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Do NOS Mullard EL34 tubes last much longer than NOS SED (Svetlana) EL34 ? A friend of mine worked in the USA repairing (now vintage) tube amplifiers and he would often tell me how beautifully the Mullard EL34 sounded to him - the best he heard at the time, from a client's amplifier, but that was in the 19080s. I was sur... | |
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords The OP's claim certainly serves an important social function: It reassures non-believers that they don't have to spend money on expensive cables :-) Unfortunately, in my system cables do make a difference, especially power cords... But a friend of... | |
Solid state amp vs tube amps Wolf-Garcia, you sound a bit rude to me. No need for that. | |
Solid state amp vs tube amps I have always used tube amps all my life but recently started looking for a solid state amp because of the growing unreliability of currently made tubes. There are some solid state amps that can make tube enthusiasts happy because they will sound ... | |
Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? I use Furutech Lan-8 NCF. Incredible value. I have a lot of different (much more expensive) cables from this manufacturer, and I've heard it's often a good idea to follow what you already have in the system. For example, the top Transparent LAN ma... | |
Burning-in as a non-linear experience I experienced the same with those outlets as I also have the Furu NCF rhodium outlets in my system. But it can't be just that, as people have also reported similar experience with, for example, Black Gate capacitors. So I just thought there could ... | |
Burning-in as a non-linear experience "but never a retreat to the worse" - this is something I do not agree with and this is why I have decided to start a new thread here. :-) I remember there was once a thread dedicated to Furutech outlets. Have a look. | |
Burning-in as a non-linear experience I know many people who have either seen no change or a gradual change from bad to good. I honestly envy people who buy something new and it's wonderful. I was just wondering if somebody had a different experience, meaning good-bad-better-bad-nice-... | |
Burning-in as a non-linear experience Thank you for your answer. I myself thought it bizarre that something may come from better to horrible, and then to wonderful .But this is my experience and I don't think it's something wrong with my system. I've had this exerience with Furutechs... | |
Is there such a thing as a good medium priced music streamer? I am personally a great fan of Metronome DSS, for Metronome's house sound, analogue, sort-of. But it needs a DAC... It is one of the cheapest products in Metronome's lineup, but a great value soundwise for people who do not plan to play extremely ... | |
KT88 for McIntosh MC275 mk.IV? I've always considered Gold Lions as very reliable but of the four tubes I bought a year ago, two have already failed. In a friend's system, one failed - they were all purchased more or less at the same time. I hope that was just some unlucky batc... | |
CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality This is quite simple, with the present development of technology, a traditional CD player setup will play as good as a streamer costing at least three times as much. So, if you have a CD player costing 5000 dollars and want the same from a streame... | |
Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Re 3 and 4: I'm sure it's not a question of "adapting" - my Furutech cables sound from absolutely "horrific" to absolutely "magical" over the long months of breakin. It's from "no soundstage" to "deep and wide soundstage", it's from "harsh highs" ... | |
Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? In my experience: 1. There are systems where cables matter a lot, and some others where the difference is smaller (usually less resolving systems but there must be more to it than that). For example, a friend of mine has nice vintage Tannoy speake... | |
Furutech FI-48 NCF (R) vs. FI-50 NCF (R) I have only used DPS-4.1 with the FI-50 plugs, so I can't say how they would compare to the other Furutech plugs but I can certainly recommend the 50s. The sound is beautiful, super detail in the midrange, bur zero harshness, and excellent soundst... |