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| The Horror This is very sad to hear. Believe it or not, I’m always happy to get home to my modest system--an ancient pair of ProAc Response 2’s, my homebrew Williamson tube amps, my homebrew Aikido 6SN7 preamp and my Doge 7 DAC. It doesn’t bring the NY Philh... | |
| Need recommendations on 15ft speaker cables I have a friend, a former concert pianist, who has one of the best systems I've ever heard. He has some pricey interconnects and even a power cable or two, but I asked him once what speaker cable he was using, it looked sort of rugged. He said, ... | |
| USB DAC cable over 15ft - Solutions? I'm with the streamer camp. Time to cut that cable! Plus, get your PC out of the chain. You'll be glad you did. Even a Raspberry Pi 4 with a little free audio OS would be better than the PC. I just sent one a friend to solve the same issue yo... | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? "The cap failure you experienced might have been caused by not speccing the cap right. If its connected to a plate circuit, it must be rated at a value 15% or so above the no-load DC Voltage of the power supply in the preamp! If not, it can short ... | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? There was a thread in another forum recently wherein a fellow was using a highly-regarded tube preamp with a very sensitive SS power amp. The amp kept going into shutdown, and after much discussion with the preamp's designer, it was determined th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "I’ll Remember April" by the Roger Ram Trio. "Roger Ram" is "Ram" Ramirez, who wrote "Lover Man." A solid jazz pianist in the Ahmad Jamal tradition. This is an RCA "Living Stereo" album that is only available for streaming from Qobuz, Amazon, Spot... | |
| must you play music to break in tubes Just to confirm what others have written, crackling and noise from tubes is not a "break-in" issue. Return them immediately. | |
| Ethernet cable for music streaming You might consider switching to fiber ethernet. You need a pair of converters and whatever length of optical cable you need. You could convert the longer run, or you could do a local conversion just from the switcher to the streamer. It does ad... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... Some of the best imaging I've heard from a box speaker was a pair of floor-standing Nesteroviches. I couldn't believe that such a klunky, traditional-looking speaker could disappear so completely. They were very well set up in a room, oh, 25' de... | |
| 40+ watts SET, cost is not a problem If cost really is no object, your friend might consider contacting David Berning about his push-pull ZOTL 845 amps. These are really stunning amplifiers. He won't miss the "SE" part, I assure you. ;-) |