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| Tube Line Stage Preamp to Drive Class D Amp The 4P1L single ended Triode preamp. is about as pure as you can get and a very linear Tube . Look up Radu Tarta, a Great vacuum. Tube amp, preamp builder and a preamp like this under $2k Totally transformer based much much less expensive then ... | |
| 3 best 10k speakers now imho Those 3 speakers mentioned are very respectable but internally lessthen top quality Xover parts . They too have a budget 50% for the dealer maybe $3k in parts ,but in some ways there are several monitors with a good subwoofer that image better wit... | |
| Best Speaker cable in the $400.00-$500.00 range for 2 meters Go to Madisound online .Supra from Sweden topcables is around a awg11use a 5- 9s purity Copper over 200 strands and each indiividual strand is Tin plated to eliminate oxidation , as well as microarching according to their engineering guide betwe... | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? I own. The Danish Gato Audio 400S itis a very powerfull but refined integrated amplifier ,with the bonus of having a very respectable BB dac built in ,everything inside is precision built including custom Analoginput sections as well as output .... | |
| ELAC B6 tweak I bought the New Monitor Audio -Studio with matching sand filled stands coupling them. The Platin7m poly caps are pretty neutral and has Silver Wire.i replaces the wire with Supra 5-9s+Pure ,And each strand is Tinned ,The Rondois awg13 ,at $3.00 a... | |
| Replacing fuse As an engineering stand point about a 20% extra toleranceis built into anyGood quality audio product for longevity and allowances forpower variances surges,and or power sags.my uncle has been a master design ,technician for 40 years , with these h... | |
| Replacing fuse No problem in fact many high end fuses are very accurate and have actually poppedon startup for the cheap steel fuses can vary over 15% we have tested these . Curren Lumin in my Poweredsub, And big Gato Audio 400S I went upfrom a 8ampto 10. It is... | |
| Hard to sell my Klipsch Heritage Speakers for a possible Harbeth upgrade. Harbeths depending on model are pretty good mostly in the mids they are many other choices justdepending on yourequipment and tastes , way over priced considering they use cheap xoverparts I have modded for years on a speaker this expensive at lea... | |
| blue jeans cable? They are decent Entry level cables,not much more .Wireworld , Audioquest are good ,Kimber8tc is a classic .supra makes excellent bang for the buck for under $500 for some very good speaker cables, and interconnects very wellpriced.madisound sells... | |
| Mundorf MKP Audiophiler or ClarityCap ESA ? I spoke with Clarity , their new Copper lattice work connections are not a Copper coating that will corrode aluminum ,their engineers laughed when 8 told then that . It is a Copper lattice work.they spend 18 months testing and listening .do you re... | |
| Mills MRA two types of different brand ? The old Mills have a slightly better top end ,due to the silver platedcaps.the newer ones are by no means dull just less promenant in the upper treble the new ones seem a bit fuller ,rounder in the Bass like a tube amp and nice full mids depending... | |
| Top resistors Pathaudio the best balance but over $27 eachthe Mills mt12 I never have foundthem lean sounding after 75 hours with these Ar perry non. Inductive windings and special ceramic mix take time settling in .ido like the the fact silverplatedcaps, and l... | |
| Mundorf MKP Audiophiler or ClarityCap ESA ? Mundorf MKP white caps ,not even in the ball park vs the New Clarity CSAthe C is a Copper lattice work on both ends ,this includes their flagship .thse I directly compared to the ESA Clarity , Tony Gee gave these only a 9i found that these capaci... | |
| My 6922 Tubes Are Too Bright! They get the newer made Goden lion tubes they sound pretty respectable and decent priced or just buy vintage Brent Jesse recordings ,can get you whatever balance you are looking for, but any good matched vintage pairs will cost $150-500 a pair ... | |
| Synergistic Research XOT Carbon Crossover Transducers I know have over 200 hours and for sure they have gotten. soundstage is bigger as well as image depth and tone saturation .i bought these on Audiogon under tweaks Albert at Highend Audio gave me free Priority mail shipping ,and make an offer may... |