thorman
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| CD player closest to vinyl? Meridian 508/24 | |
| Tube amp stopped working I recently had the same problem with a new set of New Sensor Gold Lion Repro KT77's.Pretty bad when a new quad which was supposed to be re-checked before going to a customer..Ended up being a bad tube( no Bias at all ). Sent them back and went bac... | |
| Isolation pads for the speaker stands Kiza : Glad things worked out..Funny how things can change with more or less sand.....The transition between Stand and Speakers is also a crapshoot..Herbies' stuff is great..Many like Bluetak.......Just keep trying different things an eventually y... | |
| Good tube preamp with Sony 5400 McPherson: I have been a Thor Audio owner ( amps and linestage ) for many years and have happily dealt with both original owner Paul Marks and the new onwers Ted and Jordan (Ted was a Thor dealer for Paul)ThorAudio may not be the most popular name... | |
| Isolation pads for the speaker stands If you have the time and patience,try changing the amount of sand filled in the stands..I have found ( using Skylan Speaker stands ) that the amount of fill required for best sonics in fillable stands has a lot to do with Speaker cabinet construct... | |
| Good tube preamp with Sony 5400 Grab the Thor Audio TA 2000 ( on Audiogon ) and don't look back...... | |
| Isolation pads for the speaker stands Also try: Moving your speakers more out in the room..That should give you more midrange openness and cut back on the Bass energy......Move them a few inches at a time until satisfied.....I found my Kharmas work best about 5' out into the room..... | |
| Which companies deserve a star for Christmas Have to include Thor Audio ..Ted and Jordan..Great guys that want to do it right...... | |
| Tube Life Do it the right way,,When in doubt,buy another set and have them on hand..If anything changes ( in sound ) dump the old set for the new...Always try to stay one step ahead of trouble....... | |
| AU24e Interconnects - but warmer Ridge Street Audio - Midnight Silver edition...Very similar in sound to the Poiema,but with a touch more sweetness... | |
| Nordost Vishnu or Shunyata Copperhead Power Cord Everything is System dependent..Also people dependent..We all hear things differently..That being said, I have found the lower Teir Nordost ( from years ago ) can sound quite lean and threadbare ( to my ears )...But under the right circumstances c... | |
| Smooth/Musical Bookshelves upto $1500 - $2000 Nice pair of Harbeth 7 ES-2 ( with stands ) on this site for $2K..Should work nicely for you....... | |
| Favorite Caps ST-70 Rebuild I went from ( Thor Audio TA1000 Linestage ) Mundorf Oil Silver ( nice but kinda smeared sounding ) to Vh Audio TfTF ( Teflon ) and they were wonderfull ,but just a tad too bright for me taste..I then went to VH Audio CuTF ( mostly Copper ) and fel... | |
| stylus upgrade or different cable Try the VPI cable ( around $100 used ) ..Quite smooth..Might help your situation... | |
| "Best" 12BH7/A tubes? Just for info ,I tried the RCA 12au7 Cleartops in place of the Sylvania 12bh7a's ( Thor Audio Monoblocks ) and found the RCA 12au7 Cleartops to be Darker and more muted and didn't sonically work well in the 12bh7a position for me.......The Clearto... |