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    Tone controls, good or bad ??

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    ":

    A piece of equipment that has tone controls is not necessarily flat

    when the controls are at 12 o'clock anyway. So, certainly, adjust them

    to where they sound best. The signal runs through the controls anyway,

    even if they are set flat.

    The purist approach is not to use tone controls, no matter what (this

    is assuming the equipment has them). But it does seem too extreme,

    doesn't it, to listen to an overly bright recording and not to touch

    the tone controls to compensate for it.

    Time to sell the Wrights Smile [<img src='https://community.klipsch.com/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png' alt=':)'>]"

    No, I'll not sell the Wrights, they do too many things

    right, I'll either caulk the squakers or look for a vintage

    preamp with tone controls. It will be fun to do both and

    compare. Anyone got a rebuilt Dynaco preamp ?

    Larry

    Tone controls, good or bad ??

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    I've been listening to my 1979 Cornwalls with my Wright mono 3.5s

    for the past couple of weeks. The Corns were updated with type B

    crossovers from BEC. I always thought they were a bit on the

    bright side and am thinking of rope caulking the squaker.

    Tonight I hooked up my EICO HF-81 to the Cornwalls and started to

    listen. Still a bit on the bright side. Turned the treble control

    from 12 to 11 oclock, and ..... BINGO ... sonic bliss. Solid

    bass, lush midrange and highs right on.

    Tone controls.. the audiophiles joke, more in the signal path,

    more caps and resistors and etc. Well let me say this little cult amp

    sounds just right with the treble at 11 oclock.

    Compared the the 2a3's in general the EICO pp EL-84's are

    slightly more mellow and lush. Not as exacting as the 2A3s, not as

    precise but in every way I can think of, they are just as enjoyable.

    good listening ,

    Larry

    Poll: Is My Scott UPS Proof?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    That's a great job packing. I have bought and shipped astronomy stuff in the past, optics and mounts.

    I pack the scope in a box and it's surrounded bubble wrap and

    then by 1 " styrofoam cut to fit. This box goes inside

    another box with 2" styrofoam lining all sides and then is completely

    wrapped in plastic packing tape. So far I've had no problems.

    Larry

    I have no idea what I'm doing!

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi Crazytubepower,

    I have Forte's and Cornwalls, I drive the Fortes with a 80 watt tube amp and I drive the

    cornwalls with a 3.5 watt 2a3 SET amp. Both are good. Guess which

    I like better. The Corns. More lifelike, bigger soundsage, more

    impact and just more musical. Get a pair of Corns for

    around 800 dollars and see what you hear !!! If you don't

    like them you can sell them at no loss of dollars. But I'm betting

    you'll keep them.

    The man I bought the Cornwalls from used them in his college dorm

    room. Now that's a small room. He liked them so much he bought

    another pair and built a third pair.

    The speakers you mention are all great, but very high efficiency

    speakers let amps work in there best zone of power,

    the first few watts.

    good listening,

    Larry

    I built my first amp 49 years ago and it still works

    FS: Peach and Wright 2A3

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    For those who may be interested here's a long review of the Wright 2a3 amps on audio asylum

    http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.pl?forum=tubes&n=17828&review=1

    A good apprasial imho. I have Forte I's driven by a Cary SLI-80 amp and Cornwalls I's driven by the Wrights and an AES preamp.

