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| looking for upgrade suggestions - 12,000 to spend Look Boss it's the "ROOM" Tweak the room and electrical. This is the biggest bang for the buck. Period! Your equipment is at such a high level of performance, that anything else would be small improvements as compaired to the "ROOM"Good Luck | |
| Tube reliability in amps I have a pair of Hales Designer Reference three way sealed speakers and push them with VAC PA160 MKII Mono amps. I run them with KT88 tubes in triode settings, 75w. Plenty of sound and the riches of tube designs. I have tried SS and find that the ... | |
| Power cord recommendation for REL Strata III? You should demo cords from the cable company. Your rental will go towards the purchase. Try before you buy. Only your ears will know the difference. | |
| Turntable accessories Black Diamond sells a record clamp that makes one large difference on my Aries. No web site but you can contact in Milwaukee, Wisc. | |
| Sound Absorbing Material Check out the site markertek.com they have numerous sound absorbtion foam panels etc that might fit the bill. I have purchased some and they work great plus the price is very good.Bozo | |
| Where is the weak chain in my system? First,try putting a tube pre in line with the dac. Second, Audio Research to me is not what I call a warm sounding amp. Yes very detailed and musical. I have also found that VAC amps have a very smooth presentation. If you can find them in a mono ... | |
| What tube amp for watt/puppy V.1's If you can find a VAC 30/30 or any of their other amps you can not go wrong. My good friend has the 6.1 with two 30/30 modified to 30/70 mono blocks with the Ultimate pre from CAT. I drive the Hales designer signitures with my Cat SLI Mk II and Va... | |
| Hales owners discussion I own a pair of Signature One Designer Reference, I drive them with VAC PA 160 Mono Amps/Triode Setting. I used to have a Classe 700S amp. With the SS amp I would become edgey and quickly tire of the music. The tubes while not best in base control... | |
| tube amp recommendations for Watt/Puppys VAC gear works great with the speakers. If you can do mono amps the better. Remember to keep in mind the amps only reproduce what comes down the audio chain. Frankly a CAT Pre-amp makes a amazing difference. | |
| Are Monoblock s worth it? Can you say / hear 3D? It will offer more of a defined soundstage. I have mono VAC 160's and the difference over my ss Classe amp was well worth the investment. | |
| The "Broken Blue Point Special Club" I broke one and my cleaning lady broke the replacement. I no longer own BPS. | |
| Best place to buy high-end in Michigan.. Holm Audio in Chicago, they master in tube systems. You must visit when in town. | |
| Best place to buy high-end in Michigan.. Paragon Sound just opened in Ann Arbor. | |
| Before They Were Famous In 75 at the Agora in Columbus, Ohio Hall and Oats were the headliners. The opening performer was a new kid who was getting some air play on the local FM station. Todd Rundgren. What a super show there was about 600 people there and you could walk... | |
| Is my Salesman telling the Truth? Try them out yourself. You can through the "Cable Company".Frankly I own MIT. In my system they performed overall the best. This is very system dependent. So take what your sales rep states with a grain of salt. BTW, I also am in sales and do not ... |