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    Tuning room

    I am, nor is my argument, implying anything... That is you. I am saying I am unwilling to entertain your trolling when you already stated your opinion of the subject. And if you value your opinion, which you seem to value it highly... Then why in the world would you engage in a discussion you...
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    Tuning room

    Then why did you bother? You said a lot for a pointless discussion... 3 weeks later.
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    Tuning room

    Well it's a pointless discussion... So why would I bother? Enjoy.
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    Lampizator Baltic 4

    I am so sad to say, mine has to go. Life happens. My B4 is in the classifieds if anyone is interested.
  5. LTA Z40+ ZOTL Integrated Amp for sale

    LTA Z40+ ZOTL Integrated Amp for sale

    I can’t believe I have to do this, but life happened. Up for sale is my beloved Linear Tube Audio Z40+ Integrated amp. The first owner bought it just before the “+” upgrade. I bought the amp and had it sent to LTA to do the upgrade. That was November of 21. That is sub out and all new caps and...
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    LDMS Server

    Well sure... Suggest something completely reasonable. Errr... I should. I don't have a problem with used. Lampizator has an awesome 2nd hand program even though I got my B4 new. I should get on a list for a trade in. Any significant upgrade for me will have to be used at this point.
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    LDMS Server

    Ya, deep pockets or special circumstances... I hope nobody takes offense... Your special circumstance... Completely reasonable to me and no, there is not and an endless supply of those... Certainly hope not. Another gentleman had something similar but the passing of a loved one. I could see me...
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    LDMS Server

    A lot of guys here have pretty deep pockets. I understand if it is as good as another but a fraction of the cost... But the cost is still pretty high... For a streamer... I don't have stratosphere money. However, looking at all the "good" streamers/servers out there, Luminox, Aurender...
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    LDMS Server

    So... Why? I had a Pi4 basestreamer. It was clean. I got an Aurender N100H. Big improvement...but it has a good power supply. After having it a while, I definitely appriciate not having to deal with pi OS and Linux. Not that it was a big deal, but a much more normal polished product from...
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    Near Or Far Field Listening For This Room?

    Dealing with bass/sub bass is not easy. It's not just a matter of trapping a little bass, it's what frequency are you trapping. It's relatively easy to manage reflections down to 200 hz. But lower than that needs volume. A foot of fluffy, can get lower... 160, 2ft, 3ft, 4ft...100, 80, 60. So sub...
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    Near Or Far Field Listening For This Room?

    You have a small room. It is not hard to fill with bass. Getting rid of the reflection and standing waves are much harder. Having that much bass trap is not even close to excessive. To actually do it proper, 4ft covering the back wall is a good start. There is no free lunch, and there is no way...
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    Tuning room

    However, room anomalies are not dealt with one being louder than the other... Reflections effects primary waves regardless and produce peaks and nulls. The room, and the reflections in it, are ALWAYS there unless dealt with. And while there may be personal preferences for how they are dealt...
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    274B choices?

    Oh you're not crazy. Tubes are another rabbit hole. I have absolutely zero desire to try every obscure tube out there... And then get every obscure adapter and try those. I've done pretty well I think. I read up, and go for the consensus choice of what's best. Mullard El34s are widely regarded...
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    Near Or Far Field Listening For This Room?

    Man, I have to thank you. I tried near field again... Wow! When I got the Lampi, I was all about stage. And spreading out gave more space, bigger canvas so to speak. I thought near field was to closed in. Some speaker maker was ranting about too much tow in killed stage so I also found less was...
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    274B choices?

    OK, thanks @godofwealth for opening that door... But are they not making them now. I looked but WE only lists 300Bs and any search just brings up NOS WE 274bs. So how much is a new production WE.... Because a single 300B is actually reasonable.
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    Sophia Electric EL34-ST

    I never tried KT77s.
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    274B choices?

    Ya, and that I don't get.... There are cheap tubes... But Sophia and up are not cheap. We've had a handle on QA/QC for quite some time. There shouldn't be concerns with reliability with a company trying to be premium. And yes I do think buying a one year warantee is a ridiculous solution. That...
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    274B choices?

    Yes! There have been many things I have tried and honestly can't tell the difference. I have made other changes that merely gave different, not better... And yet others that were close calls that just were not that big of a deal even if you could say it was better. I'm pretty much end game for...
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    274B choices?

    Yes, I'm on that forum and know the thread... I'm at the point... Which I'm sure most get to... That I have zero problems thinking there are better than what I have... I simply can't and won't afford it. Lampi has a DAC over 5x what I paid for my B4. I could trade my LTA in for their pre and...
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    Near Or Far Field Listening For This Room?

    Well... To add on... Why not. It's doubtful you are going to buy into my suggestion. First, there is nothing saying you have to have the box covering your pipe. You could just insulate it for asthetics and leave it... The better idea is to actually incorporate it into a bass trap... If it's...
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    Near Or Far Field Listening For This Room?

    That's good. Yep, certainly doesn't hurt to see what works best.
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    274B choices?

    Well, I'm not going to find out. Tweaks are harder for me to justify. But it's good if they keep trying to improve.
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    Sophia Electric EL34-ST

    I have an LTA Z40+ intigrated amp. It came with upgraded NOS Mullard El34s (xf2) in place of standard KT77s. I bought it used. Original owner swapped signal tubes but not power tubes and I did the same. I have tried SE 274Bs and so I was curious about all the hypes on The El34s. I really found...
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    274B choices?

    Well I had to find out.... I had whatever 5U4G came with DAC. Changed that to RCA JAN 5R4U GY. Big improvement. Then had to try Sophia 274B mesh. I wanted mesh cause I favor resolution over warmth and thought that was the one over Aqua. Another improvement. In every way. Even better bass. Then...
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    Near Or Far Field Listening For This Room?

    I can't see that effecting symetry. Long walls create. More problems than the bulkhead... What is it for? Pipe chase, ventilation? Heck, 8 ft ceilings cause more problems than asymmetry. I had a similar problem. My listening room was not ideal, but it was the most ideal if I wanted to actually...
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    Tuning room

    One last word on this... The whole premise of headphones is to remove the room. To isolate the drivers. Their value is listening to only the music without any interference from anything. The problem is regardless of the best claims, they can't image in space with stereo. I I sold my headphones...
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    Tuning room

    Yes, and dipoles exist to try to solve the room problem. Plenty of speakers with open and infinite baffles and dipoles. All are attempts to create a space in a room. My point was I want to hear what my speakers put out, not how my room messes that up. And I've heard the arguments why they are...
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    Tuning room

    Speakers put out a primary wave, after that, everything else is reflections from everything. Upper and mids are easiest to absorb, but true bass absorbtion requires much more than minimal material tossed in a corner. I am in the camp of every first reflection point should be treated. I am also...
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    OK... So I have had some weird crap going on. Pounding headaches, my ears hurt. Music was flat, thin, 2D bathroom, sounded like crap. That's been a couple weeks... But tonight... My ears are back. Everything is rich and amazing again. I will hold off on being conclusive. Things need to burn in...
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    So my combo of Aqua 2 and El34 was already sounding good. More texture, more realism, more warmth and more transpearant at the same time. Obviously not "warm colored". I was rolling to put stock back in for comparison after 24hrs. Stock sounded same... But lifeless. It's not that is sounds...

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