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| Best preamps under $800 I would definitively check out TAD 150 (Tube Audio Design), only heard good things. Do a search here on audiogon, there has been some discussion on it in the context of an upgrade from MF A3cr. | |
| speakers for low listening levels/tube amp Kunja,Per Ckorody recommendations regarding speaker efficiency, this website http://www.commonsenseaudio.com/nirvana.html might be of interest to you.I would also suggest used Triangle Titus 202, which work well with low power tube amps and can be... | |
| Integrated Amp that goes well with Triangle Celius I have had the Unico running my Triangle Antals for 3 months now, and no itch to upgrade yet... I really like this combination, the best sound I have ever had.The Creek may also be a good match, but a lot depends on the quality of your source. Jus... | |
| decent universal player on beer budget?? Samsung HD 841 can be found on eBay for less than $70. These players have been the subject of simple mods and received outstandig (informal) reviews as such (also branded as Toshiba 4960). Unmodded they sound surprisingly good too, better than my ... | |
| Tube rolling suggestions for Unison Unico Well, warming up overnight sounds appropriate, I think Tvad may have a point-maybe something is off with these particular tubes... although I would be hard to believe given that they are tested and all from Uscale Audio. But I think what you are l... | |
| Tube rolling suggestions for Unison Unico I have done some searches on old threads on Audio Asylum where Mullards come up most often as the tubes of choice, a tad relaxed on top and glorious midrange. Similar to your experiences, I still have the Phillips stock tubes in my Unico, and simp... | |
| Help me put a system together for under $1k. An Onkyo Ipod dock ($100), and he will have better sound than a budged cd player as long as he uses Apple lossless file system. Then the new Outlaw two channel receiver ($600) that just got a rave review in Stererophile, and has an USB input so yo... | |
| Help with distorsion on start up of home theater You said it! Probably not worth the hazzle. Good Luck! | |
| Help with distorsion on start up of home theater Leave the Yamaha on all the time! That would solve a part of your problem, it doesn't like to cool down. Do a search here on Audiogon, there is quite a bit of a discussion on the benefits of leaving amps/pre-amps on. | |
| Speaker Recommendation Needed Given that you are puting this together from scratch, I would definitively recommend a wholistic approach: Explore combinations of speakers and receivers that are likely to work well together. As many of us know by experience, speakers can sound v... | |
| Excessive "hiss noise" from Audible Illusions 3A Thank you for your help, I will change out the tubes and hope for the best. And you were right, grounding did not change anything. | |
| Unison Unico experience? Very musical, powerful bass, sweet midrange, and highs that are never harsh or grainy. You can also tube roll, which means you can change the sound a little by changing the pre-tubes. I replaced Conrad Johnson Sonogrape pre/power combo with it, an... | |
| I need a new Source Check out DVDoverseas.com | |
| New Antal esw any better???? Nanotweeter,My digital source is EVS (Ric Schultz) modified Samsung universal player without any op-amps; very analog-like sound. Before that I had a transport-dac setup that was too bright.. but tolerable after inserting Monarchy Upsampler in the... | |
| New Antal esw any better???? There is a review on the Antal esw in the current March Stereophile. And yes, ST does report more refinement and stronger bass. New bass drivers, and they do go lower.I have Antals 202 myself. Been quite a journey with them, and I couldn't be happ... |