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| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? That is kind of the path @coltrane1 and I were going down with picking up an older Threshold or Forte Audio or Pass Labs preamp using Vintage Repair folks and/or businesses we all know like Bryston or Conrad Johnson techs to refresh them. While S... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? @coltrane1 I recently acquired a throwback from the mid 90’s. A Threshold T3i. It’s got a separate and full sized power supply. Likely Stereophile A back in its day. It’s been checked out by the great Jon Soderberg. ... I was at Jon’s place las... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? @jl35 " it’s simply personal preference…" Exactly. When I was exploring XP10/XP12, and XP20/XP22, I asked Nelson about running my Cary SLP-98 tube preamp or the SLP-05 paired up with one of the .5 or .8 Pass series amps - he shared in reply "we... | |
| Quicksilver v4 monos vs CODA Continuum No. 8 Version 1. Preference would depend on exactly what/type of "perfectly" matching speakers I’m using, room space & size to locate one or two amps, how often/long I play music for, and leaving amps powered on for how long? Also the type of music I listen to... | |
| What amps are out there that are Class A, 50 wpc into 8 ohms? A few past NorCal USA units, old/new, +others: Threshold SA/3 Forte Audio 1A Forte Audio 3 w/conversion Forte Audio 4a Coda s5.5 ------------------- Pass Labs XA-25 (50w peak @8ohm) Pass Labs XA 60.5 (60w) ------------------ Krel... | |
| Martin Logan Motion 35XTI No doubt, you need to take them home and hook them up to your own amp setup. Hearing the 35XTs on a home theater receiver there at BestBuy through a switcher box does not do them any justice for 2ch audio listening. They are decent, and you get wh... | |
| Have You Tried One Schiit Aegir with LRS @peterf6 I was close to buying a single Aegir as a small backup lower power stereo amp to my tube amps on rotation duty, then discovered several references through various sources about how running TWO Aegir amps (XLR/Balanced) is reportedly "so m... | |
| KT120 replacement options in a Cronus Magnum II @markcasazza yep, clearly a New Sensor TungSol tube and supplier shortage again for sad reasons of war, yes, likely. Recently I checked my former sources and a few others. Some TS tube suppliers I know of are reporting the next round of TS output ... | |
| Analyzing DACs +1 @bigkidz "You cannot pick a components by measurements alone." Glad to see this statement in the first sentence to advise newbies more. A few years back I followed ASR tests, bought (and later returned) a highly praised DAC, with 125-128d... | |
| KT120 replacement options in a Cronus Magnum II +1 @avanti1960 @markcasazza Best to follow this reply, from a known member with first hand experience on both sets of 88/120 tubes in that specific CMII amp and version you have. FYI tubes can perform and sound differently in different tube amp ... | |
| KT120 replacement options in a Cronus Magnum II @markcasazza do you feel confident its just the one KT120 going bad? Have you swapped R/L tubes to see if the issue follows that one tube? If its just the one tube you might be able to find a single for now and let it play a while longer while sa... | |
| Salk Sound Encore 3 or Totem Wind @dpm2340 makes sense and explains why you posted here, looking for input and possibly other ideas. We get it, and it’s been even worse since the pandemic. Even if you went to an audio store, often times they don’t have your exact amp, tubes, room,... | |
| Salk Sound Encore 3 or Totem Wind @dpm2340 in this case with your amp, if you must pick between the two you mentioned, probably the Salk then. Keep in mind your current speaker will sound different from the Salk and its likely Be tweeter. A friend with similar power range tube am... | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage I had Maggie 3.6Rs on loan for close to 20 days in a 12’ x 16’ room with a 220 wpc dual mono solid state amp with 75amps of current. A capable amp.. The room was the limiting factor. Just did not work very well at all. Sound stage was all wrong. ... | |
| Salk Sound Encore 3 or Totem Wind @dpm2340 it might be helpful if you shared exactly which model BAT amplifier you are using. BAT makes 75/80 watt tube amps and up to ~500 watt solid state amps. While Salk Song Encore 3 spec 8ohms, and can be okay with tube amps, they dip down cl... |