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| Vacuum Tube Preamp for Solid State Power Amp Pairing Pro Ject Pre Box RS2 Digital. Balanced I/O, dual DAC, headphone amp, selectable tube output, remote. I pair one of mine with a NAD C298 Purifi digital amp, another with a set of Buchardt actives. | |
| BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS Omega Speaker Systems Super Alnico Monitor. | |
| BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS JBL 4349. | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? A pair of small actives and a capable small preamp (with tube section), dual DAC, headphone amp: Buchardt A500, ProJect Pre Box RS2, add streamer (WiiM, Sonos or Bluesound) and done. For much less money: WiiM streamer + Q Acoustics M20 + powered s... | |
| Will an Amp change improve my system ? Your system seems already thoughtfully worked through with very good quality components. The Freya+ is an excellent preamp in the kind of system you have, it affords you three different processing modes, two with gain, one with tube gain and tube ... | |
| Will an Amp change improve my system ? "I like my current system and wonder if an amp change would improve it significantly ?" Probably not. If you are using the Schiit front end components and already are using the tube section on your Freya+, adding more tube amp effect or Class-... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” McIntosh MA 8950. | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Heaven-11 Billie. | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Sugden A21SE Signature. | |
| Enough is Enough You are asking a barber if you need a haircut. | |
| Seller Question - I need UPS to come get these large speaker boxes - how to manage that? UPS has a LTL freight subsidiary (they bought Overnite). Check their website for their range of services. I know at one point they would collect, pack, and pallet and ship large items. Costs are determined by volume, number of pallets required, we... | |
| Help me identify an amp Looks like an old Dynaco ST-70K kit. | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp Gareents: the Omega Super Alnico Monitors are full-range ("single driver") and a similar floorstander variant, the Junior Alnico XRS, each 95dB sensitive and each at or below the OPs specified price. He could drive them with modest-power tube amps... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh If Bose wanted to place a marker solidly in the high end North American audio market, McIntosh and Sonus Faber would be a very solid start. Both brands are well respected and enjoy good shares of their (admittedly) small market. Neither need help ... | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp Or consider JBL 4349 (91dB, dual compression driver horn, 12 in bass, front port) and either an AR i/50 (50 W PP 6550s) or a Sugden A21 SE Signature (SS, class A 30W) or a Peachtree Carina GaN. The 4349s are excellent at low volumes and at high. |