tubegroover
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| Tubes? Transistors? Which are better? Elizabeth I would agree that a tube amplifier is higher maintenance and can get pricey when replacing tubes but a tube pre-amp is another matter. The tubes will last for a very long time, even when left on providing you go with the right design. I... | |
| smoothing those sibilants... A sibilant problem is often a problem with the speaker. You want warm, laidback without losing detail? I suggest you listen to a pair of Vandersteen 2ce Signature speakers. I really am not familiar with the Mordant Short speakers you use but there... | |
| Need interconnect advice A pair of Harmonic Technology TruthLinks (new 249.00 1 meter often discounted; used 150.00 or less) I haven't heard anything substantially better and for the price they are very good smooth cables. Highly recommended and great value. | |
| Audio & the Emperor’s new clothes. Classicaudio You ARE an audiophile. I have myself been denying it for years until recently, the last 3 years or so. I am, like many here, on the relentless path of upgrading to reach sonic nirvana, real music. Ya know what? It doesnt exist in the... | |
| OTL amps Oahuan I too have the Merlin VSM-SE soon to be upgraded to Millenium. Have you heard other OTL besides the Joule with your Merlin's? What is the sonic characteristic in the upper and lower band with the Joules? I have heard the Trancendents work s... | |
| ARC VT 100: MkII vs. MkIII? Djbaudio and the rest of you and any fans of ARC's current products. Do you know where I can find a nice SP-10 Mk2? | |
| Male audiophile seeking Female audiophil Wilford Instead of trying to get your lady friend interested in the gear (which is a very hard sell) why don't you take her to a live concert and maybe she won't look at you as such a geek. A romatic dinner and a great concert, preferably to her t... | |
| Worst Audio Injury !! Ernie all I can say to that story is boy can I relate! I feel for you. | |
| The best and worst Audiogon poster's Albert any truth to the rumor that the Dominus cables are absolutely supreme with Renaissance church music? Boy you guys with your expensive cables! And I thought the JPS digital power cord at 350.00 was a lot! | |
| Favorite composer @ favorite work? Right on Sam! I neglected to mention Grieg's which is also among my favorites. So far as Tchaikovsky's didn't Van Cliburn hang his whole career on his legendary performances of that piece? | |
| Favorite composer @ favorite work? Megasam In answer to which composer's 1st can compare to Tchaikovsky's I would have to say Schuman's 1st and only in A minor which IMO is among the best of the genre in the Romantic era. | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Sound_decisions I would be the first person to agree that show sounds aren't the best. I guess my point on you was missed. You are to have us believe based on your vast experience that you hold the answer to what is best in reproduced audio. I gua... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Sound_decisions Thanks for the input. If I hadn't heard such an absolute opinion on specific gear at least 50 times prior to yours, I might believe you. Your opinion is quite compelling, especially to the uninitiated. I say to you this, it is your... | |
| Least power for Merlin VSM-SE's Vtvu How do you like the Trancendent amp? By the way nice review! Too bad you don't have the Battery Bam. In AC mode it is a big improvement and the thinness in the bass fills out, in ac/battery mode there is a notable improvement in the other fre... | |
| "Whose" Beethoven do you like? I must say that I had among the greatest thrills of my concert experience life hearing Beethoven's 9th at Knowles Chapel in Winter Park Florida performed by the Bach Festival Orchestra Choir and Orchestra in December 1999. That is probably the bes... |