    I listen to the Wrights every chance I get. I'll play a cd on the

    Forte's and then play the same on the Cornwalls and am astounded

    by the additional transparency of the music. Everything the

    review says is true, I've experienced the same, agree with the

    reviewer and can wholehaeartedly endorse these amps.

    good listening,

    Larry

    Which SS power amp to mate with Peach & Khorns?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    "

    hi,

    "

    Coytee said 4. "Capable of snapping my pants with bass response"

    I'm sure this is impossible, unless you are just kiddin"

    Ahhh.. no, I've had my pants snapped more then once, as a matter of fact they almost fell off once

    Larry"

    an addendum

    I was drinking some sour mash at the time ( That's from TN not KY right

    ), can't be sure how much the sour mash had to do with it, but I swear

    it was the Cornwalls and a heavty ss amp

    Larry

    Cornwall versus Chorus II...a comparison

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    "Duke...simmer down, let's wait to hear the results. I value the DOC's

    opinion. I know you area Chorus fan. That's great. In fact, we need

    more Chorus owners to chime in more often as I think the Chorus doesn't

    get the "chatter" it deserves. In fact, the Fortes need more chatter

    as well."

    I have the Forte's (1982) as well as the Cornwalls (1979). Both are great. The Cornwalls are just a little bit better.

    good listening,

    Larry

    Which SS power amp to mate with Peach & Khorns?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    I understand where your coming from. I have a high current ss power amp (

    soundcraftsman 230 watts/channel .. it plays for 45 seconds after you

    turn it off ).i hook ot up wheni want to rock me and the walls.

    My thoughts as per your described needs

    .. Lots of power and high current

    .. Not to expensive, unless you listen outside the " walls" a lot

    .. don't know how a Peach will match to anything, my AES AE-2 with 20 db of gain can really heat up the soundcraftsman

    .. I guess you need a tuby ss amp to mate with Khorns

    .. Bass is the trump card of high current ss amps

    .. don't know about imaging with various ss amps, the Soundcraftsman does ok

    .. most of them are quite

    Look at this

    http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1134139945

    I believe ADcom has a good rep and the price is right .. sounds like it can handle low impeadence loads

    Larry

    Thanks NosValves!

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

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    He bends over backwards for people. Too bad he's such an ahole.:)

    no he's not, he just has strong opinions which he's entitled to

    An expert is a person who avoids small error as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy. -- Benjamin Stolberg

    An expert is a person who almost learned from all of his mistakes. --- Me

    to be gender neutral here, the shes make no mistakes. -- not me

    good listening

    Larry

    Ok, I'm SET now

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Hi all,

    I just purchased a pair of Wright WPA 3.5 Mono amps from a forum

    member, Coytee and they arrived Saturday. Coytee, btw, is a great

    person to deal with. We had a nice telephone conversation. That's one

    of the benefits of this forum that goes unpublished and certainly a plus for being a member here.

    Ok, having pp tube amps and a ss amp, I wanted to experience the set

    sound with my 1979 Cornwalls. I have a AES AE-3 preamp with

    upgraded caps and nos Sylvania 6SN7WGT's. The Wrights have nos

    RCA 5Y3's, Jan Phillips 6SN7GT's and RCA dual plate 2A3's. The

    Cornwalls are in a 30 x 20 foot room with a rugged floor and a tile

    ceiling. I've been listening to jazz. Patricia Barber... the cool

    album, Khan Jamal ... Passion Warrior album, Stanely Turrentine ..the

    Sugar album as well as assorted Davis and Coltrane.

    These amps btw are dead quite .. no audible hum, ... none.

    I was worried about the sound levels I be able to reach with the 3.5

    watts of flea power. No problem at all. It will not shake

    the room, but I can play it LOUD with no problem, loud enough to

    sit in the next room an listen, loud enough to listen to it upstairs.

    BTW it sounds great out of the room. I have not tried rock or

    complex symphonic pieces, but on jazz this amp does not run out of

    steam.

    I was worried about the bass. The Light My Fire cut by Patrica

    Barber is loaded with bass. Well with these amps it's there and

    very real sounding and convincingly there. Yes the pp 80 watts

    of the Cary or 230 watts of the ss amp has more punch, but these amps

    are very capable in the lower end. The bass lines accompanying

    her vocals is right on.

    Ok let's push the amps and see what happens. Playing now is

    Enigma MCMXC a.D. cd, the last cut Back to the Rivers of

    Belief. It starts with a closely miked kick drum and some

    high percussion. The chimes, bells and tympani are amazing.

