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| Best Options For A Tubed Preamp - $2500 Or Less, Preferably Used To Maximize Value Without a doubt a Dennis Had Inspire! | |
| Tekton Open Baffle Speakers These people are late to the OB party. Better late than never. We built these from solid wood frames of Ash, Maple, and Mahogany back in 2010 or so. Didn’t turn out to bad. <img src="https://imgpile.com/images/tsFl4S.jpg" alt="tsFl4S.jpg" bo... | |
| Why do people like reel to reel players? Many here have been spoiled by convenience. Streaming, digital, etc. Better sound is always and should be the objective. I was 16 growing up in ‘71 when my girlfriend’s Stepdad Phil had a R2R and a TT. Phil was a mailman who there was rarely a... | |
| Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp Buy a BAT. They’re truly balanced design’s, and they have many different preamps available in your price range. Research Balanced Audio Technologies. They’ve been around since the early 90’s and have an excellent reputation with fantastic customer... | |
| High quality recordings any genre Digital or Vinyl? Your question doesn’t have an easy answer. | |
| Weakest link in my system No turntable equals missing out, for my money. What’s your front end, strictly digital? | |
| another rookie question - preamp or or power amp You should save the $400 and continue to add to it. Your room is normal size. My room is the same size. Would I prefer to have a larger room? Absolutely, but we’ve down sized due to retirement. I’d recommend acquiring a system to fit your room rat... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? No. But you do “need” a turntable. :) I don’t own a streamer because it’s simply another venture down the digital rabbit hole. I’ve got turntables, and a dac. That’s enough digital for me. I’d rather invest into a stellar TT setup than digital. I... | |
| Do I upgrade my cartridge or my turntable Turntable. Absolutely! | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? No. Reason being is that Philly was only just getting started.. Plus Stevie’s all time best album, Songs in the Key of Life didn’t even come out until 1976. Both Motown and Philly put out tons of top selling music after ‘71. And Disco didn’t ... | |
| "Diminishing Returns" You can buy one heckuva system spending $12-$15k buying used gear. I’m completely satisfied and frankly can’t justify spending more to gain a small amount of difference. “A man’s got to know his limitations.” - Dirty Harry | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? Why give your hard earned money to someone who you don’t know if they’re going to ship the item or not, if it will get damaged in transit or not, and you have no recourse to reclaim the money you paid? No FF is for non credible sellers. End of st... | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. Two. Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On. Issac Hayes Shaft, and or Black Moses. Each were done in 1971. I’ve never recovered, as nothing else comes close. And I’m a jazz man. | |
| Martin Logan vs. Everything I’ve owned ML’s for 35 years. I’ve also owned Open Baffle speakers, which are a different type of dipole speaker. We all have our speaker preferences. We don’t need to attempt to justify why we choose what we do. Simply enjoy them, and allow other... | |
| How long does it take your tube amp to warm up? I’ve tube mono’s and a tube preamp. I’d say at least an hour to sound it’s absolute best! |