curiousjim
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| Tube or solid state Tube preamp for the sound and SS amp for the power and generally cooler running. (Class AB) | |
| NEW MASTERSOUND 845 COMPACT TUBE INTEGRATED AMP : REVIEW.. PERFECTION I’ve never had an amp with 845 output tubes. How do they sound compared to KT88 or EL34’s? Thanks. | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @macg19 I to have the Node N130 and I got the Teddy Pardo power supply and I bought a Denafrips Pontus ll. The difference between the DAC in the Node and the Pontus ll is huge! Oh and I bought a DH Labs Silver Sonic Mirage USB interconnect. Eve... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Chicago’s Greatest Hits | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nuthin wrong with an Eva Cassidy afternoon. I might have to have one as well😀 | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage It’s not so much the watts as it is current and stability at lower impedances. If you have a subwoofer, 100 watts should be more than sufficient. | |
| Ref75se The 75se is a wonderful amp. What speakers are you going to use with it? | |
| Interconnect advice needed On those interconnects, I would look for used. There are many companies in the EU that make what you want. I just bought a 3 meter set of XLR’s for $500 that sold new for $1300 new. No box, but it lovely shape. I’m sure you could do better! All ... | |
| If someone handed you this system, what would you change? Hard to give a quick answer. My first thought was to replace both the older Node and Deezer, but then my thoughts went to “Are you using the DAC in the Node? I have the newer N130 and it really sounded okay until I hooked up an external DAC. The ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Golden Trumpet Of Harry James. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Benny Goodman and Friends. | |
| Symptoms of UN-CLEAN power @kraftwerkturbo Why do you ask? Two houses ago, I bought a good power conditioner because I thought I had bad power. It did some, but. Then I moved to the country and my system opened up like I had just bought a brand new everything! Now I’m ba... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I just listened tonTaylor Swift, Midnights and it wasn’t awful. 😆 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Brian Bromberg, The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Moody Blues, Days Of Future Past. |