deepee99
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| Best platter mat, especially for DD turntables What's wrong with plain old cork? No static, no rumble . . . | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. I am no rocket scientist here, but my suggestion would be fairly high-power A/B tube amps, 100 WPC, aided by a s/s Class D amp in each of the bottom end or sub-woofs, rolling off at about 100 Hz.. The Class Ds take all the heavy lifting away from ... | |
| Shuguang Treasure tubes.... A bit off-topic here, but if you're rolling tubes it's a good idea to re-tension your tube sockets as often as you change tubes, especially outputs, power off of course, and a squirt of De-Oxit while you're at it! I am using both PSVanes and Black... | |
| CD players that make for a great transport Hard to beat a HHB with the proprietary upside-down transport and digital (RCA) out. They were Pioneer's answer to the upscale market, retailed for more than a grand, get one off Feebay for about $300 if you're sharp. | |
| Solid state amp to replace my Audio Research Ref 150 amp Keep a lookout for a used Bedini, Class A. The 100/100 and 200/200 put out Class A sound but only Class B heat. | |
| Shiit yggdrasil I have Schiit’s entry-level Bifrost and for the size and array of my system it is perfect. As for build quality, let’s put it this way: You wouldn’t want one thrown at you. You’d be flat on the floor and the DAC would be playing its heart out. My ... | |
| Preamp... Solid State or Tube Impedance matching is a no-brainer. It's (at least in the case of tube preamps) the values of the output capacitors. 50k is way too low for tube amps, which run in the mid- 250k-ohm range. Fifty should do you fine for a s/s amp. Coupla solder conn... | |
| Preamp recommendation please.. Don Sachs builds the finest-sounding (and looking) tube preamp I have ever heard.http://www.dsachsconsulting.com/custom%20line%20stage.htmlFor <$2k it comes with the top-grade silver/gold/oil Mundorf coupling caps that will handle any solid-sta... | |
| Learning the hard way about AC power solutions The most important thing you can have upstream of your gear, especially tubes, is a MANUAL RESET GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter). If you get a brown-out or one of those quick on-off flashes the GFCI will shut everything off and needs to be... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? Indeed, all good ideas. Remember that the retailer's middle-man will have tweeked everything to perfection, which you won't be able to reproduce in your living room, plus you're parting with twice the money the retailer paid for them. I hate to so... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies Hey brethren, I’m not saying one outfit’s gear is better than another’s. But electrons move in a certain, defined, predictable and unalterable way. Along that way their passage gets corrupted whether by tubes or silicon or wire resistance and capa... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies Taters, I've paid dearly for due diligence. When I finally swore off the high-end (I should say high-advertised) stuff was when I paid air-fare to fly the Vandy dealer over here to "adjust" the 5AC speaks, drove 90 miles each way to the airport an... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies Taters, there are a lot of good options out there. And since you started this thread looking for underground high-end, well, you’ve seen some great suggestions here from the other posters. I can get absolutely top-end tube gear hand-built in Monta... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies I don’t disagree with your surmise, Taters. I’ve owned Vandies from the 2CEs up to the 5ACs. I hold Dick Vandersteen and his products in the highest regard. But I think if you gave the Tylers a listen you might see (hear) my point. You can’t go wr... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies Yep. I owned a pair of Vandersteen 5A carbons ($32k), replaced them with a pair of Tyler Acoustics D-12x speakers for $8k, and like them much better. Depends on your listening needs. The Vandies are great speaks but their "sweet spot" is about one... |