trelja
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| Speaker Enclosures Suburuguru, sounds like you are an actual speaker hobbyist. To me, it's like being in R&D. Even the best around have a 95%(at least) failure rate. Yes, it is a wonderful hobby. But, no matter what you do, you gain experience and knowledge from... | |
| Blue Heaven IC's vs. Home Grown Silver HomeGrown Silver Lace walks all over Super Silver. A big a step up in the line of a company as I have found. Price is $190, as opposed to $80(they had a $10 increase). Super Silver is very nice audiophile cable, some will really like it, some will... | |
| EL34: Svetlana or Ei? Lindeman5, thanks for your information! My Jadis takes a wide range of tubes: EL34/E34L/6CA7/KT88/6550/KT90. I always went around saying the 6CA7 was equivalent to the EL34. This is what I had been told, and did get these for a friend who needed a... | |
| Best 12" Driver? Orca Design is THE US parts division of JMLabs, the maker of Focal drivers. Go to their website(orcadesign.com) for a list of dealers. I like Madisound, but Zalytron is good once you get over the initial hump of dealing with Elliot for the first t... | |
| Do Dealers think it is sinful.......... As a person who worked as a dealer, I have to put my two cents in. Markups ARE high. Higher than you would expect. Speakers are 100%. The lowest margin product we carried($99 Sony throwaway mass market garbage CD player - dealer cost $84) had an 1... | |
| speaker effiency Spkrplus is correct in his differentiation of efficiency and sensitivity. Ask a speaker manufacturer what the "efficiency" of a model is, and in all likelihood, THEY DO NOT KNOW. It is a very complex thing to ascertain. I recommend that when you a... | |
| Wrong direction? Amen, Garfish. ALWAYS trust your own ears. Just another reason that I lament the passing of the Annual Audio Equipment Guide. To me, at least as useful as the Stereophile ratings. As it let me know what was out there. I could then contact the comp... | |
| EL34: Svetlana or Ei? Please excuse my possible incorrectness, but I didn't think Ei produced an EL34. They do make a tube which can be substituted in many circumstances, the 6CA7. In my travels, I have found that the best EL34s these days are from Svetlana and JJ(form... | |
| Wrong direction? I think that everyone here has contributed something worthwhile. I did not mean to imply that an affordable piece is automatically relegated to Class C. But I do feel, it has to do something strong to pull itself out of that rating. Where as somet... | |
| Wrong direction? Excellent points Dragon. I remember reading quotes in Stereophile regarding how price factored in to the equation. I even think it may be in the description of the scale. Something about Class C being "affordable"(I could be misquoting them on som... | |
| Help me find a smooth solid-state amp? I have to check in on the side of those who look to the CD/DVD player and the preamp. The tube preamp suggestion might be a nice start. As would a DAC capable of smoothing things out. The Soliloquy speakers and Adcom power amplifier should not be ... | |
| Mapleshade versus Stealth Is there no one else who uses Stealth cable? I guess opinion is split. Some think it's great, some don't. Tom_nice, is there any other brand of cable that you recommend? I am not all knowing when it comes to cable, but I do know that there is no m... | |
| Best wires for cost Thanks Eljif, I will look into them. | |
| Greatest Guitar Band Really informative post there Shubertmaniac. Thanks! | |
| Greatest Guitar Band The nominations of The Yardbirds(especially) and Led Zeppelin are pretty hard to argue with. But, I really have to support Rosstaman and John-l on the Allman Brothers. Duane Allman and Dickey Betts were absolutely mind blowing together. And since ... |