decooney
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| Finally made the transition to a tube preamp! Now if you can challenge oneself to keep it as-is, and leave it, you’ll be doing well. For others, curiosity sets in about different tubes, then different preamps using different tubes, then curiosity sets in about exploring various tube amps, an... | |
| CARDAS newsletter: Counterfeit Cable Warning! on FleaBay Cardas does not sell Clear Light any more. And, the current bid price of $12.39 should be another indication. The currently listed pair of junk fakes on eBay shipping from Shenzhen China don't even look close to authentic. Buyers, when they arrive... | |
| Which component to upgrade 1st ? @jasonbourne52 A change of speakers will always have a greater positive effect than any electronics. Check out Devore! Garbage-in = Garbage-out. Everything matters, not just speakers, if you care about how it sounds. | |
| Would you spend you money on modest brand new car or rather buy top notch vintage one? @roxy54 ..."he dropped it to a 9. I think that the best that you can call an amp of that age is a 7. What do you guys think?" Functional condition and age matters too, not just appearance for ranking. It also depends on whether it’s been upd... | |
| Large amp fan for Classe CAV150 A CAV 150 or any amp with 36 output transistors and 28 caps is likely to run warm to begin with, and bridged, well you feel it now. You are on the right path with a good fan if you must. I'd be tempted to run 1/2" spacers on the top cover and blow... | |
| NEWS FLASH!! Listening to Music is NOT a "Distraction." Music on a great system can also be a good distraction from something else. | |
| Carey SLP-98 @ozzy62 Interesting. My buddy had the AI Modulus 3a too, me the newer Cary SLP-98, and compared the two over time. While he changed out the stock sovtek 6922s in his AI, me 6SN7s, and another friend with Mundorf caps the newer 98, each of us found... | |
| Carey SLP-98 Heads up: The older version F1 editions originally inspired by uncle Kevy at UpscaleAudio back then sound quite different (veiled over, soupy) compared to a much newer SLP-98 from the past few years. A friend resold his older 98 F1 version and bou... | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 @roxy54 I tried and resold a special edition amp a year ago that many raved about in their system yet it was nothing special in my setup. Was glad to pass it along for someone else to give it a go hoping for them they could find some kind of syner... | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 Reading this older 2016 Absolute Sound article on the F7 led me to believe proper speaker matching and cabling might be extra critical. Also its noted ensuring the correct speaker cables are used, or the damping factor of the amp can drop notably.... | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 Hey @wolf_garcia if you don’t mind me asking, which output tube set are you running in your Inspire to compare to the XA-25? The other reason I ask is I found my former DH Hot Rod Inspire with smallish transformers just not have the drive, sound s... | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 "without sounding forced" was an added phrase to describe musical flow that a friend used when he was describing the sound of his new speakers paired with an amp we were reviewing in common. Once I heard my amp with his speakers all the sudden "m... | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 @roxy54 thank you for sharing your experience. You may have saved me at least one more buy/try/resale situation. Coming from various mosfet ss amps over decades and moving over to all-tube many years ago, I wondered if I had missed out on the late... | |
| Cables recommendation @el_it I think the thought was more related to taking your time, maybe trying a few cables on demo before spending up too much unnecessarily. While I'm I'm a cable nut and tried far too many different cables myself - - many of my 50+ year in-audi... | |
| Cables recommendation +1 to what @mesch said. Many start like this with cables along with their first pair of speakers and sources - - aligning their cable spend without going overboard. However if you suspect that you will upgrade speakers or upgrade core components ... |