audioman58
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| Linear Tube Audio - Micro ZOTL - version -3 Update on upgrades The rays tubes bring earth but nice depth ,Telefunken accuracy big soundstage but not brightt. The preamplifier on its own a bunch of things stick out the SE- Amtrans Blue capacitors are a special hand wound capacitor The Gold-SQ- special quality.... | |
| Toslink optical cables: Audioquest Optilink 3 vs Glass? The AQ vodka I use on my bluray ,excellent the polished optical strands pay more less reflective light more accurate everything. | |
| Linear Tube Audio - Micro ZOTL - version -3 Update on upgrades Thriftyaudio you will love it it’s even more realistic sounding well worth the investment . | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers Before getting there there is lots of noise on the line digital not being grounded put a ZPS on your router I use Linear Tube Audio which comes with a great DC cable to the router this makes a nice improvement , Ethernet cables too especially at... | |
| The Expectation Gap I have had a few instances that the product was better then advertises by smaller companies that just put results before advertising results in Digital, Preamp, Amplifier . And price value winners , 1 Swiss made, , the other 2 U.S made. i purpos... | |
| Weird crackling from speakers when preamp connected If tubes you could have a bad tube or needs to be reseated in the preamp if SS check all your connections with it completely Off reinstall all cables to make sure everything is in place , and check all wires going to the preamp as well as going ... | |
| New DAC, what should I look for? You can get a Excellent Denafrips Terminator15- upgraded Terminstor 12thPlus dac for That price New and sounds Very good a Big 42 lbs true R2R dac.i sell them PT but just do your own homework these were $7200 last year. Even better today. if ... | |
| Pre Amp Question. Old or New? By far the bedt quality performance built Is Linear Tube Audio now New Version 3 Not 1 company even at $10k+ have all brand name Premium parts throughout, and yes absoletely it matters Its under the hood that counts most I have 40 years i... | |
| What is a "reference" system? It’s a overused term, in reference to what a good middle ground Audio system is around $60 k to start I have been in Audio over 40 years and weed a Audio store over a decade some have $1million reference audio systems that would be consider... | |
| Linear Tube Audio Micro ZOTL - Version -3 in-depth upgrade information I should be getting my preamp back this week which will be close to runin before shipping it back , I will let everyone know in depth .on this version 3 even in the pictures there is a substantial difference in build upgrades. | |
| For Those Who Are Unaware of The Cable Company It was night and day better when Robert ran the show. he is no longer involved , thsts the difference between having passion for your job snd just a paycheck. | |
| Anyone else constantly curious about amps? A perfect amp for your power finesse and control ,and natural warmth the Coda 5.5 pure class A amplifier retail $6400 but you can get for $1k off of that. 50wpc into pure class A check it out !! | |
| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget The Mofi coaxial speakers are doing well and great value if you can go to $6500 retail the New Sonus Faber Sonnetto- G2 with dual 6.5 inch bass drivers down Irving port can get them under $5500 the best value per $dollar imo. | |
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area Not totally necessary if you have good design vented speakers with dual woofers you can get very good deep bass $$ is the limiting factor. great stand mounts ,with a pair of good subs click all the boxes your $$ budget makes or breaks the spe... | |
| Chinese DAC's I hav3 had no problems selling Denafrips dacs 2 of their new Digital engineers are from the Netherlands and cal poly tech , very smart guys better product for less money then in 2024. And so far No Tariffs I am not complaining and plenty of buyer... |