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In the Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s
Post Subject: Deep-fried dbsPosted by jessie.dazzle on: 3/14/2007
Romy,
Your approach makes sense; I will look into fitting a "12.5 db voltage divider".
As I did not have any noise issues when using the same equipment with a variety of direct radiating speakers, I can only speculate as to what other information went missing (or got rounded off) when using these less than sensitive drivers.
Regarding tube replacement :
The sound that you call the "whitish sound" has an analogy in food; Where I used to live, the "best" Chinese restaurants started off with fresh oil every evening. They would change it the following day, but as it was only now a slightly deeper amber in color, instead of throwing it out, they passed it on to the "better" Chinese restaurants, who also changed it daily, and also passed it on, until it would finally end up thick, dark, and suspending various solids, in the fryers of Chinese restaurants where you just don't sit down.... The food fried in these places always had a kind of metallic tinge, which would cote your tongue making it feel as it does when you've kept yourself going for 48 hours, having replaced sleep with too much caffeine.
This weekend I found some hour meters in a surplus store... it will be interesting to know just how much I am using this system, and how many hours I put on the "longer life" tubes (the ones that don't need changing as often as the cat litter) before the quality drops off.
As always, thanks for the input.
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