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| Recommend a small tube amp for bedroom use? If you don't mind EL 84 tubes, the little Jolida 102B integrated is a great little amp with a very small footprint and at 19 watts per channel can drive a variety of small, inefficient if necessary, speakers. You won't need a preamp and can find t... | |
| Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics? Ckoffend,You very funny guy. If it is possible to type with a straight face you just did it. | |
| Magnepan 3a's with two bridged krell 1000wpc 8ohms I have recently used two Spectron M III SE's (with V-Cap options on the main boards) in balanced mode to drive my MG 20Rs, which in this configuration, according to Spectron, is pushing greater that 2000 (some claim 3000)watts per side, with great... | |
| best inexpensive tube integrated I just heard an amazing dual mono integrated earlier this week called the Jas Array 2.1 that blew me away. It uses two 805s, two 300Bs four 6922s and 12AX7 or 5687 all on a big open steel chassis. Weighs in at ~ 100 lbs. It might not fit in this t... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? Morgenholz,I am curious if you also don't have or use a remote for your TV and a remote keyless entry for your car/van etc. If you really don't have a remote for them either, then I respect your right to just not like remotes, if not then you are ... | |
| Spectron Musician III SE Mk.2? What Changed? Ed,I have tried the remote sense with good results. Unfortunately if you plan to use two M III SE's or two SE MK 2s for monobloc balanced configuration then you can't use the remote sense cables. | |
| Budget CD player recommendation I will third the motion with Tobias and Trelja. The Music Hall CD 25 is a giant killer. I have gotten the upgrade bug and have had some high priced $3K-$5k players in my system (Lector CDP 7TL, Audio Aero Capitol 24/192, Music Fidelity 5, Sony Mod... | |
| Performance of $1000 DAC's I just acquired a Modwright Sony NS 999ES with the Platinum Truth Mods, Signal Cable umbilical cord and NOS Mullard rectifier and Tung Sol 5881s, and it is just simply a truly amazing player. That being said, I still have my Bel Canto DAC 2 and Be... | |
| best inexpensive tube integrated If you like the magic of EL84 tubes (6BQ5) the little Jolida 102B integrated is great and can be found used occasionally here on Audigon for $350-$450. | |
| Tubed Pre match with a Spectron Musician IIISE? I am currently running a Supratek Syrah with my M III SE with great results. It does not have balanced outputs however. | |
| Pre/Amp for Salk HT3 I, like Snopro above have a Supratek Syrah and Spectron Musician III SE combination driving a pair of large planars with wonderful results. And the recent addition of a Modwright Sony 999es with Modwright Platinum/Truth mods further revealed just ... | |
| Speaker A/B Option With Separates? I have a very early (probably 15-20 yr old) versatile Niles "Speaker Selector/Volume Control" box Model SVC-4 which allows two separate amps and 4 sets of speakers to be attached. Each speaker has a volume control. You can select either amp A or A... | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? Like Cello above the answer is "me". Made in 1942 and born in May 1943 and still enjoying Audio. Other that that it is a quad of RCA Cunningham 45s and RCA Biplate 2A3s both made in 1943 also (a coincidence?) | |
| Anyone ever refoam Bose 901's? I had my original pair of 901 Series IIIs refoamed a few years ago including new Spiders by speaker repair man extrordinaire, Bill Legall at Miller Sound in Lansdale, Pa. And this may sound like heresy to Audiophile purists but they sound amazing.... | |
| How to explain our obsessions to the uninitiated? When trying to explain this to someone in the past I often fell back on an anology and comparative reference to collectors and connoisseurs of fine wines (of which I am not). If you are not of the "initiated" one would be hard pressed to convince ... |