charles7
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| NO listening sessions posible , bookshelf for a Raven Nighthawk I have similar taste and room dimensions. This setup has me happy: * Quicksilver Integrated tube amplifier. Also rated 20 wpc and is more than hefty enough to drive the speakers. Less expensive than the Raven Nighthawk, solid construction, design... | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? " 90% of the brains processing power is between 500Hz-15kHz. "We evolved listening to sounds in nature that had consequences for us - the voices of prey and predators, the sounds of weather, and the human voice. Hypothesis: we developed music-ma... | |
| Low budget vintage preamp or new For a tube pre-amp, the Xiangsheng 728A is a good introduction, about $300 and presumably not difficult to resell . My experience is at https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/buyers-report-xiangsheng-728a-tube-pre-amplifier.963... | |
| thought on eBay? 1. Watch your local Craigslist for as long your patience holds out.2. Use a true community buy/sell forum, like Audiogon. Same thing for photography gear (FredMiranda.com).3. While you wait, keep doing research to find alternative gear that fulfil... | |
| Budget Phono preAmp TCC TC-750 nominal / max output 300mV / 1.8V output impedance 1k ohm, input 47k ohm / 220 pF https://www.phonopreamps.com/tc750pp.html | |
| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming I am delighted with the Quicksilver Integrated tube amplifier driving Focal Aria 906 speakers. Smooth and detailed both. | |
| So where should the tubes be? Started with a Yamaha A-S501 solid state integrated amp. Good sound.Put a Xiangsheng 728A tube preamp in front of it. It was a firm change from the good SS setup to a setup that had musicality, if that means anything.Dropped both and went to a Qui... | |
| One box do it all I second samac's recommendation for a Yamaha A-Sxxx integrated amplifier. For stream input, you'll probably want to choose a model with a Toslink input. I believe the Bluesound uses Bluetooth. If you prefer wi-fi, consider the Audioengine B-Fi, wh... | |
| Speakers for triode tube amps A Quicksilver Integrated tube amplifier, rated 20 watts, does fine driving Focal Aria 906's, rated at 89.5 dB sensitivity. I listen at moderate volume, and the volume control stays around 10:30 o'clock. | |
| Vintage tubes - facts, science, technology & empirical evidence VS. marketing, myth & hype You can go at the problems from another angle: how much does an equipment design demand of each tube? One reason I bought a Quicksilver Integrated Amplifier is that Mike S. designed it to spread the burden over more tubes than might strictly be ne... | |
| How are most audiophiles going from streamers to DACS Because of where things must be physically, my router sends wifi (16 bit/44.1 KHz PCM) to an Audioengine B-FI. I connected its Toslink output to the Toslink input of the DAC. It sounds great to me. The important components are the amplification - ... | |
| Devore 0/96 - Integrated AMP help I drive Focal Aria 906 speakers with a Quicksilver Integrated Amplifier. The speakers have a specified sensitivity of 89.5 dB; your Devore's 96 dB. In my set up, at moderate listening volume, the volume control stays around 10:30 o'clock. (Except ... | |
| amplifier with volume control I have a Quicksilver Integrated Amplifier. It is a tube amp, it has a volume control, and it sounds great. It is rated at 20 watts. A simple no-controls JDS Labs+ DAC feeds the amp, and the amp feeds Focal Aria 906 speakers, specified 89.5 dB sens... | |
| Reasonably sensitive speakers for tube amps, max $2k/pair, new or used A Quicksilver Integrated Amplifier, rated at 20 watts, works great with my Focal Aria 906 speakers cited as 89.5 dB sensitivity. I listen at moderate volume, and the volume control sits around 10:30 o'clock. | |
| Integrated Amps - another thread... I listen to the same jazz you do (and chamber music). I recently got the Quicksilver Integrated Amplifier. It's great! Yes, it is a tube amplifier – designed to drive each of its eight power tubes gently. Owner/designer Mike Sanders believes in si... |