blindjim
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| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED Tvad many thanks.the killer for me with VAC is the PP 300b's. My last go 'round trying to get a Ren 70 was put off ultimately by the requirement for '8' 300b tubes. Finding out what the retubing costs were caused me to let that go.I would think th... | |
| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED wow. I was under the impression the VAC amps were intended for use in balanced mode. And they run for under 3K? | |
| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED Musicfile Thanks... by "with little tinkering" ... What do you mean? Do you have to roll tubes right off to get it to sound great? OR are other items being upgraded the consideration?I think mods and upgrades are options... and not prerequisites. ... | |
| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED 711smilin Thanks much. i appreciate the experience (s). When you say "up to about 95-96db", you mean speaker eff, right?"My feeling is, yu better have a small room, or like low level listening if you gonna go with 15 watts.....remember, yu need po... | |
| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED Tvad...good follow up thoughts on pricing... and resale. I got the same notion when I saw the 'quieter' being mentioned, too. then thought... "Quieter than what?"Audiooracle thanksAs for going integrated or balanced. But for a time that just ain't... | |
| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED Tvad - thanks.I must say that is one ridiculously difficult site to navigate. The color scheme kills me.Ever see a review on the amps? I saw the Ten audio deal on the preamp.The amps do look nice... also, is there a link to specs on them? Do they ... | |
| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED tvadDodd are tubes? or do they also make digi? man, I must be losing it... I'm thinking the HR is tube predetermined, and now the Dodd's are digi... EL34, huh? hmmm. V manSorry to hear aobut the move. Hope it's a positive, overall.Sonata III's. Ma... | |
| Obsessed with room acoustics Sns Didn't Pav's pooch also need a bell? ...and then wasn't dinner being served? Least ways for a time?God knows I've had my go 'rounds with my system and now working on a different one with a different take (for me) i will try to keep in mind the... | |
| VSA speaker owners What did you upgrade to? thanks TvadThe 401 tubes interest me. I had misunderstood the write up ... thinking you had to predetermine the tube complement (s) up front... not that most any tubes could be used with it. | |
| VSA speaker owners What did you upgrade to? thadwhich tubes do you use in the HR? | |
| Obsessed with room acoustics so, did the fireplace get filled in finally?Did you go to the LP and turn your back to the speakers then listen? If the issue moves... it's you and not the rig or room.If all is well with you audiologywise, I'm sure the problem will not escape you... | |
| High eff speakers? Sonata III, Super III, OR ??? Being of questionable stability and yet open to new avenues in audio, I have temporaryily forsaken the high power low eff tandems of amps & speakers, to delve into their relative opposites. Additionally, with the help of some utterly remarkabl... | |
| VSA speaker owners What did you upgrade to? Thanks all. I went with Silverline Sonata IIIs. New. | |
| Floor standers or Monitors? Well I want to thank everone that shared their thoughts here with and for me and anyone else, for that matter.I decided to go with floorstanders. Sonata IIIs. Two reasons:1 I want to try some lower powered amps and they seem to have the numbers ne... | |
| Suggestions for a CDP Budget aside... I think a person is hard pressed to surpass the Sony xa 777es. About a grand used. The newer version, the 9000 isn't bad either. Just not the same, but about twice as much roughly. |