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| A decent integrated amp under 2K ... "Look at ...Quicksilver Integrated." +1 It doesn't get very hot -- I can place my hand on it with no problem. The design uses a good number of tubes, but not the huge ones, and it drives each tube well within its parameters, which means long life... | |
| New pre-amp purchase advice The Emotiva Basx PT1, released a few months ago as the successor to the PT-100, has a phono input with a switch for MM or MC among its inputs. I have not heard it. Made in U.S. and sold direct from factory. List US$399. | |
| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? "I want to hear about those specific instances of tube preamp + SS amp = soggy sound" Yes, of course. If you put the tube amp on the bottom, under the mayonnaise, the sound will be very soggy. If you put the SS amp on the bottom, it is hardly sog... | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps "... the supposed advantages of tubes vs solid state audio. Among several listed reasons for tube gear "sounding" better was that tubes emphasize even order harmonics, whereas solid state emphasizes odd order harmonics" Nelson Pass on two of his ... | |
| Tube integrated amp recommendations The Quicksilver Integrated tube amplifier keeps me happy. Its rated 20 watts are plenty for Focal Aria 906s which are rated at 89.5 dB. Currently $2500. Designer-builder Mike Sanders chose eight 6BQ5 and two 12DW7. I think one reason for so many t... | |
| Ready For Digital Source...Computer? I send a digital stream over wi-fi to a DAC. The quality of the DAC is what counts. Some streams are directly off the Web, so their encoding can make a difference. Other streams are .flac or other files on the PC hard drive, sent out by wi-fi; M... | |
| Audiophile virtues High fidelity systems, like wines, cameras and lenses, and wrist watches, "enjoy" decreasing returns to price. Double the price, and the discernible quality goes up 50 percent. Double the price again, and the discernible quality goes up 10 percent... | |
| Looking for a SS integrated Amplifier recommendation going into a new system Another tube suggestion, Mike Sanders' Quicksilver Integrated Amplifier. It is rated at 20W and drives Focal Aria 906s, rated 89.5 dB, just fine. The Quicksilver replaced a Yamaha A-S501. My music sources and room source are close to yours. | |
| Tube Power vs Solid State Power It isn't true that 20 watts are 20 watts. One may be 40 volts at 0.5 amp, the other 10 volts at 2 amps. But does it matter to the sound? And does the answer to that question depend on the speaker (setting aside cone versus electrostatic design)? | |
| Best Integrated that you've heard under $5k ditusa said:Quicksilver integrated.http://quicksilveraudio.com/products/integrated-amplifier/ __________________________________________+1. Easily drive Focal Aria 906s, rated at 89.5 dB sensitivity, to loud enough volume. Said to be engineered ... | |
| Analogue from Digital Want analog from digital? Feed the output of a DAC into tube amplification. I changed from a solid state Yamaha A-S501 - a pretty good integrated amplifier - to a Quicksilver Integrated amp. It doesn't make a lousy digital stream into a good sound... | |
| Tube or R-2R DAC for Tube System Solid-state IC DACs verboten? I feed the output from one into an integrated tube amplifier. Maybe that is how the system produces a well-defined and musical sound. | |
| Integrated amp recommendation for Focal 1038 I drive Focal Aria 906 speakers with a Quicksilver Integrated Amplifier. Its 20 tube watts do a great job with them. The Focal 1038 BE II speakers have 3.5 dB greater sensitivity. | |
| 16 bit vs 24 bit vs 35 bit vs 36 bit vs 64 bit DAC sampling The Esoteric ad copy is classic."In excess of 32 bits," immediately specified to 35 bits."fully 2,048 times resolution" because 2**(35-24) = 2048. The "fully" is laughable; do other vendors stop at 2000 times?"attaining outstanding powers of expre... | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k I'm very happy with my Focal Aria 906s, $2,000 the pair list price (I bought used). So you would love the Focal Scala Utopia EVO 3, which lists at $26,000 each. |