charles1dad
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| 300b INTEGRATED AMP Suggestions @jond,I know that you live in the vicinity of Deja Vu Audio. I have never had the pleasure of visiting them but they certainly have quite the word of mouth reputation. I'd loved to have been there to hear the magical presentation of the iconic "S... | |
| 300b INTEGRATED AMP Suggestions "I will never stray from SET"So well put @isochronism. That’s exactly where I find myself after 12 beautiful years of owning my 300b SET. @jond I bet that combo you heard was "really excellent ". Given the direction @dholmes189 is headed he has th... | |
| 300b INTEGRATED AMP Suggestions @three_easy_paymentsMy fault, I was trying to provide a link for a "new" review on Mono and Stereo 2021) . You are correct that 210ia has been in the LM line up for awhile and is well established. Charles | |
| 300b INTEGRATED AMP Suggestions @dholmes Line Magnetic definitely offers 300b SET integrated. Very intriguing new model ."Line Magnetic Audio 210IA integrated amplifier review NEW" This is from their upper tier Silver series, better power supply and output transformers. Very hi... | |
| Capacitor +1 @pauly, excellent suggestion. Charles | |
| Capacitor @jasbirmandra, I have replaced the Solens capacitors in my Coincident Frankenstein 300b mono blocks (One cap per channel) with the Jupiter copper foil capacitors. They are very high quality and very good sounding. I believe that the Duelund CAST ... | |
| Tube testers "An old tube can measure perfect and be at the end of it’s life the next day." That’s interesting. In well over 25 years of owning tube components (Friends also with similar tube equipment backgrounds) this hasn’t been the case. Test results corre... | |
| Capacitor "I am blown away by the improvement given the mediocre 3.0uF signal caps are still in place. It sounds like angels are in my room singing to me. Strings just hang in the air and the low level detail is almost overwhelming."Congratulations @pauly, ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure From JA at Stereophile. "McIntosh specifies the MC462 as being able to deliver 450Wpc (26.5dBW) into a load matched to the nominal output Autoformer tap. With clipping defined as being when the THD+noise reaches 1%, fig.6 indicates that the MC462 ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio, I appreciate you taking the time and effort to do this. I hope you can persuade your wife to participate. I get the strong feeling that she has very good ears and taste. Her input would be quite insightful.Charles | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @tomic601 "what a lovely thread with great contributions by caring people. What audiogon could be…"Yes, the OP @david_ten runs a tight ship😊.Charles | |
| Capacitor I can certainly see Duelund CAST capacitors approaching the prohibitive price range if a speaker crossover has numerous capacitors and in the higher uf ranges. I was fortunate/lucky. I had Only a single 5.5uf capacitor between the midrange drive... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @david_ten,David congratulations!!! True state of the art of effort from Found Music. I believe that they will sound spectacular driving your Nenuphars. I truly look forward to your listening impressions. Scott is an immensely talented builder of... | |
| Capacitor " the Duelund CAST Cu(Sn). This is the best sounding capacitor ever produced in my opinion"I'm not in a position to declare it the best sounding as I've not heard all upper tier competitors. On the forums I see from time to time comments critic... | |
| LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ? @aricaudio,Your comments in regard to the Elrog 300b is definitely good to know. I believe that Thomas Mayer really has solve the previous issues with this tube (Actually the entire line up of their tubes) and they have proven reliable since his t... |