Mintzar: A Sound Story.Just because I sold The Dude doesn't make it a bad piece of gear. On the contrary, it's still one of the best preamps in the world.But when I went to this computer-based system with the Orp... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I plan to post pics as soon as I finish settling in at my new place. It's a bit of chaos at the moment. Probably in a couple of weeks!My new listening room is FANTASTIC. It's larger than my... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.You are right, SNR is only one component to good sound. I am one of the privileged few who has the opportunity to listen to live music multiple times a week. I also worked in recording. So ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.Yes, I replaced the noisey stock Raytheons and tried both the 5692 RCA "Red Base" tubes as well as an NOS Russian 6SN7, both of which were huge upgrades over the stock raytheon tubes in t... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.The Dude preamp has been replaced first by the TC Studio Konnect 48 and now by the prism sound orpheus.The Dude was noisy and the higher-performance my system became the more I realized how... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.System edited: System updated, article updated! posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.System edited: Lowering the noise floor is what matters. Music contains a lot of information. Some of that is extraneous. Keeping that information aligned properly is of utmost important. Think of ... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment |