Recent content by Old Bob

good morning! my daughter and family moved in, and are using my stereo room for bedroom I thought to get headphones to use in my room OK, i have the Oppo CD player, and it seems to have a headphone amp. today's dumb questions: 1. can I get some decent headphones like Audeze LCD 2? etc...

Good afternoon!! A friend wants to improve his system, and he is willing to learn. I will get the details, but in general he has about 150 records and 500 CD's. the room will be 24 by 24 feet with an 11 foot peak ceiling. He currently has 1981 Advent speakers, some Hitachi preamp and power...

good afternoon! I hope you are all staying safe. OK, i really enjoy my stereo, and mostly have CD's. i find I never use my McIntosh tuner. I dug out my ???30 ??? year old turntable and it naturally sound awful. It is a Pioneer PL 707 I am sure the stylus and records are dead. dumb...

:hey: good morning! I have a Triode integrated amp, maybe 1-2 years old. I might listen 1-2 hours daily. it has eight tubes: KT88 2 tubes 12Ax7 2 tubes 12AU7 2 tubes 12BH7 frankly, i do NOT know when to change them! this is my first tube equipment! 1. where do I buy the tubes? 2. which...

:hey: Just now plugged in an Audioquest Niagara 1000 and Thunder power cord. i got them from Mike here at Suncoast Audio i was skeptical, but did a ton of reading about power conditioners, and power cords. some of the noise comes from your a/c line and some comes from the components...

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! especially Joeinid and JadeDavid and Mike Bovaird! this is a great hobby, listening to music (first) and learning about equipment (second) OK, my goal: KEEP my harbeth 30.2 speakers. KEEP my Triode corp. tube amp, 50 watts class A KEEP my two wonderful REL...

:hey: so excited! just got a pair of harbeth 30.2 speakers from Mike Bovaird.!! super! a BIG improvement. room is 13 by 13, so they are plenty for that room size. they are great with baroque music, Beatles vocals, all types. what an improvement. mike is always a great help!!!! they are...

:hey: in plain terms, what do the 0.5 and 0.8 series mean? thanks! bob

:hey: it's me, the dummy, again! OK, I am going to get ELAC AF 61 speakers, sensitivity 87 dB. recc. 50-160 watts/channel. room is only 13 by 13 feet, do NOT need super volume levels. from my reading, I think Nelson Pass is really quite interesting. Pass labs makes integrated, stereo, and...

:hey: good morning! from my reading, I now believe I know what Class A, push pull, and class B amps are. OK- I have an integrated tube amp. beginner questions: what do my KT 88 tubes do? do they amplify the signal from the "preamp" section of my amp? do they send this signal to the speakers...

:hey: I first posted in "amps" and then decided to come to this Pass forum. in brief: after I find better speakers, I am considering Pass Labs. currently, room is just 13 by 13 feet with 10 foot ceiling. bowers and wilkins CM6 S2 speakers, lovely Triode tube integrated amp, 50 watts/channel...

good morning! I still consider myself a beginner. I LOVE my Triode tube amp, will upgrade speakers when I can. I read just a LITTLE bit about Nelson Pass. he seems really quite bright! I am really curious about his power amps. do any of you have direct experience with pass labs or first...

good morning everyone! on page 20 in the June stereophile magazine, i found something interesting. it was an ad for PrimaLuna preamps. i have heard nothing but good things about Prima Luna. in the ad, they claimed a "major brand" solid state preamp sells for $7595, and could sell for $2595 and...

good morning! I just read in stereophile of the audioquest Niagara 1000. the review was pretty positive. power conditioning is very new to me. I have a triode tube integrated amp. would this $1000 conditioner give me a difference I could HEAR? any advice? best bob and thanks :hey:

:hey: good afternoon! I have been using this great forum for some months now. I have improved my ancient system now: oppo 105 cd player. just got, love it triode trx 88PP tube, integrated amp. 50 watts/channel two bowers wilkins CM6 S2 speakers cost about $2,000 two, REL subwoofers, T/5i I...