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| JBL Metregon and Paragon Wow, that is pretty cool, and spendy! I wish that he had put something in there so that one could have a better sense of scale. But not as spendy as what they are asking for those Paragons. Amazing. While looking at the completed auctions, there w... | |
| Primer reading for new Rogue Cronus owner? It's a hobby. And a hobby with lots of snake oil, opinions that are not based in basic electronics and general B.S. So rather than get some opinion of what tube sounded good in what amp, why not start with a bit of simple, basic, theory so that yo... | |
| Your Preference: Resolution or Fullness? Neither, for me the biggest importance is tone. Don't care much about resolution, but fullness of sound would be pretty important. | |
| JBL Metregon and Paragon Thanks Dave! | |
| JBL Metregon and Paragon Well, yes and no. The Paragon was produced over a long period of time, '57 to '83 and there were some driver changes over the run. So they started out in the tube era, but extended well into sandland. The estimate on Audio Heritage is that they ma... | |
| JBL Metregon and Paragon I used to sell the Paragon when it was new, and it truly is an heirloom product. But most homes don't have the space or the singular furniture style necessary to have a long console on one wall. You can't spread the two speakers apart, so listenin... | |
| Svetlana v. Genalex KT88 Tubes? The Genelex reissues have had reliability issues, which may, or may not, be cured. I had one of my quad short out and there is plenty of other anecdotal reports about these on the Asylum. The SED winged C seems to be the most reliable of the 6550/... | |
| Tube amp heat questions... Several things will come into play, tube type, output power, class of operation of the amp, push-pull, or single ended topology and if the amp has output transformers. If you are considering several tube amps that you can audition - a rarity these... | |
| Moving tall ESL's across town, no boxes. Advice Is there a river nearby? | |
| Your top 3 worst purchases ever .....because the're not exactly "Moby Dick".... | |
| Your top 3 worst purchases ever 1) Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat". Some good things came out of it though; I learned that many audiophiles are idiots. Horrible music enshrined in early digital sound. She makes Krall, Cole, Monheit, et al sound like Fitzgerald and Washing... | |
| Should I Repair a Plinius 8150 ? Your question is "Should I repair a Plinius 8150?" and to that I would answer a hearty "yes". To replace caps is not a big deal and replacing the switch should be basic as well. Learn to solder and get going. Study the web to see how caps are chan... | |
| Amp recommendation for Klipsch Heresy I have owned the Heresy, Klipschorn, KG-4, Forte and Cornwall and I IMHO would not use anything but tubes. Alan makes a great suggestion re the ST-70. If you need an integrated, I would recommend a nice vintage amp like the Stromberg-Carlson ASR-4... | |
| Low frequency problem while playing vinyl Here's a test, with the turntable off, not rotating, place the cartridge on a record. Slowly advance the volume to the level that you commonly listen at. If howling begins, back off. You have found out that you have a problem with acoustic feedbac... | |
| Reissue EL34, Mullard vs. JJ I have experience with both, neither is made by it's original maker, the Mullard being Russian and the JJ made on the former Tesla tooling. IMHO, the JJ E34L (they also make an EL34 and a KT77) is an excellent tube with some reported quality contr... |