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| Fav Tube/Best tube Maybe you can find some RT WA or WAH. I have both and they are so closed that you can prefer one or the other. Often it depends also of the other tubes around. Tubes in an amp or in amp and pre, if they are both with tubes, are an assembly like yo... | |
| Fav Tube/Best tube I have the 12 AU7 CIFTE in my amps and they are wonderful tubes. I compared them to many incl some of the best and they are as good as any.Also the RT 12AU7 WA are very close to the CIFTE 12AU7 WA and WAH. | |
| Demo'ing Class A amps, Appreciation Suggestions from those who recently been there Air Tight ATM1s. With 2 inputs it can be played as an integrated. 36 watts with EL34. | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... I am a bit surprised so very few people talk about Accuphase, except 1 or 2 Who had the oldest ones like the 100 or 101. I never tried one myself but know the have a good (at least) réputation for building tunersAre their clients for tuners mainl... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... Over the years I had many good tuners. Don’t really know why I sold most of them (often making money for another project). Also because I am an audiophile after all...- Ion Systems Obelisk FMT1 (I still consider it as « the Little Big One »)- Naim... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... Naim NAT01. With a good antenna, what a sound ! Supremely musical. | |
| Speaker Isolation -- Experience with Townshend Seismic Isolation Podiums I have speaker bars for years now under 2 different speakers (Analysis Audio an now Harbeth M40.2).Recently I tried the Pods under my tubes mono blocks and the effect is, at least, as significative.My 2 cents | |
| New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies When I installed the Mats I tried to remove the IQSE and it the system worked better. | |
| ... WHAT POWER CORD(S) ARE PLAYING IN YOU SYSTEM TODAY? I use Ching cheng and old Stein Music excel | |
| REST IN PEACE - TIM MROCK My sincere condolences to Krissy and family. Tim’s product were by far the best accessories I ever own. | |
| Toroidal Isolation Power Conditioner Add Accuphase PS series | |
| Best Tubes on Market today? For balanced 12AU7 you forget CiFTE WAH and military RT WA. Also great tubes are unobtainium Valvo (made in Hamburg) K62. Don’t forget the E186cc.All are great tubes by themselves but can interfere and interact more or less happily with the other... | |
| Advice on SUT for Koetsu Rosewood - EAR MC-4, Slagle/EMIA, other The Ortofon T30 had been praised by Jean Hiraga on a phone call we had together many years ago. I have one. The HM7 is a bit better sounding for me but twice the price. If you have several carts the T30 is a top choice as can be a Air Tight ATH2 A... | |
| Power Conditioner, which of these 4 and why? I had some. ((Bybees x 2), Acoustic Revive, PS Audio...)The one that beats them all in MY system is the Torus. | |
| Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’ Good !... good ! Schuko likes learning !(Franckeinstein’s Creature) |