charles1dad
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| Recommendations on Integrated Tube Amp around $5k Hi Mike,You’ve been given some very nice amplifier suggestions. I believe that the Line Magnetic 845ia and certainly the 508ia (805 output tube driven by a 300b, 45 watts) are excellent class A powered amplifiers to pair with your Devore speakers.... | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well @drew_k ,"When D/As became a $99-500 commodity, these design principles went out the window and the focus was on the chipset and general architecture (ladder, R2R, etc). The original designs put note emphasis on the “A” instead of the “D"This is s... | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... Dave ,A few names you may or may not have come across. Good stereo recordings from the late 1950s-early 60s.1 Dexter Gordon "Doing All Right" Blue Note.2 Coleman Hawkins "The Hawk Relaxes" Prestige.Some West Coast Jazz flavor,3 Hampton Hawes "For... | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... Hi Dave,I'm glad that you are enjoying the jazz genre, timeless music performed by supremely gifted musicians. Frogman made some wonderful recommendations. Dave, you won't find a more knowledgeable jazz aficianodo on this forum than him.I hope ... | |
| Got a Node 2i, what's next? Hi @vinylzone, You obviously appreciate high quality analogue playback and devote more money in that direction than digital (Limiting DAC to 500-1000.00. USD). So digital may be relegated to 2nd status. Given the price constraints I believe that j... | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... Dave,I have used a 300b amplifier for a number of years. Back when I used my el34 amplifier I had the Svetlana Winged C and they were good sounding tubes.Charles | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... Hi Dave ,Many owners of el 34 amplifiers seem to be quite enthusiastic about the Genalex Gold Lion KT 77. It is said to be a direct drop in replacement for the el34. Some seem to like JJ electronics and the Mullard re-issue el34.Charles | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... @petg60, "Plenty to discover" you wrote. Absolutely true!I didn't want to overwhelm a new listener with a hugh list of good jazz recordings, which could easily be done. No doubt Dave will discover many as he becomes more familiar with the jazz gen... | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... Hi Dave,Congratulations on acquiring the Yaqin amplifier as they have earned a very solid reputation for reasonably priced tube amplifiers. Does your amp allow switching between Ultralinear and triode mode? If so do you have a preference?I believ... | |
| Recent upgrade to my hearing with truly amazing results. @gdaddy1,Amazing developments. You've done a terrific service for many on this forum with your comments and observations. Higher frequency hearing loss is fairly common and progressive for a lot of folks north of 50 years of ago.Charles | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... @rib61, Since Dave is new to jazz and likes "Kind of Blue" I included a couple of musicians from this recording. Cannonball Adderley on alto saxophone and John Coltrane who plays tenor saxaphone. Definitely there are many additional recordings th... | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... Hi Dave,What tube amplifier are you using? Just curious as I have 3 of them. Welcome to the world of jazz music😊.Charles | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... OP, If you’re developing an interest in jazz here are a few you may find enjoyable. 1 Julian (Cannonball) Adderly, "Something Else" prominently featuring Miles on trumpet.2 Miles Davis "Someday My Prince Will Come"3 John Coltrane "Giant Steps" and... | |
| Recent upgrade to my hearing with truly amazing results. @gdaddy1, I find your results very interesting. In previous threads discussing hearing aids one consistent complaint from users is an "artificial " sound when listening to audio systems reproducing music. Just as you, it's often described as "thi... | |
| Recent upgrade to my hearing with truly amazing results. @gdaddy1, I believe that many will benefit from the information you kindly provided. They obviously improved your music listening experience. How are they with speech recognition compared to the hearing aids? I'm happy for your outcome.Charles |