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| Full-sounding SS amps (besides Pass) The new Cary SA-200.2 solid state amp has been good for me so far. However, I’m cheating a little by using a Cary SLP-98 tube preamp in front of it. :) Full, huge, sound. The detail/softness can be tuned with interconnects too. Cary Audio and anot... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Which is more important - you ask? It’s kinda like ice cream, it's about different flavors and what you like in the end. I was an all solid state owner for too long. Should have tried tube preamps sooner than I did several decades later. Today, I ... | |
| Cary Audio: Tube preamp (SLP-98) paired with (SA-200.2) solid state amplifier? After five months of running the Cary V12R tube amp in Triode mode with recent cap upgrades to the new Mundorf Silver-Gold caps, I decided pull the V12R and put the SA-200.2 solid state amp back in rotation for a while. Wow, had forgotten how nice... | |
| Looking for help retubing Cary V12R mono blocks I was kind of thinking about replacing my Ruby EL34BSTR tubes just to try something else in the V-12R, then a local dealer friend with the same amp at home recommended I keep trying different front-end tubes to realize a bigger change, and perhaps... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Now days it seems anything gets copied or is a copy of something else. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Big-Aluminum-Chassis-PASS-Class-A-Power-Amplifier-Enclosure-DIY-Case... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? Receive the Silver/Gold (non-oil) caps. They are smaller than I expected. Gold wires coming out. Waiting for my tech to do install in a few weeks. | |
| Nuforce STA200 It's cool you could find a replacement for the old B&K. My former B&K FET amps sounded great for a few decades and I'm not sure if parts inside degraded over time due to heat or what but I replaced my 2ch/3ch dual mono amps with Outlaw Au... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? UPDATE: Doing more research and getting updates about these particular Mundorf Supreme Oil vs S/G non-oil caps, found this. Heat is definitely an issue with my tube amp with 12 output tubes and 4 pre-driver tubes. Runs hotter. This was on the Dyna... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? Kenny / kdude66,I re-read your reply and viewed the link you sent. Very good, this helps me to place the Mundorf Silver/Gold EVO caps among others following the sound description provided in the review. I'm curious about various differences you ... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? Thanks. Definitely want to hear back from others who’ve actually heard or tried these newer Mundorf Silver/Gold (non-oil) EVO Supreme caps. I found the Clarity MR caps to be a little dry. The Jensen Copper Oils were nice and wet, and maybe even a ... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? kdude66, boxer12, thanks for your replies and links. Most excellent. :)The post by Jon L on the audio circle link describes precisely what I was told by the folks who steered me to these more standard Gold/Silver EVO Mutdorfs based on what I am lo... | |
| Cary Audio: Tube preamp (SLP-98) paired with (SA-200.2) solid state amplifier? I found a source who tucked away a collection of NOS tubes, and bought a sextet matched set to get four for the SLP-98 plus two spares. It's hard to explain what "worth that" or "better" is without knowing more about the rest of the system. I'd sa... | |
| Amplifier Upgrade Decision After listening to a few different PASS, Threshold, Stasis amps popular in my area of NorCal over many years, a few local guys started trying other amps for different sound tastes; one is the Cary SA-200.2. I bought the new Cary 200.2 solid state ... | |
| Cary Audio: Tube preamp (SLP-98) paired with (SA-200.2) solid state amplifier? Update: Wow, after 200 hours of break-in seems the Cary SA-200.2 (solid state amp) is sensitive to different interconnect cables and it can produce different sounds accordingly, soft or brighter but never harsh. As a result, I’ve been messing with... | |
| Cary SLP98 + Rocket 88R F1 vs SLI80 Speaking of this preamp and Cary amps.. I sold my heavily upgraded SLI-80 Signature and bought the new SLP-98L tube preamplifier and Cary SA-200.2 (yes, solid state amp) that's "voiced" a bit like a tube amp. All I can say is WOW, if you want more... |