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| Stereophile looses Jonathan Scull So long for now to the Robin Leach of the Hi-Fi world. I found his reviews to be entertaining to a point but hardly informative. His reviews were certainly in context of "lifestyles of the rich and famous" something to make you pant and drool with... | |
| Tube Installation Question I have the same amp and the tubes fit tight in mine and yes they all glow at the same time when powered up. It is a great sounding head-phone amp. | |
| What time do you wear? A 1930's Elgin with square gold case. | |
| Audio Research preamp LS vs SP I would guess the LS stands for line stage series and the SP stands for stereo preamp which presumably would have a phono stage. I think all current product is line stage and you need an outboard phono. | |
| learning to listen Let me clarify my initial thread. My theory is that every one unknowingly adapts to the specific sonic experience of telephone listening to improve his/her recognition of what is coming through the receiver and that this is a specific frequency ra... | |
| Stereophile "coverage" I have no problem with Stereophile reviewing $37500 speakers or $500 speakers but I do have a problem when a $37500 speaker that won't go much below 40hz gets a favorable review with the mention of the necessity to purchase the yet un-priced huge ... | |
| A Moment of Silence for The Doctor I am saddened to hear of Gizmo's passing. I just started subscribing to LISTENER early this year mainly because of his entertaining and relevent writings and I will truly miss him. In the short time I've been exposed to his words, I have been enli... | |
| Nominal Impedence and Amp Taps My amp has 2,4, and 8 ohm taps and my speakers are N802's which are rated at 8 ohms but I've heard that they can dip down to around 3 ohms in the bass. The amp manufacturer, VAC, suggests trying the different taps to hear which works best. I tried... | |
| 'L' Shaped Listening Rooms. What works? With due respect to the speaker placement programs, the fact remains that you will still have your "L" shaped room that sucks. If you can not change the room, how about a good set of phones and leave the speakers for background listening. One othe... | |
| Antique Sound Labs Headphone Amp I have not listened to any other headphone amps but bought the MG Head DT, Sennheiser HD600 combo after listening at my local dealer. It sounds like tubes, lush and full, maybe lacking a bit in midrange/lower treble punch but very easy to listen t... | |
| The most beautiful Integrated Tube amp? I'll have to go along with the Manley Stingray. It is a nice sounding amp also, a bit weak in the power department compared to some of the other recommendations but damn sexy and was designed by Eve Anna Manley who looks pretty good herself. I thi... | |
| 'L' Shaped Listening Rooms. What works? I closed my L shaped room in utilizing french doors which maintain the open feeling and light but sonically reshapes the room. Every other acoustic remedy I tried was a waste of time and money. | |
| You get what you pay for... I purchased a D500SE as a source for an ASL tube headphone amp mainly because I needed a light weight player to move to different rooms. It sounds great using Sennheiser HD600 phones. I too have experienced the loss of ouput and static but thankfu... | |
| Best Tube Int under 4K? Cary SLI50, pure class "A" 30 watts with E34L output tubes sounds like at least double that with an incredible extension at both frequency extremes. Dynamics both macro and micro are excellent coupled with a neutral midrange. If I had to give up a... | |
| Cowboy Junkies "Open" opinions Hey Garfish, I'm starting to warmup to this a little bit on the first five tracks. The recording certainly isn't very clean and has a nasty top end, this on a very forgiving tubed preamp/amp combo, pity the the listener with solid state electronic... |