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| dehavilland ultraverve preamp with ss amp The Dehavilland ultraverve is not overly tubey sounding. If you have the stock input 6sn7 tube in the Ultraverve then you may get the sound you're describing. However, in changing the one input tube (6sn7) you can get either softer tube sound (RCA... | |
| Review: Conrad Johnson CA200 Amplifier I have the CJ2500a amp which I like driven directly by my DAC. I agree with you comments about the somewhat dark sound of CJ however my CJ replace my Krell and I've never looked back. I've also heard the CA200 and agree with your review. The CA200... | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? Since last trying the Benchmark directly to my amp I've changed it's power cord to the Cardas GR and the nickel plated outlet to the Oyaide SWO-XXX. All the time running through my tube preamp to amp.Trying it again directly to amp with the new PC... | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? Cmk, this is great info. As my amp CJ 2500a has RCA only I'm wondering if it worth getting some adapters just to try the XLR outputs on the Dac1 directly to the amp? | |
| Benchmark Dac1 - next step recommendations please Just added some DH Labs ceramic cones under the DAC1, the large size. After trying a few other things I'm surprised by the improvement of the DH cones. Following the instructions on their web site yielded the best results with a firmer, better def... | |
| Benchmark Dac1 - next step recommendations please Thanks Cedar, I'm wonder if anyone has had good results with Modding a Dac1 or is the next step going to a better DAC? | |
| Buzz/hum from amps, NOT from speakers Sunfire Manual Says -> "Internal hum can be madeworse by a shelf or cabinet resonating"This is exactly the problem I had with my CJ amp. I could hear it across the room and using a cheater plug made very little difference.The noise was actually... | |
| Newfound respect for McIntosh I visited two McIntosh dealers on five or six different occations. They where "always" sold out of the C220 Preamp including their store demo. Both dealers said that customers would come into the store and demand to buy their demo (if the store di... | |
| What current China import sounds like a CJ?? Tommy, I purchased a CJ amp used here on Agon for less than a third of the new retail price and am very excited about it. One of my most expense components was made in China and I've nothing but problems with it. Did I purchase either product base... | |
| Amp for B&W Sig 805 Christobyl, perhaps you missed some of the thread but I did sell the 400XI and get the Conrad Johnson 2500a. I'm just sorry that I waited so long. I did try some tube amps with the B&W Sigs and I did not think they worked well. I did not like ... | |
| Amp for B&W Sig 805 The Krell 400xi was and is one of the best values in solid state integrated amps with 200w/ch. The 400xi has better bass definition than my current amp. After much auditioning I decided on the Conrad Johnson 2500a (250w/ch) with a Manley tube prea... | |
| cdp's you had glitches with I just want to thank Bartokfan again for bringing up a very relevant topic. I unfortunately have to concur that low manufacturing costs can yield low production quality. I really wish I hadnt experienced this first hand. Everyone knows that just ... | |
| cdp's you had glitches with Based on my personal experience, discussions with multiple dealers, and members of Agon this is the last thread on CDPs I plan on participating in because I will no longer be using one. I'm glad you've had good experiences Newbee but when I saw Ba... | |
| Preamp to pair with Manley Snappers? If you can do fully balanced from the source to preamp to amp you should get really nice sound. The only question is if you'll like listening to the resulting sound. If you're not doing fully balanced from source through to amp then I think that y... | |
| Preamp to pair with Manley Snappers? I'm waiting for my Manley Shrimp to be delivered. Check their web site if you can't find a dealer locally. I got two emails from Manley's pres. and two phone calls from their sale's manager within a day. |