decooney
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| Choosing a preamplifier - synergy vs. matching components @apollinaire ..I was trying to see if I could gain some advantages by investing in another product that could compliment the VT-52 amplifier with greater and even better sound. Is this about the best functional result, or reduced cost - try... | |
| I am sad @stringreen My amp went bad yesterday.....left speaker doesn’t work. It’s an Ayre ....weighs in at about 100 lbs. It cost 1000 dollars for shipping to Ayre and back. Damned it!! A fresh reminder why I switched approach past few years acquiri... | |
| Upgrading specific components in a tube amplifier @apollinaire ...but it does not, for example, include a completely negative-feedback-free signal pathway. ". Zero, negative, local, global feedback, and more debated here over the decades on Audiogon. Search and check out some of the long t... | |
| Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it? @daytrader bass got faster but everything else, (ie, what I call tube magic) was lost. Class D has its place in my opinion, just not in a critical listening environment when the life of the music is most important. +1, yep, and the difference... | |
| Repair Help Needed on Marantz 250 Power Amp Doing a quick search on /redit and other places there are lots of comments about "vintage audio" repair folks down in SoCal, LA, other areas. Bring it to a tech who will replace parts, then leave it at the shop turning it on/off every day for 2... | |
| Upgrading specific components in a tube amplifier @apollinaire ..."Then I started to play with the thought of changing bits of Yamamoto to Audio Note components (capacitors, resistors and perhaps tube sockets as I heard Yamamotos aren’t the best)".. Here is a thought mentioned on the other ... | |
| Upgrading specific components in a tube amplifier Exclusive Audio of Japan says this about the Yamamoto VT-52, "The capacitors and resistors used are carefully selected from all over the world with the best sound quality selected through auditioning" Is this the insides of the amp you want... | |
| I am sad @samureyex if its the amp you mentioned in other threads, have you tried contacting one of the distributors in your region to ask for support? | |
| Talk me out of buying Monoblocks and into a stereo amp instead Initially, I went to mono blocks on my main system to split the weight of 100lb stereo amplifiers to 55lb each mono amps. Much easier to swap in/out now. Later realized again the sonic benefit of splitting each channel to its own individual chas... | |
| Duelund cap break in time 200hrs - my local tech friend use to say to me this with similar caps and parts changes; "get ready for the roller coaster ride", unquote. Then i did the same roller coaster ride four more times on different amps, and it was the same patience wa... | |
| World’s Best Cable 7 awg @dwest1023 ..known for long break in periods. However, after a week my ears could no longer take the harshness +1 @ghdprentice Agree, and I own three pairs of Cardas Clear Reflection interconnects, Clear for Digital, and Cross for speaker ca... | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100 To @mattsca if you are enamored by the weight and body elements your MC312 amp and Rel subs offer today on your main system, I think its going to take a special tube amplifier with real iron transformers to capture your attention with your Hersey ... | |
| Impressions & comparisons of Belles 150a Reference Power Amplifier Ver 2 @hilde45 did some checking on old threads and others, found this PF writeup from ten years ago on the V2, possibly a few comments here that stirs up some 150 v2 memories. https://positive-feedback.com/Issue77/belles_150.htm | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100 To @mattsca one question I forgot to ask. What SS integrated/amplification do you have now, and do plan to keep it to rotate back to once in a while if you buy a tube amp? The reason for asking is many of us own and use more than one amp, and if ... | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100 @trivema ...Different from SLI-80 as the Firebottle is a Single Ended Pentode Class A putting out only 10-12 wpc. If you find one of these used, buy IT! Paired with the Heresys, you’ll learn what tube amps are all about. @mattsca If you want an... |