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| Power Amp To Go With Cary SLP98P Preamp @dylanfan The little XA25 amp is pretty sweet too. A few buddies with Cary tube amps also have the XA25 and flip back and forth for variety. If your Ryan speakers are truly 85db, something else to consider about efficiency - depending how loud y... | |
| Power Amp To Go With Cary SLP98P Preamp dylanfan, I paired my Cary SLP-98 tube preamplifier with the following amplifiers, successfully: Quicksilver Mono 120 (my current monoblock tube amps) Cary V12R (stereo tube amp) Cary SA-200.2 (stereo solid state amp)Inspire Hot Rod (stereo tube ... | |
| Used Tube Preamp Suggestions Quicksilver AudioNew or used, if you can find one. Affordable, value $http://quicksilveraudio.com/preamplifiers/ | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! BURN-IN HYPE or REAL with AP cables ???Not sure if I’m having one good or bad day with my ears either, but I could swear maybe these AP cables do tend to burn-in with more time. Is the recommended 300hrs of burn-in time the manufacturer for real, ... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! @jtcf ...I have a basic understanding of how reflections and timing errors distort the digital signal so finding one that is a perfect match is yet another adventure.-----------------------Okay, good to know. So let the experiment continue. I orde... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! re: DIGITAL COAX RCA cable: ???Some people praise this change while other's may not. REQUEST: Has anyone here tried or using the Analysis Plus Crystal Solo [DIGITAL COAX] cable in 1.0M or 1.5M in your rig? Any notable difference? | |
| Cary Audio SLI-80HS vs Primaluna Dialogue HP or Evo Integrated Amps @three_easy_payments..they suggested that KT120s would be a notable SQ upgrade over the KT88s in the SLI-80HS. Hmmm. All circuit and system dependent I guess. The GL KT88s were really nice in my former SLI-80, and KT120s not so much in my current ... | |
| Cary Audio SLI-80HS vs Primaluna Dialogue HP or Evo Integrated Amps @three_easy_payments"really love the pairing of the Forte III’s with my Cary SLI-80HS. Perfect synergy." to: three_easy_payments, Curious to know what variations of output tubes you tried in your former SLI-80 and now with your new SLI-80HS? In pr... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! @jtcf 761 posts11-09-2019 10:09pmThat is really interesting.I know that a too short digital cable is troublesome,but ics too?Every little thing really does matter even if it shouldn't.I'll be interested to hear what Rob says.I'm still waiting impa... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! Found the midrange "spike and glare" culprit with my new AP Crystal ICs. Swapped my new 1.0M (200hrs) pair to my amps, and moved the longer 1.5M pair (400hrs) to my DAC. Fixed. Also the sound stage and voices stepped back a little too, not so forw... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! jtcf754 posts11-02-2019 11:26am@jtcf +1 Relax and enjoy:) Exactly what I'm doing now.Hoping to be able to post with my winning combo soon too.Good to know. Curious to see what you come up with. If my system had most tubes that were super laid ba... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! Conclusion:Caving in. After trying several combos (over many years in different systems) I’ve concluded I cannot run two pairs of the exact same brand/type/model interconnects (in my system) from source to preamp to amps and enjoy the music. Inter... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! jtcf, got your msg and i'll post it here after 3+ weeks of burn in. AP Solos Interconnects: The AP Crystal Solo IC cables settled ever so slightly, and while they are a little smoother now, they still can be like focusing a closeup high defini... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! @jtcf seems so. Thx. After these burn in a little more, I'll let them run for a bit (set them a aside a bit) and still have a pair of TJ Full Music 6SN7s coming a buddy talked me in to trying. He's using them with his new AP cables and his new ... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! The AP Crystal Solo interconnect cables are a very nice pairing particularly when the synergy on the front end source is good. This is my conclusion. The AP Solos help it to sound greater when the right component match is achieved in order to take... |