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| Tune of the Day Shawn Colvin, "Baker Street" off Uncovered | |
| Tube Integrated With Clarity I have listened extensively to both the Octave V40SE and the V70 Class A the V40 is an excellent amp especially with the Black Box. It actually approaches the performance of the V70SE without (too close to call) but the V70 Class A is spectacular ... | |
| Driver Tubes 6922 About 6mos ago I purchased a pair of NOS, RCA Clear Top 12au7 for my Line Magnetic DAC. I purchased them from a shop that I knew was reputable. When they arrived and I opened the boxes I noted both tubes had a serious flash marks. I mean both look... | |
| Tune of the Day The Black Crowes, "Could I’ve Been So Blind" off Shake Your Money Maker - on my top 10 album list. Every track’s a killer! | |
| Lush and Romantic Tube Amps Find a preowned Cary, CAD 808R... not the easiest to find in the "R 12bz7" version. Fill with Genelex KT88 & EL84. The "Rocket 88R" is strong contender for the sound you seek. Checks all the boxes. Just my opinion. | |
| How Much Do Aesthetics Factor Into Your Decisions? Depends on the room it's going in for me but, I guess the look/vibe of equipment plays a big part and weighs on my psyche when purchasing. No other explaination then for the 20yo Chord power/pre I just purchased. Looks incredible and rolled the di... | |
| Balanced/Differential tube preamplifier recommendation? Everyone promotes what they have and each piece that's been spoken about in this thread is a good option albeit some won't come in under $2K. Stretch a bit and go for a used (if u can find one) Aesthetix Calypso. I use a Calypso Sig & it's tru... | |
| Well built, aesthetically pleasing wooden cabinets Lumen White cabs are insanely beautiful... | |
| How good is Aesthetix audio? Use a Calypso, Sig with various Tube & SS amps... have tried other line stages by Audible Illusions, Krell, Herron... none match the sophisticated presentation of the Aesthetix. Love the snap off top too for tube swaps | |
| Tune of the Day David Crosby, "Laughing" off If I Could Only Remember My Name | |
| Tune of the Day The Wood Brothes, "One Drop Of Truth" off One Drop Of Truth | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? Sure, the listed options are great but it's all so subjective. Can't possibly seriously recommend any particular speaker that's a lock for customer satisfaction having never heard them but,... if there were one,... my money would be on LS3/5A. Hav... | |
| Tune of the Day Paloma Faith, "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" off A Perfect Contradicttion | |
| Lumin U2 vs Aurender N200 Have been around this for a while... used a Node alone & it was perfectly fine, added a Rega, DACr and it was exponentially better. Went to an Elac Discovery streamer and thought that was excellent as well. The lifetime Roon feature was a huge... | |
| Tune of the Day Kings Of Leon, "Crawl" off Only By The Night |