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| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? Apologies. As Almarg pointed out, I was comparing one tube amp to another tube amp rather than tube to SS. Duh. Only point, I guess, is that SET amp watts are more potent than push-pull amp watts, and nobody asked about that. Sorry.To clarify some... | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? My 12wpc SET monoblocks (845 output tubes, EL-34 drivers) designed and built by a friend sounded much more authoritative and powerful than the CJ Premier 12 monoblocks (140 wpc) I used to have. So, for me, this contention -- tube watts delivering... | |
| Oppo BDP-105 vs Mcintosh MVP-891 Hi Finsup. After having it for a whole day and a half, can confidently say the Oppo/Modwright is a winner :-)Seriously, it already sounds great to me and yes, defeats the Raysonic -- my favorite for some 6 years -- pretty handily. I'm not ready to... | |
| Oppo BDP-105 vs Mcintosh MVP-891 I'm expecting my ModWright-modded Oppo 105 today, weather permitting. The stock unit was the first SACD player I had (after 3 Sony and 2 earlier Oppo units) that sounded as good -- but no better -- on CDs as my Raysonic 128, so I figured it might ... | |
| Taking Suggestions for New Speaker Cables A perennial recommendation on another website is the Clear Day line of pure silver speaker cables at very attractive prices. I bought their "Double Shotgun" variety and have been extremely pleased. Dealing with Paul Laudati of Clear Day is a joy a... | |
| Denon DL-103 "one of the...." I'd take a Denon DL-103 over Dynavector 10X5 any day. In fact, I did. And are you sure that a high compliance cartridge requires a heavy tonearm? And that the DL-110 is an Ortofon product? | |
| Best mm cart for VPI scout/jmv-9 memorial arm I had a 2M Black, sold it. Bought a Soundsmith Zephyr, love it. This was on a JMW 10.5i arm. | |
| Ever downgrade and have better sound? Sure. Replaced a $3700 pair of Conrad Johnson CD player/transport units with a $300 Pioneer DV-414 and couldn't get over the sonic improvement. That's the most dramatic but there have been many others. Not "downgrades," except in the eyes of some ... | |
| NOS tubes For my Rhea Yes, call or email Glenn Buckley at Aesthetix. | |
| Help me choose a Conrad Johnson pre-power For what it's worth, I sold a pair of CJ Premier 12 monoblocks after a friend brought over a pair of SET amps (845 output tubes) he had built, to compare against the CJs. He built me a pair and I still have them, after 10 years.On the other hand, ... | |
| Anyone know anything about new VPI Classic 3 arm? I see that in the interests of achieving ever more confusion, VPI has come up with still more tonearm variants since I last visited their website (Mike once told me they have 7 different counterweights for the arm I have, an "original" 10.5i). Fro... | |
| Anyone know anything about new VPI Classic 3 arm? Sounds like the one VPI made via 3-D printing. I believe the armtube alone sells for $2400. | |
| Oppo 105 Analog vs HDMI? I read the manual citation on p.74. Apparently it's talking about playing Dolby Digital or DTS discs rather than SACDs. Since I'm familiar only with the way SACDs work, my comments may not apply. Sorry about that. | |
| Oppo 105 Analog vs HDMI? Why? Because you would be sending ALL the multichannel signals to the front left and right instead of just the ones recorded and INTENDED for the front left and right. If this isn't a recipe for congestion, I don't know what is. | |
| Pre-recorded Reel-to Reel tapes Buconeer, you might note that all Barclay-Crocker tapes were Dolby-encoded (except the few that were dbx-encoded), so you need a Dolby deck or a way to cut the highs if you play them back on a standard deck.That 2-track "Kind of Blue" has only 3 o... |