bigkidz
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| Resolving amps The modified Counterpoint being sold now on Audiogon will sound great with the Maggies and do exactly what you want. I am not selling it and you cannot have mine.Happy Listening | |
| Museatex Bitstream vs Bidat Still interested in someone popping the top off of the newer modified Bitstream and sending me a photo. Any takers? | |
| Meadowlark Blue Heron - gas tweeter leak problem? Drivers go bad for many reasons. This particular tweeter was gas filled and had something wrapped around it that looked like it dried up after a while. People beleived that this meant the gas leaked out but that was not always the case. Once they ... | |
| CD player how much to invest Recently heard the Lukasz Fikus Lampizator Dac. I was very impressed with the sound. Bettered my Museatex modified Bitstream dac in that it was more resolving and more musical. I never thought I would hear a DAC that bettered the Museatex at being... | |
| Faint click from speakers I just had the same problem, it sounded like a TT was going around and the needle just keep going pop, then a few seconds later pop, etc. It turned out to be a tube. So check those first.Happy Listening. | |
| Jim Salk's Speakers? IMO the Salk speakers that sold for around $6K (I don't know the newest models) are a very good speaker for the money but like mentioned above there are many good speakers in that price range. The SongTowers are just an OK speaker and there are be... | |
| CD player how much to invest I would look to modify the CEC and the dac. Upgrade the clock and power supply in the CEC and add transformers to the DAC. You do not have to spend much to do this and the results can be much better ten any other mass producted unit you can buy fo... | |
| Upgrade Quandry - Who's on first? Assuming that your speaekers do everything you want them to do, always upgrade the source first IMO. I have recently tried new sources and was amazed at what I heard. Second the preamp to one that is more open with better details that lets the mus... | |
| New Transport Suggestions for Bitstream DAC The older Sony models x707ES (not the ESD), x303 mate well with the Bitstream also the CEC TL-2X, etc. You would also want to change out the clocks and power suppy in them to current standards.Happy Listening. | |
| Counterpoint SA 220 Does the amp hm without any other component pluged into it? You may have to try the amp in anoter system to see if that if it still has a hum. In my experience the hum is either a grounding issue or a cap that is going bad. Remembr that the caps a... | |
| Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic. To answer your question and in my opinion, NO. There are plenty of variabls as already stated about plus your own preerences. That being said, there are ways to modify both to make them better but I have never heard a SS amp do what a tube amp can... | |
| Amps suitable to run Martin Logan SL3's My Counterpoint SA-220 worked very well on Maggies. You can also upgrade the old units very easily and install better mosfets that won't blow.Happy Listening. | |
| Class A/Triode-based preamps Charles1dad,I have been working with a buddy how built one and so far it is exceptional. We are now working on adding a transformer attenuator for it. | |
| NOS Western Electric wire used for power cables?? Oh Yeah! My Mojo-Audio power cord just went up in flames. I get the $10K!!! I'm in the money, I'm in the money!!! Ben, I will email you where to PayPal the money! Wait, Oh no, the fire just melted my camcorder, so I lost the entire video, rats! I'... | |
| NOS Western Electric wire used for power cables?? I asked a guy I know regarding the WE wire and he told me the following:"Cnly gets hot when you have undersized it..westerns power cable has always been rubber under the cloth and not silk, from 14 gauge and up"No sure if theis makes anyone feel b... |