bigkidz
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| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? Lafayette KT-550 tube power amp for one. It was built in the 50s and still kicks the ass of most any amps I have ever heard even in stock form. Other than that, the large Ohm Walsh I had in college playing dark side of the moon. After that it i... | |
| Granite Bases for Vandersteen speakers Personally I have not tired anything under my Vandersteen 5As those look really nice. | |
| Negotiate good price This is the exact reason that I do not go to visit dealers to waste their time and I manufacturer audio products and know the dealers personally.I don't understand what price you were looking for as the audio sites are typically used components. ... | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) The preamps recommended above IMO are average to below average in sound and build quality. You would be better off with an old Counterpoint SA-2000 if you don't need a phono ad an SA-3000 if you need a phono. They can be easily upgraded to close... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? There are always compromises to all in one designs. For example my DAC has a 30 lb power supply, preamp separated power supply so all in ones don't compete. That is not to say that all in ones cannot sound good. The Vinnie Rossi all in one is a... | |
| Amp repair cost — is this right? The price is reasonable if the person doing the work does great work. A customer of mine took a non CJ amp to Bill Thalmann to see if he could upgrade his amp. Bill installed 10 diodes and charged him $10 per diode. They cost about $2.00 each s... | |
| Power Amp you can measure the voltage to the tube sounds like a bias issue | |
| Are there any tube amps that don't give off any--- mine when it is in the off position | |
| Purchase breaks well within 30 days it is under warranty so get it repaired no the sellers responsibility this is the reason why i make sure that I email the person I am dealing with to state the terms of a buy or sale. | |
| why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable??? couldn't agree less | |
| Upgrade capacitors in tube amplifier? By the time you install Nichicon caps, V-Caps and some Audio Note resistors you will probably spend half of what the amp costs new. IMO the Chinese amps are below average in sound and if it were me, I would buy something else - I know that you do... | |
| VPI Classic 3 Upgrades or Move On to Something New I would give a call to Matt at VPI. He is very easy to deal with and honest. Ask him for assistance. | |
| Best 40 to 50k used speakers Since you are in Germany then you have to go listen to DynamiKKts speakers. Ascendo recommended them to me! Go Figure. The are easy to drive and I think the starting price for floor standers is $20K and they go up from there. They are so muc... | |
| Best 40 to 50k used speakers @thieliste I am not a Vandersteen fan boy but I do currently own the Vandersteen 5As. I purchased mine for cheap so at my price I do not think there are many speakers that can compete. I did get a chance to hear the Vandersteen Sevens from the ... | |
| Advice on CD transport OK here it is, I have heard and compared most of what has been recommended above. The Electrocompaniet One Up is an excellent player and transport. You can probably find an older model for $1K. Next would be the Nano transport. It is a tiny th... |