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| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones that’s great, on a different path and price point - my local 55-year-in-business audio dealer has retired clients with upcoming birthdays and Christmas presents due -or- goals for their "bucket list" buys. He has ordered quad sets of E.A... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones doing some quick checking over AudioAsylum and TubesAsylum to see if others with CJ Premier 12 and/or 6550s had tried others such as some of the better KT88s. Also, located some comments indicating the Premier 12s are 650v at the plate.... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil DAC, why did they change it ? As I recall - Prior, during Covid, and coming out of the pandemic I recall the same as others about parts availability issues, boards, along with some price hiking going on with processors - they were not too happy about. That’s how I ended up wi... | |
| New Cure Release Just played the new album on streaming on the all tube system. Pretty cool to hear the old familiar band with a modern recording spin. Enjoyable to just sit back and let the whole album play. I bet the hardcore Cure fans really appreciate this. | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones do you have a copy of your original CJ owners manual for your version/series/serial numbers of the Premier 12 amps by chance? I’ve run across this same type of KT120/KT150/KT170 tube use confusion [with other manufacturers] about when yo... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones Not sure how far away you are to ship it in - I wonder why you might not consider sending in your current preamp to CJ for a checkover. Maybe they can test, check, make recommended updates?, My main system is all tube preamp / mono tube... | |
| Cary SLP98L upgrades--yea or nay? @northman - decooney, thank you. I've read some of your posts on tube rolling with the SLP 98 and they're a great help! FYI fwiw. My SLI-80 integrated amplifier and SLP-98L line stage had similar internal upgrades. I've found Tube Rolling aft... | |
| Cary SLP98L upgrades--yea or nay? @northman yes, your list +Grayhill switch selector. These upgrades and different tubes can yield good results in different ways. Having tried rare vintage NOS quads, new re-issues, and some of the new boutique 6SN7s, the sound will change, and mo... | |
| Analysis Plus Oval 9 @mdrone - owned three pairs of the Oval 9 RCA interconnects. Kinda warm, weighty, sort of grainy. Lacking some upper register detail, and lacking separation of instruments as it tends to blur things together more so than more refined interconnect... | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread @alightronics its a surprise to see a tube manufacturer drop in on this forum. I'm a long time PSVANE tube user since the early Shuguang and TJ Full Music related tooling buyout days. Never tried Art Series, noting newer versions coming about. Ho... | |
| FirstWatt SIT-3 or Pass Labs XA25 for Avalon Indras? @whiteknee "These are quality amps when system matched properly". Exactly. And yet the OP keeps asking about the lower powered SIT-3, regardless. The more operative question would be has anyone heard SIT-3 paired with your 87db 4ohm Avalon ... | |
| FirstWatt SIT-3 or Pass Labs XA25 for Avalon Indras? "@ulul Power is not the key point, if I listen to music during the day the knob never goes beyond half of the current power amp ... ... The aim is to have magic and involvement at low volume." Others here have already mentioned something sim... | |
| Battle of the Older DAC @mclinnguy "...and deciding for themselves because the "numbers" don’t lie!". And the other question as to whether those measurements include all of the right things in the right way in the same manner humans are actually hearing and interpret... | |
| To all you Cary SLI 80 owners, I'm looking for tube suggestions @immatthewj I forgot to mention bias in the V12 / V12R. The original manual calls for higher settings, and my local tech disagreed with this. We jumped on a call with the design tech after Dennis left cary, and he said they had now recommended lo... | |
| Battle of the Older DAC @jasonbourne71 "Buying a DAC based upon someone’s opinion is stupid. You might as well ask a Ouija board for advice." I bought one of the best measuring DACs on the market and it was based on reports over at ASR, and their opinions about the... |