decooney
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| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? To @livinon2wheels understood and I'm helping a few friends staying local that is. To your point, you pretty much have to demo things these days anyhow to know that it's a good fit or not. Agree about crazy drivers on their phones and driver assi... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers If you dont ever want to get married again, just buy some giant Soundlabs. This helps to put the new priority on display, LOL! | |
| Need a modern Class A monoblock, preferably half or compact chassis @atmasphere decooney Isn’t it more about the sound rather than the class of operation? Great question and I use to think so. Now I’m not quite certain any more. I was exposed to new doors through a local tech friend who use to work for Thres... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? "@atmasphere Feedback helps the amp reject that which is not the signal. Artifacts from wire, resistors, capacitors and transformers are not the signal, as well as noise from poor grounding, layout problems, line Voltage and so on. " Ralph can ... | |
| Preamp for my CODA 5.5 amp To @dpm2340 sorry for the slight derail on the thread there. Part of this does relate though for those comparing Pass, Coda, (smaller Class A 50w amps too) and we see the questions periodically pop up about "which preamp" to run with Pass, and sam... | |
| Preamp for my CODA 5.5 amp Thanks @yyzsantabarbara for the explanation. I'd probably gravitate more towards the Tyr then for a more "laid back" type of solid state sound you mention - good to know. Maybe something to test and compare down the road. I'll first decide what I... | |
| Preamp for my CODA 5.5 amp @yyzsantabarbara ...I was thinking of the 5.5 monos for the LRS+ or NS5000. I tried my current Magnepan Mini with the Schitt Aegir mono’s (sort of similar to the 5.5) and it was too underpowered (terrible bass). I get the idea of getting an amp... | |
| Tube Sound With Equalization? " @zlone ...owned the Benchmark LA4 and I really liked it, but it is neutral, bordering on sterile." "@toro3 ...some tube dimensionality within and between your Benchmark system I’d be curious how something like a Modwright Analog Bridge... | |
| Need a modern Class A monoblock, preferably half or compact chassis Hi All, I was about to post a thread and found this one posted by @sayas. >> 30 to 40 watt Class A solid state monoblocks are a future target for me << For an upcoming consolidation project, I’ll be looking for a pair of dedicated 30... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? Some folks feel insecure or uncertain about their own choices, and asserting their opinions on others gives them a sense of validation or confidence. | |
| New Amp Advice sls883 decooney I'm not at all unhappy with the Coda No 8. It's more than likely the last amp I'll own unless I live to be really old. Zlone had made the comment that he preferred the Audionote over the Coda, so I was just commenting that... | |
| New Amp Advice @sls883 - zlone Well, that one looks plenty nice! I think I’ll have to be happy with my Coda No 8, V1 for some time. It seems to work well with the rest of my system. To @sls883, if you don’t mind sharing a few details, what is that you fee... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? +1, follow what @cleeds wrote, It's clear to me that some people come here solely to disrupt and ridicule. They're trolls, although some are cleverly disguised. But in general, there is no shortage of people who want to tell others how to run t... | |
| PSVANE Mfg Co replaced my older 6SN7 CV-181 TII tubes To @marco1 was it the actual psvane co as the seller on Amazon? I spoke with them directly about this purchase vehicle too. Apparently this was supposed to be their US outlet to buy from Amazon direct for PSVANE. Hmmm. Thanks for the note, I was... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? A couple of friends I helped with on their Altec-Onken 102 db horn speaker creations use modified ST35s on rotation when taking their custom modified AudioNote 300B amps out of the loop. They seem to like them and use them quite a bit to save thei... |