spinaker01
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| Back In the Day No. Back in the day, there were more people interested in audio and FAR less to choose from equipment wise. Today, there is an astonishing amount of gear out there for what would seem to be a shrinking interest base. | |
| One Svs or two Paradigm???? Conventional wisdom on this site seems to favor two subs even of lesser quality over one bigger or better sub-especially for music but tends to hold true for HT as well I've heard. This has a lot to do with room interaction and better integration ... | |
| Is upgrading worth it? The trick I think to upgrading is understanding what you want or expect out of an upgrade sound wise. Balance is also important and can easily get lost in the shuffle if one focuses too much on any one element at the expense of the whole, example-... | |
| Analog is the new pink There seems to be two discussions going on here. 1:Are the kids listening to vinyl because they hear an inherant improvement over digital sources available (They don't and aren't-its a cool factor as mentioned) and 2: Would they appreciate a syste... | |
| Analog is the new pink Frogman, good to hear your son is on the right track for life-long music listening and enjoyment. I will have to temper this by stating that I don't think he would be in the majority of the "younger people" crowd I was refering to-rather the excep... | |
| Audio Research Ref 110 break in period Indeed! The REF110 is on my upgrade path when I scratch up the cash and sell my VT100 mkii. Enjoy! | |
| Analog is the new pink Its hard to take the younger demographic's interest in vinyl too seriously. I doubt most of them have ever heard a decent (let alone great) stereo system fronted by either analogue or digital. Remember, this is the same group that happily download... | |
| Dragging out a great old dinosaur Lots of great old amps out there. My tube is currently out of commission waiting for new input tubes and I dragged out my 25+ year old bone stock Nakamichi SR-4 stasis receiver. Other than scratchy input controls and a bit of hiss (probably from o... | |
| Audio Research Ref 110 break in period Where did you find a REF110 with no hours on it? Do you mean the tubes? | |
| Ref 110 using both 4 and 8 ohm taps? DO NOT do this! There are some threads already on this that describe the problem better, but it is very hard on the transformer and will make the amp both unstable and cut down its power rating. No good can come from it. Nice amp by the way! | |
| Electro-Harmonix 6550 in ARC I'm using the EH6550 now in my VT100 mkii. They replaced a set of winged C 6550s. Sound great to me... | |
| Canare speaker cables: to change or not to change From all reports I've heard, the Canare cables (especially Star Quad configured variants) are very good indeed. You would likely need to spend considerably more to hear an improvement. Many cables may sound different, not necessarily more accurate... | |
| Where stands the music of Chet Baker with you? Strangely, I like his stuff better after he lost his youth, looks, teeth, ego, etc. Allowed him to just focus on the pleasure of making music. Was he a genius? Probably not, but I appreciate his contribution nonetheless. | |
| ARC CA-50 tube changing I had a CA-50 and bias setting was not too hard, just remember the high voltages involved and be careful! | |
| What is your listening level? Levels are a funny thing. Someone here mentioned ideal levels for each record-and I get that. I also think that every system (and its interaction with the specific space) can dictate what the prefered listening level is to some degree. A live room... |