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| Tube Preamp: How many tubes does it take to ................. The Top Conrad-Johnson GAT2 preamp hand only two tubes. One gain tube per channel. A MOSFET at the output of each channel controlled and lowered the output impedance. Their new unit uses four tubes. A cathode follower on each channel replaces ... | |
| Subwoofer Suggest you look at B&W’s top line of subs, the DB series. My Magico dealer recommended them. My JL Audio f113 sub craped out so needed a replacement. Bought a pair and they are excellent. Easy and fast to integrate with my Wilsons using their... | |
| Question about Shunyata Power Conditioners For many years, I ran an original aluminum box Shunyata Hydra 8. Got a good deal on an AudioQuest Niagara 5000. Could detect no improvement vs. the old Hydra 8. Returned it. Ordered a Shunyata Denali V2. A nice improvement over the Hydra 8. As th... | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had Best depends on your speakers and electronics. For my Wilsons with Conrad-Johnson's best tube amps it was Nordost Valhalla until I heard the much fuller sound of Wireworld's Platinum Eclipse 8. Really enjoy having both the detail and the richnes... | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? Nobody mentioned B&W... that's odd. | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? You should have enough power to drive most of what has been suggested here. I drive my Wilson Yvettes, 86 efficient, with a 36WPC c-j class A amplifier. Jazz and classical. I do use a JS Audio F113 sub. If you want to get your money out of them... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? If you don't have a highly resolving system and have not tried these cables, like it or not, you don't have an opinion. So keep your thoughts to yourself. It's probably that you resent others who have the resources to build a great sounding syst... | |
| A public service announcement Ah… so this is why my dealer has those rich wine parties attended by manufactures to show new gear. Got to check and see if I ordered new Wilson’s again. | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? Don’t think anyone has mentioned it here yet but most power cords are also designed by construction geometry and materials to do some power conditioning as well. A few years ago I did my own shoot out including my owed cables from Wireworld, loan... | |
| Quobuz subscription Absolutely agree with nice write up dlcockrum. Subscribe to Qobuz (NO U) and Tidal through Roon and directly to my dCS Bartok. Much prefer the Qobuz catalog. Check your ethernet connection if there's a quality issue. Enjoy the music. | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? Interesting... a wide variance in equipment quality. Yet so many strong opinions on items that affect SQ. While my stuff is more at the high end of these estimates, I'm a chump at the local dealer who sells $250K and up... Magico, etc. How can ... | |
| Why so few devices with BNC's?? I use a high end Marantz CD/SACD player and a dCS Bartok connected by a 75 ohm Shunyata BNC cable. While the Marantz has a nice on board CD DAC, using its digital BNC output to the Bartok for CDs just sounds better. The Marantz does an excellent... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers Well said. I stand corrected. | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers How did I get in the middle of this. Actually, that's not what I said... the "audiophile stuff" is all back in but arranged better. Maybe your system, like yourself, is not sufficiently resolving to understand that primarily the proximity of the... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers This discussion has been very helpful. X the vitriol. It motivated me to try some additional solutions to excavate some system noise. My system is a dCS Bartok Streamer/DAC fed ethernet signal thought an English Eight switch. dCS recommends fe... |