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| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? David Bowie - 'Man Who Sold the World'. My UK RCA copy from '73 is quite good.Badfinger - 'Straight Up' on Apple. The U.S. pressing is fine.Tyrannosaurus Rex - 'Unicorn'. I have a 'Replay' UK re-issue that sounds marvelous. Pre-T. Rex, the record ... | |
| Help Selecting a Good Tube Phono Stage? as already mentioned, a Bottlehead Seduction with the C4S mods is a great bargain. It only uses a pair of 6922s, and with the right tubes, punches above its price. | |
| Stand out phono stages the 'vintage' Threshold FET-10/PC is one of my favorites. Though it's an 80s piece, the sound is one of the better I've heard. Gold plated PCBs, hand construction, all FET signal chain... my only wish is that it could handle really low MCs as the ... | |
| tutube or not tutube Just for some real world experience here - in my 'second system' which is composed of mostly vintage pieces - I run a refurbished Dynaco PAS-3X. The line section tubes, a pair of 12AX7s, are original Telefunkens. For the past two years, the PAS ge... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Rrog - I was talking 'peak' power, not steady state.http://www.the-planet.org/dynaco/Amplifier/Mark%20III%20review.pdfsee the above for some measured performance. | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states A tube amp can typically 'sound louder' than it's specified wattage. There is no hard and fast rule on this as it can depend on how 'soft' the power supply is, the output stage topology (PP versus SE, Class A versus Class AB) and how much voltage ... | |
| Speaker Question...first post on the gon One of the few speakers I've ever heard that can do dynamics much like the real thing, were the UREI 813 studio monitors. They are big, really ugly and not exactly the most transparent speaker out there. However, they are fairly efficient, play LO... | |
| The Hub: QUAD ESL-57, Some good things last a lifetime. The '63s were the speaker that first introduced me to this crazy world of audiophile equipment. It was the first time I ever went "wow!" when listening to a stereo. I've been hooked ever since. | |
| cheaper coupling caps on a budget Obbligato (via DIY Hifi Supply) are tightly wound polyprop capacitors available in copper jackers or normal. For budget capacitors they are some of my favorites. As mentioned above, I would also check out Michael Percy. There are also several capa... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. I was a tube guy for years n' years - built my own (SE and PP) along with modifying plenty of vintage pieces. I had no positive experiences with solid state, having been disappointed with Adcom, Marantz or any solid state pieces. That was until I ... | |
| Dynaco PAS 2 value and difference to PAS 3? I run a Dynaco PAS-3X in my 'second' system (McIntosh 250 / Dynaco PAS / Dynaco AF-6 tuner / KEF Q60 speakers / Panasonic linear turntable and Pioneer CD player). The PAS is a very pleasant preamplifier and with a SDS Power Supply board, new coupl... | |
| Older Altec horn speakers I once owned a pair of Altec Model 15s and eventually parted them out when I got a pair of UREI 813As (using the Altec 604). The folded 32B horn on the Model 15 were grainy sounding and the woofer was not even Altec sourced - apparently they used ... | |
| New Magnepan 1.7 R Sorry, I was trying to use 'bass!' in a sarcastic manner. They do have a different bass and I'm actually quite satisfied with it. And that's coming from my previous speakers (Altec 604 with an Eminence 15" woofer on the bottom). | |
| New Magnepan 1.7 R I'm a recent Maggie 1.6QR convert and love 'em over my past box speakers. They aren't exactly dynamic! or have bass! - but with voices, cymbals, etc they are very good. My friend with the Quad ESL-63s like 'em too - saying they are a more livable ... | |
| Threshold S/500 Power Amp or ??? I run the original S/500 (along with Threshold FET-10/HL and PC preamps) with Magnepan 1.6QRs. It's a great amplifier - good enough for me to give up the tube quest (for now). I'm to the point with this current system where upgrade-itis has been g... |