    Each is a succinct PING, not PPing or a PINGG, just a PING. The

    male voice is well displayed,quite separated and nicely imaged against

    the driving kick drum and high percussion. the driving bass

    line lacks some punch ... no wall shaking here, need more watts for

    that, but the fundamental sound is there.

    I was not worried about the highs or mids and had no need to be. It's

    there in spades. Female voice, male voice, piano, sax, all of it is

    there precisely defined, no mush, no midrange bloom . Each instrument

    is separated from the other and imaged from left to right and front to

    back in an amazing manner. No hole between the speakers ( placed 10

    feet apart) at all. It's just there just like it should be.

    If you get the idea I like the Wright's your right. I like them a lot. I also like my other amps a lot.

    I've used the Cary SLI-80 in the 50 watt Triode mode for about 3 weeks,

    the Soundcraftsman ss with the AES pre and a ss preamp for about

    a week and the EICO HF-81 for 3 days before I hooked these up to the

    Cornwalls. They all sound different. The ss amp with the tube pre

    is going to be placed with the B&W's, the Cornwalls don't need the

    power. The ss can play loud, very very loud with gut shaking bass. It

    does not image as well and the mids and highs are shrill on the

    Cornwalls.

    The EICO Hf-81 is a great old Williamson design 14 watt pp EL-84 amp

    which shows itself very well. I have no criticisms of it. Compared to

    the Wrights is has a little more bass. The mids and highs are not as

    well defined and a little softer. But all in all it has a first class

    sound, very sweet and inviting and easy to listen to.

    The Cary in the triode mode is great. It has the power to control

    the 15" woofers and give back slamming bass while at the same time

    having a glorious midrange and etched highs. Compared to the

    Wright's the the highs are a touch, just a touch less well

    defined and slightly rolled off. The major difference between the

    two is imaging. The Wright seems to have greater front to back

    depth.

    I know there are strong opinions about SETs on this forum. To the

    pros... I agree with you. To the cons.. while SET amps do have some

    shortcomings ( bass slam, high volume) the advantages of SETS ( mids,

    highs, imaging) are hard to deny,

    You can get an idea about them from reading this forum, but to any who

    is wondering what they are all about you need to listen to them and

    find out for yourself.

    Larry

    ps: does any one have experience with Sophia Electric Princess 300b 2.5 volt Mesh Plates for 2a3 amps ?

    New Record Price on Genalex....Stupid Bidders At Large

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Hi,

    I've got a matched pair of slightly used solid gray plate

    Tungsol 6550's I use with my Cary SLI-80. Wonderful tubes. I paid 300

    dollars for them. I wonder how much better if any the Genlex KT-88's

    are ? 10 times better ? I doubt it .... I doubt they

    are " better " at all, just different. What some people pay for status

    tubes just amazes me.

    Larry

    BTW, that's one advantage of ss, no tubes to buy ever. But tube rolling is fun, isn't it.

    ss vs. tube, who would of thought?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    I use both.

    With my Forte's a Cary SLI-80 in the triode mode. Great sound.

    With my Cornwalls a EICO HF-81 or a AES AE-3 preamp with a ss

    Soundcraftsman power amp. The EICO is delicate with beautuful midrange.

    The tube preamp & ss amp is just as articulate and has much

    more bass slam ( not unexpected with 230 watts/ch ). Next in line for

    the Corns are a pair of Wright Sound Labs 2a3 monoblocks.

    Larry

    Tubes Didn't Thrill Me!

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    You like what you like. What sounds best to you listen to.

    I have a ss amp (Soundcraftsman 230w/channel at 8 ohms) that I

    was going to sell. I hooked it up to a AES AE-3 preamp with nos

    Sylvania 6SN7WGtT's brown base and guess what .... I'm keeping

    it. It's prior problem ... a lousy pramp.

    Larry

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