darkmoebius
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| Speakers for my Golden tube SE 300B II SE 9w Please help If you are the DIY type or know a good cabinet maker, I strongly suggest that you check out the Hammer Dynamics Super12's kit($650). They feature a full-range driver, super tweeter, crossover parts, and are 97dB efficient. The Super12's deliver gl... | |
| best integrated for jm Reynaud twins I've got the AR Complete and Twins mkII, the combination is really magical, to say the least. Rich, textured, engaging, and quite powerful. There are plenty of members here and AudioAsylum.com that have this combination and are extrememly happy, e... | |
| High Quality Passive Preamp Recommendtion Hey AVD, have you had a chance to compare the Placette, FT Audio, or Morrrison ELAD? So far, I haven't found anyone who has. Nor can I understand why any magazine hasn't done a shootout.If not, can you give a list of those you've tried and your im... | |
| Best Integrated 50wpc under 600 used If you go with used units, you can easily get the Puccini SE or AR Complete for $600-650. I got my Complete for $650 with remote last year and am very, very happy with it. Between the two, I think the AR has a little tighter bottom end, but that m... | |
| Any suggestions for a really good 2 or 3 channel amp 1k If you're considering used, then I'd look at the Bryston 3B-ST(125 W), Monarchy SE-100 Deluxe(100 W), and Belles 150A Hot Rod(125 W). All three of these amps handle difficult loads extremely well, double output as impedence goes down, and have a c... | |
| High Quality Passive Preamp Recommendtion Subdoofus,Ric Schultz's site says that their "Ultimate Attenuators" have been temporarily discontinued. No news when they will begin making them again. As for "high-quality" passives, the best that come to mind are the Placette, FT Audio, Morrison... | |
| High Quality Passive Preamp Recommendtion Check out the FT Audio LW-1 ($500 new) it is highly regarded and has excellent reviews in the audio magazines. Supposedly they have conquered all the downsides of passive pre's and the unit has terrific dynamics, imaging, transparency, and surpris... | |
| Modulus 3A vs ARC LS 15,25 linestages Bal. Could you please elaborate on possible tube rolls for the LS-16?I housesat for a month while my brother was on his honeymoon and listened extensively to his AR 100.2/LS-16 combo w/ Vandersteen 3A Sigs. Surprisingly, I found it to have slightly rol... | |
| 300B amp, Shearwaters, 508.24. Any reason why this wouldn't The first line of my prefious post was cut off. It went something like this - I auditioned a Cary SEI300B amp with Meadowlark Kestrel Hot Rods.Sorry about all the typos, I was watching the Sci-fi channel and typing. | |
| 300B amp, Shearwaters, 508.24. Any reason why this wouldn't The Cary is listed at 15W per channel, although I checked with a lot Single-Ended designers on Audio Asylum and they say that while 15W may be possible w/ a 300B tube, at that point the tube is being pushed extemely far outside it's linear range. ... | |
| Are Low Power Tube Amps Worth The Troubl I auditioned the Cary 300BSEI (15W per channel) with my Jean Marie Reynaud Twins mkII's (90dB sensitivity) at a local dealer. I really couldn't afford the $4k amp, but I really wanted hear what the SET sound was all about. Also, the Twins are $900... | |
| Are Low Power Tube Amps Worth The Troubl If you need affordable, high-performance speakers for a SET and don't have the money for full-range horns, try the Super12's. One of the biggest problems with SET amps is getting sufficient bass at low power and still retaining the magic mids/high... | |
| FT Audio/ Passive Preamps - Comments? There are quite a few very happy owners over there. Do a search on the general asylum page for "FT Audio" there will be about 20 or 30 posts on the LW-1. Also, Paul Lam who is the distributer/partner in T audio hangs out there all the time. Do a s... | |
| Build Your Own CD? I don't have the skills yet, but I would love to make one of the tubed DAC's and see how it fairs against Aj! Tjoeb's line.I'm currently doing my home work on building a set of 300B tubed monoblock amps and a tubed linestage pre-amp. Not only will... | |
| Build Your Own CD? For Marantz cd 57, 60, 63, 67 and SE versions of each. They also have a complete DIY DAC project for die-hard tweaker, plus a cd-clock upgrades.http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/tweaks.htmlHere's another using the Phillips 1252-10 cd enginehttp://w... |