czarivey

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SS pre sounds like tubes
Mitch2, I share same strategy: IMO, it has nothing to do with tubes vs. SS, but rather does the preamp adequately drive the power amps, is it quiet and clean sounding, does it have body and drive, and is it musical. In my approach lowest gain or... 
SS pre sounds like tubes
That's what I've always preferred in preamp: buffered active unity gain or low-gain. You get transparency, control and no color. I don't care how tubes or semiconductors sounding. I only care how music instruments and voices sound so to me "tube-l... 
R.I.P. David Bowie
My favorite album is Earthling 1995.My respect to artist! 
If you won the power ball tomorrow night would you
minkwelder,That's why I don't support lottery. It's a catch to rip you'all off and buy more ammo. 
Bass is not enough !!! Speaker problem? Speaker cable? Power Amp? PC of Power Amp?
wow pay $250k only for mids, but bass is extra. right? 
When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad
my old friend told that the word rap is actually misspelled... 
SS pre sounds like tubes
i prefer neutral sounding preamp no matter what it uses vacuum tubes or semiconductors for casual audio listening. for instruments and effects different. the most neutral sounding preamp i've ever had was mccormack micro line drive. i bought it fo... 
New Member Needs Help
if your amp does not buzz and not noisy at idle, there is large chance that it will 'rejuvenate' while at idle. if speakers were 'sleeping' over years, they will also benefit hours of normal volume level playback so playing some constant music via... 
SS pre sounds like tubes
so your preamp actually colors sound to be similar to tube preamps? 
If you won the power ball tomorrow night would you
you've all forgotten to give at least half to the warlords first. 
If you won the power ball tomorrow night would you
1. Gone for few months on Norwegian Cruise Lines2. Move to Switzerland up high to the mountains3. BMW X54. Keep my current system maybe in dedicated room. 
New TT -- $1k - $1500
martinman, where are you local to? 
New format, dislike.....
in terms of clean performance and least number of production bugs the new system supersedes the old by zillion miles far. the old system had lots of unhandled login, listing and profile bugs. the only bug i noticed is member ebm does not use excla... 
Bass is not enough !!! Speaker problem? Speaker cable? Power Amp? PC of Power Amp?
ebm, i noticed you don't use exclamations anymore. is there bug in the new system? 
When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad
In my area rap don't dominate any population or ethnic group.Black population mostly listens to jazz, soul and classical. Hispanic population mostly listens to heavy metal and white population listens mostly to classic rock. Rap is rarely heard fr...