chris74
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| Designer Hall of Fame David Berning. A pioneer who has genuinely been leading the way in both vacuum tube and solid state design technologies throughout the ages. The circuit and power supply topologies designed by David Berning have consistently been way ahead of thei... | |
| What is the best tube preamp currently available? Berning TF12. Includes phono stage and remote. Good luck finding one though. | |
| Oxymoron: High powered tube amps that stay cool Berning ZH270 runs relatively cool for a push pull tube amp. It uses a screen or "grid" drive which allows it to run much much cooler than conventional tube amps. Overall, its very easy to live with and is about as reliable as you can get in this ... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Audioism, according to your stated requirements, the JX92S should be an ideal fit. In regards to weaknesses, as far as a 5 inch driver is concerned, you will be hard pressed to find much wrong with the Jordan. They certainly don't sound like any m... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K EJ Jordan JX92S 45Hz - 20K awesome driver and they've been at it forever. | |
| Help appreciated: Martin Logan Statement E2 Cchp, I really hope you get the chance to listen to the Berning Quadrature monos with your Logans. OTL tube amplifiers combined with electrostatics are some of the most amazing combinations you are likely to hear. I think you will be stunned with ... | |
| Help appreciated: Martin Logan Statement E2 I would definitely try the Berning Quadrature Z Mono blocks. I've personally used numerous ZH270 combinations in the past with Soundlabs and the results were outstanding. The lightning fast yet musical character of the Berning designs compliment e... | |
| Looking for good repair shop in Chicago Try Musician Custom Electronics in Chicago Heights off Halsted St. Ask for James, he is very honest and knowledgeable. | |
| Chicagoland Record Shops Indiana, you would think I would have paid attention to that detail but as it ends up all I saw was a "music/cd" sign in the window and pulled in to park immediately. After leaving the store, I was in a hurry and didn't pay any attention to the na... | |
| Chicagoland Record Shops Indiana_jones, I just picked up some music today at the record shop around the corner in Highland. They had a pretty impressive selection of LP's and cd's, it did seem like their prices on used LP's were a bit steep though. I know this was a few y... | |
| Chicagoland Record Shops Thanks to everyone for your responses. A record shop in Highland? I had no idea, I'll have to check it out for sure. | |
| Monoblocks to consider? Hi Dgclark0007, I agree Atmasphere amps sound good, no question about it. Berning amps are mega reliable, stable and low maintenance designs. Tubes last a very long time due to the grid drive. It would take much longer than 3 years before requirin... | |
| Monoblocks to consider? I'd recommend adding another ZH270 then strapping the channels making them into monoblocks. The combo is killer, I did it with my old Soundlabs and it was the best amp combo I have heard to date. This might make more sense than switching to old sc... | |
| Rawson Resale...... Well stated Spwal, I totally agree. | |
| Rawson Resale...... In this hobby people sell their gear frequently, for various reasons. Simply look at some of the mega gear being sold all the time. People get an itch, they upgrade, get excited for something new or get tired of something old (or new) - upgrade ag... |