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| Tube Preamp for Solid State Monoblocks? A nice used Conrad Johnson PV-10, PV-11 or PV12 might do the trick for you. I had a PV-11 for several years with a SS power amp. Lovely combo, IMHO. | |
| power conditioners I have been very happy with my PS Audio Quintet. Not in the same league as some of the high-end power conditioners mentioned above, but it cleaned up a lot of hum and noise in my system, and made my system sound smoother and more musical. I have n... | |
| Gershman Sonogram Loudspeakers Nice review... thanks, Willie. These have gotten a good professional review, but it is always nice to hear from an owner. BTW, what sources are you using? | |
| What makes strings sound "sweet"? Agreed for the most part, Mapman and Kijanki. I have some recordings that have sweet string sound on almost any system I play them on - even my all-original factory-equiped Subarau car stereo! OTOH, I some recordings that have screechy, dry soundi... | |
| What makes strings sound "sweet"? Thanks, all. Very interesting replies. Kijanki - thanks for all the info, but my OP specified "recordings" of bowed string instruments. Music is, for me, stricktly a spectator sport. :-) | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Maybe I was spoiled? Funny, but the soundstage aspects of the Walsh 2000s that I bought last year were not what made them keepers for me. Sure, the soundstage is huge and holographic, but properly set up (which mine were), the Vandersteen 1Cs I ha... | |
| Changing Fuses on McIntosh C500 Another FWIW - while some McIntosh owners report improvements when upgrading the mains fuse, I have yet to read one McIntosh owner that heard any improvements by replacing the internal fuses. | |
| Mcintosh c22 60th pre amp has anyone listened to ? You might also ask your questions at the McIntosh forum on the Audio Aficianco site. | |
| These new POLK LSiM's look tempting I've always liked the Polk sound. Not enough to buy them, but they were always decent. These new models look like they are slowly evolving into Definitive Technology speakers. Can't say I'm surprised. I hope Polk retains its house sound in the new... | |
| How many 'listen outside of the box' design? The last monkey coffins I bought were my Advent New Larges (actually a gift) in 1978. They still provide sound for the kids in the den. But my first newer speakers were Vandersteen 1Cs, which have a more-or-less boxless design. I liked the opennes... | |
| Creek, Arcam, Cambridge - fullness and body You should determine what speakers you are going to buy before you select an amplifier. Power requirements and amp/speaker synergy are easier to deal with if you know the speaker first, as opposed to staring with the amplifier. | |
| TOP preamp with tone control under 1500 advice I will eventually post a complete review, but a few comments:I briefly listened to the headphone output with my very modest Grado SR-60 cans. It sounded pretty good, better than the headphone outputs on my CD recorder (a Marantz CDR-632) and my DA... | |
| Line Conditioner:To plug or not to plug Big Amp in My Odyssey Audio HT3 (150 watts X 3) is plugged into my PS Audio Quintet. I do not think there is any current limiting going on. Although Klaus of Odyssey Audio prefers his amps be plugged right into the wall, the Quintet greatly lowered the noise... | |
| Changing Fuses on McIntosh C500 FWIW, the owner's manual of my C220 preamp notes that the correct fuse values are printed on the rear panel above the fuse location. | |
| TOP preamp with tone control under 1500 advice I recently went through a similar process. The only modern, full function pre with tubes I could afford was a used McIntosh C220. List is ~$4K, used prices run from $2000-$2800 depending on condition. If that is too rich for you, consider a used S... |