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| Tube amps under $7500 @hickamore fwiw thought I’d mention that I’m doing what @paulcreed recommended. Currently running a different brand 6SN7 tube preamplifier with a full Class-A 50w Pass Forte’ 3/1A (upgraded) solid state amplifier as my secondary system. Speakers a... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 re: "For pairing experimentally with various tube and SS preamps." Some members may be running right past this requirement in your original post. If I were in your shoes [IF this is truly a requirement] I’d probably be looking at manufactures... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? @hilde45 "Because I am willing to spend, say $16k as the upper end of used, that means that it’s relevant, to me, to allow discussion to range widely, if that means speakers with MSRP much higher than the MSRP of the Cornwalls or Rivals but with ... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? Lots of great responses in this thread and interesting comparison feedback. Nice! What I dont see however is a budget limit. One gets discussed and another speaker beats the last one mentioned, and we ramp up from $6-7k speakers right up to $20k ... | |
| Is there anything other than a Benchmark DAC? You might find your new secondary system DAC will eventually become your primary system DAC after you try many of these mentioned. | |
| Tube vs Solid state for Preamp Funny this post came up, wondered when it would again. I just spent the last 90 days re-evaluating my SS preamp to my 6SN7 based tube preamp. Both are nice in different ways, however nothing about the SS preamp can replace the sound stage, layer... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? 1) yes, you are replacing them as I understand it. Best to ask Cary what they do. Personally I like the tube rectifiers but I'm sorta old school in my thinking perhaps. 2) Grayhil is the updated input selector switch, as pehare noted above. ... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? Cary still only lists these including the Grayhill switch. A local colleague did additional upgrades on mine beyond the std stuff Cary offers. The newer upgrades were better imo than the older F1 upgrades. The newer Mundorf caps really made a diff... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? In the hands of a very skilled tech, you can get a bit more out of the amp and make it more enjoyable with your current speakers. The stock model has the lower grade volume control getting in the way, limited coupling capacitors (may even be dried... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? Some of this can depend how old and what generation/model your SLI-80 is. If you don’t know, check the serial and call Cary and ask. There were a few nice changes/upgrades over the years and outside vendors who created their own series with upgrad... | |
| Need a modern Class A monoblock, preferably half or compact chassis @carlsbad2 I would never be ampless. I have 4 amps sitting here waiting to sell and oe on order. buy something used that you can listen to and resell whenever you feel like it wtih minimal loss. You just made me feel better about having othe... | |
| Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong @yyzsantabarbara My Benchmark DAC3B is definitely too hot on the top end. I do not use it on 2-channel but on my RAAL VM-1a tube headphone amp running in Pentode mode I love the DAC3B. I came to a similar conclusion. Had hoped to like it mor... | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s @vthokie83 if you don't mind the question, which do you prefer to sit back and just listen to music with for the longest amount of time - the Coda S5.5 or the Transcend tube push pull amp? And, do you run the same preamp with both amps when swappi... | |
| Guess who has new speakers in their lab? Unless someone can listen to them, it really doesn't mean much. Then, if you like them and want them, have to be able afford or willing to blow that kind of money on them. I prefer to follow along with reviewers who try and show stuff average ... | |
| Quicksilver silver 60 amplifiers I have, a few times. Compared them back to back to my own QS Mono 120 amps before I decided. The silver 60s have their own laid back EL34 sound and partly due to the input tube too. Also heard them in comparison to QS Mid Monos which also sound n... |