decooney
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| DAC contest: Border Patrol Sei or Chord Qutest? re: BorderPatrol SE-I DAC / Input tubes on your tube preamplifier? For those running tube preamplifiers and the BP SE-I DAC, I had still been running softer sounding input tubes in my preamplifier as a carry-over from running other types of trans... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @1extreme P.S. I know I will get flamed by the tube cultists. But I am willing to take the flames for you. I currently own a CARY V12R and CARY 805AE mono amps but rarely listen to them anymore preferring to listen to my Plinius SA100 amp. ... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @helomech The same candid salesman who turned me onto the Cayin brand (who didn’t sell Cayin at the time) once told me that Jolida (Black Ice) products don’t perform very well. Maybe the newer stuff is much better but his words were the Jolidas “... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @tritube whether you go Black Ice Audio, or Rogue Audio, or Quicksilver Audio integrated [for example] or any of these USA manufacturers or distributors, at least you have 1) people who know how to repair the amps in this country, 2) shipping bac... | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @doyle3433 Any advice on what you’ve found to be nice pairings? Everyone else feel free to suggest as well. While I stupidly parted with my own Cary SLI-80 a few years ago, I’ve followed along with others since. Cary bought it back from me, ... | |
| Does it make sense to "ignore low ball offers"? 1/2 the time or more lowballers don't follow through anyhow, its a game for some of them just to see if they can get you to accept less. Don't waste your time. | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @tritube Thank you everyone for such great information. I spoke with the kind folks at Black Ice yesterday and they were very helpful and patient. I think I will be going that route (I am now deciding on the fx10 or pushing my budget to the f11) ... | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @doyle3433 It sounds more focused and tighter, no loss on the sweetness of tube highs and mids. SS rectifier to thank for this? Different new production stock tubes, yes ss vs. tube rectification, different coupling caps, hexfred upgrade, al... | |
| Crossing Left and Right Speakers Left speaker to Right shoulder. Right speaker to Left shoulder. That's all. My local AudioNote dealer does this with a few systems setup there. In some ways it works, and other ways imo it can be confusing how it sounds. Try it and see. | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @perkadin "The R8 is a perfect choice if you are ok with "Chi-Fi". " Self trouble-shooting skills -or- a willing local repair technician with replacement parts may be required. For awareness, quote "Bias board issues, channel issues, loud cr... | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @pehare "kitchen sink upgrades from Cary ..." Do you happen to know which capacitors were listed as upgrades on your invoice/receipt ? | |
| First Tube amp suggestions Look for a used Dennis Had Inspire KT88 Firebottle on audiomart sites. He hasn’t built many, but for $2k you get the performance of a $10k SET amp. He built me one last summer, it blows away my Willsenton R800i and Oldchen EL34 for texture, tone ... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions It's more of a short-cut to decide if you are keeping or replacing your current Triangle speakers before you go down the tube amp path. Also highly recommend going to YouTube and looking for videos of techs tearing some of the low cost amps apar... | |
| UPS Driver Literally Drops Package with New Hana Umami Red Pack well, double-wrap, double-box, insure it, and always expect they will throw and drop it. We record it with cameras, and rarely do they ever set it down gently. Any merchant or shipper who is not aware of this by now will hopefully learn in t... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing @vinylvalet Was not to be my primary dac long term, already had something in the works, and it caught me off guard. I have a 2nd system I was thinking of putting together and thought I’d use it there - making any reasons to try and keep it..., unf... |