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| You are a KEEPER or a SELLER? I'm a seller.Some of the stuff I've sold has proven to be a major mistake...especially tubes, e.g. matched *quad* NOS Siemens CCa in original boxes, matched quad of original Genelex Gold Monarch KT88. The list goes on... | |
| Ads:minimum, lush, full disclosure? your style? This is what call a Jack Webb listing..."the facts, ma'am, just the facts".http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrmoni&1275101483&/Empirical-Audio-off-ramp-turbo | |
| Why terminations on speaker cable? With solid core wire...go naked unless you find terminations easier to use. | |
| Why terminations on speaker cable? Stranded wire poses no issues if the ends are tinned. Mike Morrow does this. No problems.Nick Gowan says he solders WBT crimp sleeves onto the stranded ends, thus preventing fly-a-way wires. | |
| Help Selecting a Good Tube Phono Stage? I haven't owned the WPP200C for two years or so, but I remember it had a very three-dimensional, organic sound. It's top end extension and bass control were not the most refined I had heard, but the Wright made music in a terrific manner.If you us... | |
| Help Selecting a Good Tube Phono Stage? I was also going to suggest the Wright WPP200C. You should be aware that this phono requires RCA loading plugs to properly load the impedance, and sound its best, with MC cartridges. | |
| Why terminations on speaker cable? There's no good reason not to use bare wire (or bare wire tinned with solder) unless the gauge is too large to fit through the hole in the speaker binding posts.I recently bought Morrow speakers cables with "nude" terminations at the speaker end, ... | |
| reasonably priced tube amps IMO, you need *at least* 100wpc to drive the 86dB speakers. 200wpc would be better.A 55wc tube integrated isn't going to get the job done.Frankly, for these speakers, I'd look at something like a used Moscode 401HR. You'd get some tube flavor comb... | |
| Cd transport isolation 03-14-10: Craig_hochMy transport sits on isopods, which are sitting on a piece of scrap granite... which is itself sitting on 2x2 rubber/cork/rubber squares... I also have a 2 gallon ziplock bag filled with a 50/50 mix of copper BB's & sand (t... | |
| reasonably priced tube amps Neither of those speakers is particularly suited to tube amplification.Do some more research into them. The measurements section of the Stereophile review of the Confidence C1 is a good place to start. | |
| AntiCables v. Morrow? ...I will add that the SP6 reveal more upstream detail, so your front end gear needs to be well matched and finely tuned, otherwise the warts will be obvious. | |
| AntiCables v. Morrow? Telescope_trade, everyone in this hobby has a different price/performance point along the sliding scale, so I wouldn't necessarily take anything I post as the decision maker for you.As I mentioned, I do hear a difference, but it's not dramatic (on... | |
| AntiCables v. Morrow? I'm presently comparing SP3 bi-wire speaker cables to SP6 bi-wire speaker cables. In my system, I'm not certain the SP6 are a clear winner to justify the significant added cost.Yes, the music has more weight, but the instruments have a less precis... | |
| High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more Going back near the top of the thread, Mmike84 defined his dB/w/m requirement as:03-25-10: Mmike84Let's say 92 db or higher and preferably at least 6 ohms avg.So, for the purposes of this thread, the AN-E/SPe HE qualify.Interestingly, the AN-E wer... | |
| High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more 03-28-10: TbgTvad, the Audionote speakers IMHO do not represent high efficiency speakers, although I do like them once Peter has set them up. Tbg, your opinion doesn't matter to me.Audio Note factory specs on the AN-E/SPe HE are 98dB/w/m. If the O... |