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| How to thwart cats Funny, my cats never mess with my gear and I never had a problem with them clawing at my speaker cloth.On the other hand, I was at Dusty Vawter's house once doing an audition of his gear and watched his cat actually climb his speakers on a few occ... | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? I'm impressed with the Butler amps. A nice affordable (used) hybrid OTL design. They'll provide some warmth, without sacrificing too much in the process. | |
| Tube amp with SS like bass Of the ones you mentioned the Butler would be my pick. I heard it at RMAF and thought the bass was very good. It is a hybrid design and OTL, no output transformers. That being said I would generally agree with the others who indicated you will hav... | |
| Sacrilege Going from Tubes back to Solid State The Moscode HR401 sounded very nice at RMAF. The build quality is top notch. I'm told you can swap tubes on the fly. A bit north of your budget, but George Kaye offers a trial period on it. I'm seriously considering checking one out. | |
| VD Revelation Speaker cables - Ozzy, in my system the Master did not work that well on my amp. I did use it on my RSA Haley power conditioner and liked the results better. However, I just put a Oyaide Tunami GPX power cord on that power conditioner as an experiment and thought ... | |
| Sacrilege Going from Tubes back to Solid State This may or not be helpful. When I decided to move away from a tube amp I decided to try the TRL D-225. It is listed at 225 watts but tests out closer to 275 watts. It is $4k new. They can make a monoblock version, but that may be over your budget... | |
| VD Revelation Speaker cables - I found the Virtual Dynamics powercords work best on digital sources. This was confirmed this weekend at RMAF as Rick said the biggest impact would be on the digital (transport, CDP, or DAC) source, preamp, and amp in that order. I like the Nite I... | |
| Thinking of modding my 834p, or should I move on? Tfkaudio - you can get a Lundahl step up transformer from K&K Audio. Kevin Carter will configure it and assemble it for you if you like. The process of swappping resistors is one that does not require soldering as Kevin provided pin holes on t... | |
| Power cord suggestions for CDP and tube amp Irish65, thanks for the heads up. The combination of those two vendors will make for a very interesting room. If you like, email me offline, maybe I can arrange to give you a real time or near real time update. Hopefully that will soften the blow ... | |
| Power cord suggestions for CDP and tube amp Holly,If you're going to RMAF make sure to stop by the Virtual Dynamics room. I'll be there at the show and plan to visit them. Hopefully they will be offering the same deal as they did at HET in LA where if you made a purchase that weekend, there... | |
| VD Revelation Speaker cables - BTW - I forgot to mention that I use a set of Virtual Dynamics Master jumper cables on my speakers. They are about 12" in length with spades and magnets. Trying to pry them apart was a bit of a challenge, but bending them to fit on my binding post... | |
| Order of best of the best phono preamps Pedrillo - the other options will always be there. For the minimal investment in Mitch's mods you might find a bridge to your ultimate phonostage. Then again maybe you will have found your answer. Only one way to find out. | |
| VD Revelation Speaker cables - I've tried the Supra Swords and will say they are an excellent cable for the price. I preferred the CRL Silver (with Bochinno spades) instead though at half the price of the Swords. On the other hand, I enjoy Virtual Dyanamics cables, especially t... | |
| Order of best of the best phono preamps I've been following your threads for a while. I hope you find something from the various opinions you receive here. It appears from your list you have named just sbout every phono stage I have thought about owning. That being said I have a Hagerma... | |
| canary audio cd 100 better than bluenote koala? I'm just curious. Canary units are very attactive and seem to be designed well. Are they really as good as they look. I've heard horror stories about their service and various stories about where they are built. What is the real deal on this compa... |