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| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? Nov 18, 2021 Add bookmark #6 Thx for the link -- very helpful .. Much more reading to do, and music listening, of course.. From the Gospel according to Aiken: (this was my very question - how can a push-pull be Class A ? ---- Fo... | |
| I'm a little perplexed/surprised by TMR and who sells to them..... I was the first H&R Block client who claimed eBay income (1997 or 1998) per H&R Block. They made numerous calls while I was there checking out the specifics of my spread sheets showing costs of goods, S/H and selling prices (I did not cha... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? Good DH/SET... Been using OK/inexpensive DH/SET 2A3 mono blocks for 20+ years (tubes used sell for way more than the amps) and used an Audion DH/SET 300B prior to the 2A3 amps. I use vintage wide band drivers/speakers without added tweeters/subs... | |
| Solid state preamp with a mono switch and remote Addendum: How often will you choose mono? See my first post to this thread. I love a mono switch, but rarely used it when available from my vintage Pilot gear. DeKay | |
| FIRST WATT BIAS SETTING FOR F-5............Not turbo !!! Wow, I just went down the F5 rabbit hole @ DiyAudio. Hopefully Pass (class act) will recall the details. DeKay | |
| Solid state preamp with a mono switch and remote What about getting something you really like and adding something like this? "Handmade Mono-Stereo switch channel sum hih " Yes, the mono switch is a limiting factor. https://www.ebay.com/itm/267134906154?_skw=stereo+mono+switch&itmmeta=01K... | |
| Rogue Audio Sphinx V3 Integrated Amplifier / Separate Phono Preamp Look into this one based on the EAR 834P. Depending on what tubes they supply you might want to pop a little more for a matched pair of 12ax7’s but you can use whatever’s supplied for the 3rd 12ax7buffer tube. $420 assembled/shipped, http://www... | |
| FIRST WATT BIAS SETTING FOR F-5............Not turbo !!! Look here... https://www.firstwatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/prod_f5_man.pdf DeKay | |
| Downsize from C2200/MC275 to integrated SS Here's something that caught my eye having owned the originals ages ago. They are a small format amp/pre combo with tone "tilt" and phono. https://www.sound-advice.online/product-reviews/quad-33-303 DeKay | |
| Downsize from C2200/MC275 to integrated SS OK then, here are a few more options to explore... https://www.lineartubeaudio.com https://herbiesaudiolab.com/collections/loudspeaker-rack-decoupling-and-isolation/products/giant-fat-glider DeKay | |
| Downsize from C2200/MC275 to integrated SS https://www.casterspecialists.com/collections/casters-to-1-250-lb-capacity?srsltid=AfmBOork3wx5B3OEyppBFq6VmAQPQslzWBtxx-KCdBM7fWusK0oehqs2&usf_sort=bestselling DeKay | |
| Ceramic cartridge phono stage options? Elliott: No one here (that I can tell) is recommending plugging a KAB CERMAG into a line level input. The OP's friend can however run the ceramic directly to the line level input of his tube/Nagra preamp and give it a whirl. Ceramics are also s... | |
| Ceramic cartridge phono stage options? Elliott: The rec for running the ceramic to "line" in a tube preamp was for sans the KAB gizmo (same as I did in 1977 with a PAS 3). The KAB would be used with a SS preamp (following the manufacturer's directions). As a tube line preamp is avai... | |
| Ceramic cartridge phono stage options? If your friend is not into DIY this may be the ticket to get him started (see link below). If he has a tube line preamplifier he could try running the ceramic through one of the line level inputs (I ran one through a Dynaco PAS once and it was OK... | |
| Long Run of Speaker Cabling The Canare rec is a good one, but perhaps opt for the 4S11G (OFC) version that is now readily available (I have the regular version). It's a PITA to strip so pay someone to fabricate the cables (it's well worth it). Here's a link... https://www... |