crawfishdaddi
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| Is all the hype warranted I've been down this road... I was very interested in Decware so I called the company to inquire. I got their voicemail and after a few days, someone called me back. After answering a few questions, they told me the wait list was 2 years - that's ... | |
| Advice for headphone amp and dac Since there are already a lot of good suggestions on this thread, I thought I'd give an "out of the box" idea: A vintage, mid seventies receiver! With your budget, you could get a really nice Marantz/Harmon Kardon/Sansui/Sony/Pioneer receiver. The... | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? If you're into tubes, Raven Audio makes one hellava great sounding integrated amp... Check out the Night Hawk: https://ravenaudio.com/product/nighthawk-mk3-tube-amplifier/ | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie All fine TTs to be sure... I went the direct drive route with a Technics 1500 SL and used the Funk Firm mod kit 10 to get it VERY quiet. I love it. Technics makes a hell of a TT and the 1200 series that others have mentioned is even better. One t... | |
| Fezz vs Raven I totally agree with @macg19 : your choice of phono stage should be led by the cart you’re using. That being said, I’ve heard great things about Schitt (in fact, the folks at Raven Audio often recommend them). FWIW, I used the onboard phono stage... | |
| Fezz vs Raven I'm currently running a Raven Audio LE Osprey and I absolutely love it. Here is my full review of it (including the A-B test against the McIntosh MA252 Hybrid): https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-of-the-raven-audio-osprey-integrated-tu... | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp @larryi , I'm embarrassed that I didn't know this (I only upgraded from a vintage console ~1 year ago, so I'm still steep on the learning curve). The worst part is, my TT is only ~2 ft from the phono stage on the same rack! I was using that ridicu... | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp @yogiboy, here is the tube layout diagram from Quicksilver’s website (input tube should be the 12AX7 closest to the RCA inputs, gain tube should be the other 12AX7 and the cathode follower is the single 12AT7): | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp Ok, I just talked to Mike at Quicksilver and here is what he said: 1. The 5751 can be substituted for the 12AX7, but ONLY in the input position. Using it in the gain position will cause the phono pre to not operate correctly. 2. As I described ... | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp thanks @mulveling -great stuff! I've never actually seen the fabled Mazda silver plate 12AX7 for sale anywhere... I'm starting to think it's only a myth. | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp @onhwy61...I hear you (you and @dekay are not wrong). I've played about 15-20 records on the new phono stage and I am committed to waiting at least the minimum 30 hours of recommended break-in time before making any changes. However, I am gettin... | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp @larryi @cey , this is great stuff (insights like this are what I was hoping to find when I posted this question). Quick follow-up: if I decided to go with 5751s (several people have reported these clean up the sound in their phono stages), is the... | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp Good thought @cey , I ran a quick search of Audiogon and found this: https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2446823 sounds like 5751s are interchangeable, but I’ll follow up a with a call tomorrow. | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp @yogiboy - yep, sure did. @cey - great thought... text has been sent! @russ69 - good to know there are high quality new production tubes out there as an option; the NOS tubes are getting rarer and WAYY too expensive! @skiznfliz - you're the se... | |
| NOS Tube Recommendation for Quicksilver Phono Pre Amp Thanks for the reply @larryi , yes - the loading on both the Technics onboard phono stage and the QS is 47k ohms (which is what the cart calls for). Unfortunately, neither have the ability to change loading settings. Regarding the telefunkens ... |