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Goldlion KT77 vs KT90's
The KT77 was the MO Valve version of the 6CA7, or the EL34.The KT90 is a tube that was developed by the Ei tube company in Yugoslavia in the late 1990s to be a more Powerful Octal based Beam Pentode.The B+ for the 6CA7/EL34/KT77 is considerably lo... 
Orpheus speakers from the '80s, Woodstock NY
Per the Stats- there have been 160 viewings...Yours is the first response...I am afraid that this was a small company that went quietly into that good night, and has not been heard from since...I may try this post on another board and see what hap... 
Amp for Vandersteens 2ce sig 2's
Music Reference - RM9, or 200 would be great!Heard a 2c and RM9 system for a while and loved the sound.Happy Listening 
Old vs. New
I have an RM-9 MK1, Audible Illusions M3. ProAc response 3s, a VPI jr with an SME 309 arm and Rega cart. that sounds wonderful, and can disappear with aplomb. I often dream of newer or different pieces of equipment; however when I fire this system... 
Stupid question
Typically Red is HOT in an electrical circuit. In audio, Red is considered Hot and the Red from the amp should be connected to the red for the speaker, UNLESS your amp, or Pre-amp Inverts the Phase, then you want to connect the red to black and bl... 
Amps Using the 211 Tube
Sidssp makes a valid and important point, and I would argue further that the "sound" of a tube is confined what the specific tube IN A SPECIFIC CIRCUIT (Topology, Transformer, Driver stage, coupling etc.) can/will deliver. The second point - to re... 
stupid tube question of the day
Most commercial and military tubes were designed with a 10,000 hour operating life. This life expectancy can be shortened by primarily two activities: 1- frequent power cycling, On/Off [if you are planning a day of listening and want a few hour br... 
Is it smart to use
Remember in the words of 'epray' some /many of the sellers are not aware of what they have - every listened to a Hadley amp? Having said this, If you know the amp, or MFG, and have a high interest or opinion of the product try it out, there are so... 
Horns vs Ribbons vs Dyanamic
Dynamic drivers = a driver where a coil -that carries the audio signal- moves in a magnetic field -due to the alternating current of the audio signal- a diaphram. In a 'traditional' cone spraker the diaphram is usually conically shaped and made of... 
Personal amp evolution
I started listening to my fathers MC30, and Heath WM-4, then I had:Pioneer reciever ca '73Lux 3035 RecieverMitsubishi DA7CH.H.Scott 299BDynaco MKIV (pr monoblocks)Music Reference RM-9Future:? I have had the RM-9 as my reference amp for quite some ... 
Comparing sound of cables v. wireless
The biggest drawback to the wireless systems is a commpressed frequency range that is encoded into the RF or IR 'wireless' medium, and the additional encoding/decoding steps for the transmitter & reciever. The plug in systems are a bit better ... 
Rookie questions - toneam and cartridge
'S' vs straight, cholcolate vs vanilla, well not quite but....The big effect of the tone arm is to maintain a geometry across the disk, and to hold the cartridge rigidly and yet allow the 'system' to pickup all the nuances of the groove. There are... 
Want to update 20 year old LP12/Grace-what arm?
I am using the AQ PT6 on a VPI 19jr and very harry with it. It is a straight-forward arm, no gimicks and faily easy to keep up to shape.get a safety raiser.Happy listening 
my room sounds dead
Generally speaking you should not have to provide wall-to-wall treatments to "tame" a room; thus the full wall treatment combined w/ full ceiling and carpet have caused a dead room. As Arcmania suggests, you can start by removing the ceiling treat... 
Wall Mounted turntable stand: suggestions please?
I have a VPI Jr mounted on the Target stand, and I belive that the stand is still made, evan though AA does not sell it. The trick to using a wall mounted stand is two fold: 1, Mount it on a Load Bearing wall, non load bearing walls are not tied i...