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| Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ? Fantastic Integrated my brother just bought one a month ago Gryphon Diablo of Denmark this is a work of Art it is better sounding then the majority of seperates . I owned a Audiostoreand inside parts quality and engineering design are critical.... | |
| Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In? Why a premium fuse sounds substantially better then the stock steel- zinc fuses is easy to explain , just lookup metal conductor resistances the higher number the better, Copper,Silver veryclose 63-67 indexthe stock buzz fuse a 18 maybe . It is... | |
| Ohm Walsh 4s worth looking into ??? I know them well big presentation but not true Audiophile i know build quality well very average At Best parts quality .if you get it cheap enough and rebuild the Xover with high qualitycomponents then yes it has respectable potential. The Xover i... | |
| OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers David Bearnings unique patents havehad great results with the big Soundlab A-1 hemakessomebigger monoblocks if you have $20k but spectacular amplifiers ,and preamps. | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD A great Turntable has a very palpable presentation very deep soundstage and a vibrant presentation .that being said is you have a top quality Dac , especially a SE model or modified using top quality Capacitors and like the Lascala , or lampizader... | |
| Can this be good first tube amplifier? I have been Audio SS and Many tubes amps, preamps.a lot of junk under $1k from China as another member mentionedparts quality sucks, even in a lot of US built companies I have owned from top 3-4 and myself knowing parts quality inside and out ,and... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality Depending on your budget Ifi Audio has a Usb -3 purifier$129 a steal, that removes 40 dB of noise , plus regenerates a totally new signal parts qualityexcellent , they also have productcalled the defender buy 1-2 removes crap associated with com... | |
| Turning off tube preamp first sends solid state amp into protection? You Never do this ,it creates a surge . Allways do the Opposite with tube gear preamp on first until stable ,30-40 seconds then amplifier, shut off in reverse order you can blow your tweeter in your speaker also you hear a pop or thump. solid sta... | |
| Any good reasons to use transistor phono stage and line level preamp instead of tube ? SolidState has more accurate imaging and more precise.a well designed Solid state preamp,or phono stage if using very good parts quality thecapacitors resistors and a transformer based unit can sound very Tube like and have lower distortion , but... | |
| Greatest debut album I would say the Doors debut album The Doors was a Smashing successand Light my Fire ,one of the all time great songs !! | |
| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? Having been in Audio over 35 years and owning a Audio storein the UK cables by A Looong margin have the highest profit margin in some cases betterThen 10-1 vs cost , then the factor of hours , sometimes claims of a week building is truly stre... | |
| Considering used towers under $1000.. They are respectable but for sure needs decent powered Subwoofer, also rebuild the Xover with higher quality capacitors bare minimum very good upgrade. If you or a friend can solder. | |
| Dunlavy SCIVA'S... Mine sound bland I know Loudspeakers , verywelland themost neglected partsare the Xover network. The parts quality is like a stock engine in a car or aFormula 1. The majority of manufacturers use average parts at best. And capacitors wear out and will make the s... | |
| Amp/Preamps vs. High end AV Receivers Integrated Amplifiers are another story ,seperate almost allways are better do to separation of RF, and noise , and bigger power supplies and capacitance .that being said .my brother has the latest Gryphon Diablo ,and it is almost 85 lbs and Every... | |
| Is the grass greener on the other side? There are a bunch ways to enhance your system upgrade the Xover parts in your speaker almost allways parts are maybe average at best . Putting in quality name brand capacitors ,inductors and resistors , and wiring , ifyou can’t maybe a friend, sa... |