elevick
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| To preamp or not to preamp?...that is the question I tried it and gave up. Medium priced CD players (marantz and Denon) don't have high enough quality volume controls with enough steps. I was told that they can be modified but is it worth it? Secondly, the ones I experimented with only controlled ... | |
| Should I replace my Marantz SR880 MkII receiver? For what you're 880 is worth, you won't get a better pre-amp out there. The weakness of the receiver is the amplification. Stick with what you have! I will say that I've had both a SR880 as well as an AV550 and just upgraded to an Anthem and notic... | |
| Upgrading 2 channel stereo. I had both a Marantz AV550 and a Marantz SR880 receiver along with a Marantz CC65 Cd player. Let's just say I miss the 550 but not the 880 nor the cc65. This is why: Marantz features are great and easy to use. Marantz amplification is only mediocr... | |
| Please help with selecting an AV receiver Check out harmonaudio.com They sell refurbished with full factory warranties! By the way, do you really think that these 2 units are comparable in quality? The HK may have more junk but at what cost? | |
| Maggie Fans, what will u miss if you give them up? Not having to sit directly in one spot to do all of my listening! | |
| Kora Galaxy + Velodyne Sub + Wadia 25 + Tyler Mon Hi,You should get 5000 to 10,000 hours out of the 6922s. Bias won't bother them. Generally, you will only bias output tubes. I would contact Kora about that-every amp is totally different. | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Well, Revels do take about 200 hours to break in! That's about 1/5 to 1/10 of your output tubes' lives just to brak them in. I love the MFAs but, try running a solid state amp for a week straight to see if it helps. Also, 30' between amp and pre? ... | |
| Class A amplifier choice, need suggestions Sleeper of Class A amps: Yamaha M80 The whole M series is awesome. It was just as clean as my Threshold, just not as warm. Handles 3 sets of speakers and has built in gain control. Awesome bargain. | |
| 25 customs/tax fee to ship audio to Canada ?? Your canadian buddy should have known better. You must admit that charging off of the insured rate is fair. However, canadian customs are a bunch of pigs. See if they will ship it back to you and call the deal off? That's why a lot of folks won't ... | |
| Kora Galaxy + Velodyne Sub + Wadia 25 + Tyler Mon I'm willing to add a good quality sub x-over to lighten up the load on my amp. Supposedly, crossing over at 100hz will effectively quadruple the amps output if it doesn't have to reproduce loud bass-IT WORKS. My system: Denon cd to classe 30 pre-a... | |
| tubes for Kora Galaxy Reference Get rid of the Sovteks! Buy the best 6922s you can afford, they are the most precious of the bunch and may affect your sound the most. Contact me about 6as7 and el84 if you want to play with inexpensive old stock.Emeryemfoods@yahoo.com | |
| Advice please Hi,Use the 3 prong to 2 prong adaptors to eliminate the ground loop. If that doesn't work, try reversing them in the outlet. However, the best thing to do, especially with the quality equipment you have is to invest 100-300 on a line conditioner t... | |
| What tube amps for the Quad ELS 63 Hi,My EAR 519 100 watt monoblocks barely drove ESL 63s. They did sound amazing once an 18" velodyne was added. A warm amp helps as well as lots of room around the quads. A good sub x-over with a nice powered sub will not only do amazing things but... | |
| Any gear you wish you had bought or not sold?? I miss my Threshold 400A-It would cost $5k to $10k to match it and I only got a paltry sum of $650. | |
| Tubes that Glow Different Two questions: 1-is your amp getting enough fresh air? 2-when you say "longer", do you mean 5 minutes or 2 hours of hard playing? Your only real worry should be if one of the tubes glows very brightly-your bias may be off. |