immatthewj

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Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system
From the live red book of Holy Cole's It Happened One Night, I particularly enjoy the opening track, Cry If You Want To, for the sense of immediacy I get from it.  I actually like the entire CD, but it is that track that comes to mind. I agree wi... 
Listening Room
. . . too late to get another edit in, but they are both Nissan Sentras. And I assume 2024s. they both lease (I think) Nissans, and both of them had their lease run out at the same time early last spring and now they are both leasing brand new o... 
Listening Room
@audioguy85 People just want your stuff for practically nothing nowadays. I don’t have any experience as a seller, but I am thinking that must be nothing new. Even tried selling things here. Had luck selling here years ago. The economy sucks... 
Preamps ... no bass or treble control?
Holy necro-thread, Batman!  
High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps?
Thanks @atmasphere  , @doni  and thanks to all.  I did finally get off of the fence, but I felt a bit nervous about the Forte IVs after all I have read here, and sending them back would be a bitch.  As I just typed, I did get off the fence and I j... 
Sound stage of studio recordings
Patricia Barber Cafe Blue Unmastered?  
Sound stage of studio recordings
The hype (which I guess I buy into) about the (DDD) recordings of The Cowboy Junkies Whites Off Earth Now and then The Trinity Sessions was all about the great job that was done of single miking them.  
Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY?
@judsauce , well, we’ve got the long weekend coming up, so maybe that is having an effect on whose there to answer the phone. We’ll hope so anyway. Maybe if you give them a call on Tuesday you will get through. Have you got your eye on a pre that... 
Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY?
Thanks, @erik_squires  ; I always appreciate the tid bits of knowledge that I get from you and @atmasphere  .  
Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY?
@erik_squires  , can you explain what happens that makes that "pop" when a preamp is inadvertantly turned off before the amp?  
Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY?
Actually, OP, after reading @erik_squires  reply, I do now remember someone posting about losing a pair of speakers due to what @americanradiance just described.  That must be what your tech was talking about.  
Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY?
I was told that vacuum tube equipment was "old 1940's technology." And that tubes created conditions and extraneous signals  that could/would fry certain components within the amp.  Is that so?  I don't have the knowledge and understanding of e... 
Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY?
Didn't the tech that told you not to do that tell you why?  
Mood
I won't go into massive detail, but I will say that what you described happens to me often.  
Time heals all wounds?
My 12 year old desk top with windows 7 (that I stubbornly keep using) does sort of the same thing.