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| Compatitble tube preamp w/Krell KMA-160's I will pipe up here!The Krell KMA 160s are one of a handfull of classic audio products that deserve a place in Breuninger's Audio Hall of Fame- compare to a 65 Mustang or 67 Camaro.They produce a wonderful round and dimensional sound and would fai... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high This is an interesting discussion. My experience with dynamic vs. static is with the Grado arm. Joe Grado said that the best result was with 1/2 each or 1/3 2/3 (and I forget if that meant spring was more or less). My system back in that time was ... | |
| BEST cartridge money can buy? Very good to see another who likes the Signet TK-10, I like(d) it so much I had one of them van den Hul tipped. I always wanted to try varying capacitor loads with it. I have a love-hate relationship with the Koetsus. I had my Urishi for sale but ... | |
| Looking for help with a Vintage Black Widow arm. Raul,You have many tonearm opinions (as do I), and the can that I open is about throwing out pre-conceptions about compliance matching arm mass to cartridges. I have had several very high mass arms (Walker), Dynavector 505, etc that do not track l... | |
| Jadis musical value? I have a JA-500 and as beautiful as it (they) looks from the outside, it's the inside that is breathtaking. Huge busbars holding row after row of capacitors. Thick, ultra grade point to point wiring. I think to myself, no wonder these cost over 40... | |
| anyone use ikea for lp racks? I use IVAR, Michael Fremer does too. They discontinued it and then brought it back. I've had no warping in over 25 years of using it.Peter Breuninger | |
| Pioneer M-25 Amplifier I have lots of experience with this amplifier and the M-22 and A-27 (M-25 with a built in pre-amp). I like to mate classic ss amps with exceptional vintage ss preamps (Klyne or Motif or other out-of-the-way designs) but I really prefer a tube pre ... | |
| Tube amps that kick ass? I agree with Albert Porter, this one is easy:CJ Premier OneMelos 400Jadis JA-500All butt kicking and all 3D, range 3000-12,000 USD. + All drive MBL 101Es to concert levels.Peter | |
| Audio Research or Conrad Johnson Tube Pre-Amp??? I have been a big fan of CJ's Premier 10. Owned three, still use one in the HT set up. Affordable, huge soundstage, not too warm. Also check out the Motifs... best of both worlds.Peter | |
| Help me down grade You can easily do this without sacrificing any musical enjoyment.Since your room is lively look for a speaker that has a natural high frequency rolloff. For example, a Linaeum tweeter based speaker, even against a wall, offers good dispersion. You... | |
| reel to reel My Otari (the 4 channel model) is a little more "open" sounding than my 1520. But I like the 1520 due to the ease of theading the tape. The 1520 is the most user friendly deck I have.The J-Corders are pretty slick. I would assume they are well sor... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables Don't forget the Luxmans.The PD 121, PD-444, PD-441 are excellent DD tables. They offer up the pace and rythmn of the DD Goldmunds and Rockports. But, you must be careful to properly platform them. I've found that a maple butcher block sitting on ... | |
| krell FPB300 or jeff rowland model 7 I cannot say for sure, but I would suspect that the Model 9 would be the natural competitor for the 7, not the Model 8. The Model 7 holds its own with the Jadis JA-500 in micro dynamics and shear music believability. | |
| krell FPB300 or jeff rowland model 7 I believe the Rowland 7 is a magical amplifier. ItÂ’s a little dark and soft on top but the inner detail retrieval is outstanding. I had a pair of MKIIIs in the main system for several months this year and was captivated by their (life like) micro ... | |
| Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around I think the Threshold SA-1 monos may qualify. Some guy posted a pair for 15K saying that's how good they sound. I bought a pair two years ago and though I need the storage space, I just can't get myself to list them. They sound so good and 3D like... |