Quote Originally Posted by Storm View Post
Yes, my receiver has those out puts.

Do you think it is not worth the gain?

Am I really not experiencing my speakers' potential?

Thanks.

-Storm.
I dunno - I gave up on tubes years ago!
But its really a personal thing - its all your tastes ...

BMWCCA said that you can change the sound (tone?) of your audio more easily using EQ than by going to specialized amps.

I'd tend to agree that using a QUALITY EQ (e.g, one that doesn't have noisy gain stages to degrade your overall sound) is probably a better way to change sound. Look at all the stuff Zilch and the rest of them do with RTA (Real Time Analysers) to visually SEE the sound coming out of their speakers and EQ it to fit their tastes better.

Besides - Tubes age - a new tube sounds different than an older tube - and some folks will tell you Russian tubes sound better than vintage RCA or whatever the current flavor is.

Really - everything in audio has "a flavor" (it shouldn't, but usually it does). - the trick is to not gum up the sound by putting too many things in the signal path.

And personally, I try to avoid the more expensive snake oil - its a pricey lesson!