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| Did I screw up??? C2700 vs c49 I have a C2300 with an MC500 and it’s a stellar tubed preamp! You’ll do fine fine with the C49. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love An SPL Phonos preamp. Beautiful well made piece of gear, but its sound just clashed with my McIntosh amp and preamp. | |
| Terry DeWick has passed I talked to Terry a few years ago when he first retired. I had a problem with one of my McIntosh MC30s and he helped me out through several lengthy phone calls. He always had time for fellow audiophiles, no matter what. That’s the kind of person h... | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? To control multiple sources. | |
| Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming? +1 @zlone | |
| McIntosh MC20 - 1960's - No Left Channel There is a McIntosh forum that is more tech oriented in audiokarma.org that may be more helpful but +1 @mwood for the Audio Classics recommendation. I use them for all my vintage gear. Good luck. | |
| JJ preamp tubes - repeated problems Yes they do test them but current tubes aren’t what they used to be quality wise. McIntosh is very easy on tubes, so the problem is definitely the JJs. That’s why I use NOS. I use Amprex Medical 12 ax7 s in my C2300 and have well over 10000 hours.... | |
| vibration control - cd player Use Isoacoustics footers under the component I use them under all mine and my speakers. They not only protect against vibrations, knocks etc but improve sound. | |
| Neat "Tweaks" to improve the SQ of your streamed music!!! +1 @upshift I did this a couple of years ago. Adding a fiber optic ethernet connection before the streamer is the best bang for the buck upgrade you can do in my opinion. | |
| Ways to make your digital streaming sound better Fiber optic Ethernet! With Finisar SFP modules. Makes a big difference in sound. | |
| 20 Years? Happy anniversary! | |
| Signal tube versus power tube, sound impact? Usually power tubes first then signal tubes in an amp. Also it’s the first signal tube in the series for a particular channel that has the most impact. For instance, if you have 3 -12 ax7s for each channel, the first one in the series has the mos... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. +1 @erik_squires totally agree. I used to be a bare wire advocate but after going to banana connectors I’m a believer. | |
| Value of a preamp? +1 @soix also it gives you the ability of various inputs, sound level balance, and control of your system components. Ideally, it should “get out of the way” in terms of sound and noise but it’s personality can add quite a bit to a system given t... |