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| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? After multiple focused in-person listening sessions, you'll begin to zero in on your sweet spot of where you want to be financially and musically. | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @peterf6...Switching tubes makes for fun fine-tuning, and if you find the tubes coloring something, you can switch to passive preamp mode to see (where you’ll usually find the tubes are not coloring!)..Hey peterf6, did your Schiit Freya come with ... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? 3-years later, update #2. Second try at using these exact same Mundorf Supreme EVO Silver Gold caps in different amps. Great results, again. Yes, they are more expensive, and proving to be worth it in my systems. Type/Part#: Mundorf Capacitor 0.22... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @decooney I hear you on not under-powering the speakers. Jim didn't say "minimum" of 30 wpc, he thought 30 wpc was comfortable. That said, there's not reason not to do at least 40 or perhaps 60. Above that, I may be doing more future-proofing than... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @hilde45I had a good chat with Jim Salk, who said that at a recent RMAF show he played his Salk 9.5 towers (8 ohm, 87 db) with no problem from a 30 wpc tube in a 30x30 room. I'm likely going to change my order (I'm going to think about it a bit) t... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? hilde45 OP211 posts02-28-2020 8:24pmWhen i listened to tubes on good recordings, I liked the way they sounded. That was compared to solid state A/B and D class. I have not however tried the Pass Labs Class A. I’d like to do that.--------^^-above-^... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? All brands have issues here or there. Sometimes brand new parts can go bad and humans build them, gets dropped hard in shipping, whatever... things happen. Many get lucky and have no issues for 20+ years too. It’s the dealer and manufacturer suppo... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? warmly invite you to consider tracking down and auditioning a pair of Quad ESL speakers. 63s, 988s, 2805/2905, etc. Any of these might require a rebuild (cost about $2000 with shipping) but there is a reason why these are universally well regarde... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @russellrcncom 228 posts 02-26-2020 10:27 I’m in a similar situation (looking for a tube pre / SS amp combo.) and I was wondering if there are tube pre’s that are more suited to SS amp matching in terms of impedance matching. Do I just go by the 1... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Hilde45, the VAC 100/100 tvad is referring to is on Agon now. Combo ad of preamp and amp together. 11 hours left on ad. tvad,I noticed your prior VAC PHI 200 recommendation above (quad of 6SN7) input/drivers and VAC 100/100 with 12AU7s input/drive... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? to: @hilde45 One last recommendation. Set your budget limit -or- this will be a long roller coaster ride for you and others making recommendations for you. | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @mesch 1,990 posts02-24-2020 7:38am@decooney Yes, I love my Audio Mirror Tubadour DAC. Getting the Aric Pre today, on the Fedex truck heading this way. Likely one day will have to replace the BEL. Getting a replacement that provides what it does w... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @mesch 1,987 posts02-24-2020 6:45am@decooney I have the Jolida Fusion preamp and have looked up, and followed up with a talk with Mike Allen of Jolida about the possible upgrades. I decided that for the cost, and my desire to go a more simpler, po... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @hilde45,A few reasons some of us were noting the Pass INT-60, is you were: -suggesting less efficient (84db) speakers, a bit more required to drive them.-you seemed to be leaning back to solid state vs. tube amplification.-uncertain about matchin... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? +1 gotvinylThere are two AI version "3.0" units on auction right now at $1200-1300.A dear friend had one for many years. I always liked that preamp, 6DJ8 tube based too. Quality chassis, nice smooth volume control. Had a pretty dark background to... |