bigkidz
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| If you hopped into your time machine and brought back audio gear- what would it be? @jshulerjr48 you can do that today!Simple ask, simple response - another Lafayette KT-550 power amp as a back-up. This beast of an amplifier crushes almost anything out here today. Other than that gas, home and car prices!Happy Listening. | |
| Upgrading phono stage IMO I would use that money to upgrade the current product with the phono stage. Simple upgrade with be caps, resistors and adding an AC filter choke.Happy Listening. | |
| Best sounding resistors You can see the components I build on my system page.From my eperience:Amtrans are very niceCaddock - OK not my preference although used to be at one timeRiken good for the moneyTakman good carbon is musicalTakman - not a fan of metal resistorsVis... | |
| DAC replacement?? Also looking for passionate tube tech you can message me or see the components I build on my system page here. I am in New Jersey so you would need to ship. | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? Only if they are field coil design | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? @redwoodaudio google ac filter chokes - many audio manufacturers use them - in the old days Counterpoint used them. Hammond makes them and so does Plitron. In some equipment you can install a choke where the AC lines come into a unit, etc.Peter | |
| Pierre Lurne - Audiomeca Try Mike Fremer also. | |
| Pierre Lurne - Audiomeca @mikleon1 - I have not been able to reach him for some time now. I will try again and I I reach him, I will let you know.Peter | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? Filtering the AC noise is what will provide a black background. You can do this with adding an AC filter choke to most components.Happy Listening | |
| If Cables Are Not Tone Controls... That is why I use capacitors, AC filtration and resistors to tailor the sound in my components. To me this makes cables less significant plus much cheaper also! | |
| Wow, $10k+ cables Easier to change the capacitors and resistors than a power cable. Plus when you change a component the sound you dialed in works in your system rather than finding another power cable that works when you change components - plus a lot cheaper!Hap... | |
| Looking for a tube Preamp new or used for under $2000... Although all the recommendations are good recommendations, the difference as already pointed out is they are different but not better. The reason why is that the designs are similar and changes are because of the tubes used, the caps and resistor... | |
| A stupid question for which there's no sensible answer. You are going to get so many answers your head will spin. My advise is to first know what type of sound you prefer. Second is to know why a product/component makes that sound that you prefer. SS to tube for starters. Then understand what compa... | |
| 6000 dollars CD player IMO the recommendations above are average sounding. The Electro is a great player but on the warm side, Sim is good, Rega OK, Pro-Ject nice but there are better options for you. I would rather you get a good transport with a better dac if you can... | |
| Newbie Can't Decide Which Tube Amp Lafayette KT-550 send it to me and I will convert to EL34 tube. Nothing that I have heard can touch this amp.Happy Listening |