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| Opinions on vintage cj amps and Teflon cap mods I'm with avguygeorge regarding the recoup of money spent on upgrades. Unless the guy doing the work knows his stuff, you could wind up with a result that is worth a lot less than the original. That being said, both C-J and Bill Thallman do GREAT w... | |
| Best used Hybrid or tube preamp for $1K There is a used Van Alstine ECR 7 preamp on the 'Gon right now. Hybrid tube and MOSFET. | |
| Tubes for CJ MV60SE SED or Svetlana tubes are the ones that have the =C= logo. Be sure to get that version or brand. I've gotten the same 6550 tubes that go onto your MV60 from Upscale Audio. Depending on where you live they might be a little closer (California). | |
| The Most Musical Class A/B Power Amplifier?? Why all the power? I use 3.6R maggies and can get by with a 75 watt tube amp for about 95% of my listening. Sources are vinyl and CD/SACD. I would suggest you spend a few sessions with one of those Radio Shack SPL meters to get a good idea as to h... | |
| Tube Pre-amp under $1000 I have Maggies and the c-j PV-5 is just the ticket. Has a great phono stage. There's one on the 'Gon right now. No, I'm not the seller. | |
| Chime in.What's the Best Cassette Recorder ever ? Yamaha KX-1200. With DBX engaged, great for dubbing CD's. | |
| Music Reference RM9 and Preamp Experiences Music Reference has a "circle" on Audiocircle. You might want to register there and post this question also. | |
| SOTA vacuum or no? The vacuum option is available on both the Sapphire and the Nova. The Nova has a different bearing material IIRC and some other changes in the substructure. The clamping makes a difference. There is an increase in low level resolution that is hard... | |
| Krell and CJ PV12 As long as your Krell is out for repair, take your PV12 to a tech and have it checked for DC output. Inform him of the Krell taking a DC hit (assuming that's the correct diagnosis from the Krell repair tech) and have him check the 12. Tube power a... | |
| Disposition of old TAS/Stereophile Yes you can. They can be a valuable resource. I priced my set a few years ago at about $1.50 an issue. Sold them the next day. | |
| What is the best place to buy tubes? I bought a set of tubes from Upscale Audio to outfit 2 CJ amps and a CJ preamp and had no problems. Kevin is the real deal!!! | |
| Tube amps with BALLS in the low end registrer ??? If you're interested in used stuff consider the older VTL open chassis models like the mono 300's or the vintage C-J Premier 1. Also the D-250 from Audio Research. All can be found for about $2500 or less. | |
| Manufacturers don't get it. make tubes visible. Maybe your favorite manufacturer doesn't expose tubes but there are many that do. Cary, Audio Research, Quicksilver, Wavelength, Fi, to name a few. If you include used or older items that list grows to include VTL, and C-J. | |
| First Tube Preamp 2nd the advice on a C-J preamp. I have a PV-5 and I wouldn't part with it. Sounds glorious. Keep in mind though that the vintage C-J stuff is getting up there in age (even the PV11) and may need some work. But IMHO after you replace (upgrade) vari... | |
| Vince Guaraldi recommendations Try Guaraldi and Bola Sete. Great guitar and piano. They recorded a couple of disks on Fantasy. |