |
| how to use gain control on a preamp I read an article several years ago that said pre amps were optimized to play with the volume set at 12 noon. this was not regarding signal to noise ratio but another variable regarding circuitry. sorry I do not have specifics | |
| Audiophiles get NO respect the term metrosexual started on South Park (I think) and actually makes (some) sense - though specifics are sketchy - just another term to stereotype people | |
| Off brand hdtv sets..... the worse thing about my Visio 50" plasma is the worry that if it breaks I have to send it to CA to get it fixed (or replaced) performance wise it is amazing. I know it is bettered by other sets out there but it is so good I do not care - more mon... | |
| Audiophiles get NO respect You read GQ?HUH HUH, HUH HUH, (see above)but, to be serious, the GQ writer sounds like his head is filled with cement | |
| Tubed Pre question? for my money go all tubesI think if you go tube pre and ss amp you get a little of both and a never quite achieve the magic either can bringI see mixing the two a lose/lose situation - I have tried it but missed the tube liquidity and glow you get... | |
| bi wire question yes it separates the signal that is going to the tweeter from the signal going to the woofer. at the very least you double the cross section of wire going to your speaker.you will get many opinions on this subject and it all depends on the speaker... | |
| Any opinions about Audio note cartridges? I own the IQ2 and it holds its own against a Grado SonataIt is hard to compare them directly because I had them on 2 different TTs but my general impression is that the IQ2 is a bit more neutral with more bite (when it is present in the music) and... | |
| source for long component and IC thanks!you guys are the best! | |
| source for long component and IC Musiqlovr,My friend is not an audiophile but a 'regular' person who wants all the cables for as cheap as possiblethanks | |
| source for long component and IC BdgregoryAre you saying you ICs are not balanced but are RCA? If so I will pass this along to my friendthanksPhil | |
| source for long component and IC No it would not be balanced...What is the longest RCA IC (my friend) can run? 20 ft may be long enough | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Quad 909 | |
| Where to use a pair of interconnects? where it sounds bestyou will get many different answers but your ears are what countI went against the norm (from source to pre) and preferred it you might as well | |
| 300B Tubes look here:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1232384745&openfrom&1&4#1and here:http://www.sophiaelectric.com/Some think the carbon plate Sophia bests the WE, at least in overall performance - maybe not quite in the mids |