erikt
Responses from erikt
| Which Jazz Artist’s Influenced your Musical Taste? Dec 9, 1965 as a 6 yr old watching Charlie Brown Christmas on TV and not knowing that the music was jazz. Vince Guaraldi's instrumental version of "Christmas Time is here" is the most perfect gateway song to jazz. It explains why I'm also a big ... | |
| Integrated S.E.T Amp and Bookshelf Speakers Recommendations I'm a toob noob, but will say that you can get what you are looking for with single ended pentode integrateds and stand mounts for under 10K with some searching and patience. I got my Audio Note AN-K speakers and OTO SE integrated for $8k used. ... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Got my TT hooked up (Technics SL1200MK2, tonearm rewire/Cardas ICs, KAB tonearm damper, Isonoe feet, Audio Technica AT33Sa LOMC) up last week and have spent some time listening to some jazz LPs. Wonderful sounding. I keep coming back to the feeli... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Got the OTO Line SE up and running. I'm only using my Marantz SA-KI Ruby as a source as I'm still waiting on some interconnects to get my TT connected. First impressions are that the OTO and my Luxman L-509x are more alike than different. I'm n... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier I received the Audio Note OTO Line SE yesterday in good shape. All the tubes are seated snugly in and an internal inspection shows everything is in good shape for a 1998 unit. It's a legit AN unit. I've cleaned up all the RCA, speaker, and powe... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier @mdalton I got it used on a different audio forum at a very fair price based on age. Waiting for delivery. | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier @ghasley It's legit if old (1998) | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Thanks again for all the great suggestions. I found an Audio Note OTO Line SE (Level 2) integrated with preouts that I'm purchasing. More later once I have had a chance to give it a listen. | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Thanks for all of the great suggestions - I've got a lot of research to do! | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier I've thought about the tube preamplifier route, but have read about SET magic on the power side - so I'm going 'whole hog'. | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Wow - had errands to run yesterday afternoon and came back to all these replies! Thanks for all the great suggestions - I'll be parsing thru these. I get/understand that subs are a high level impedance load to an amp and 'should' not be an issu... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Soix What specific sound characteristics are you looking for? === I'd describe my current sound as very relaxed & open, balanced with vg blacks so there is wonderful tonal texture - smooth. I guess I'm tube curious, esp with posts floatin... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Thanks for the recommendations so far. I have been looking at both Audio Note and Icon tube integrateds, but don't see any with pre-outs to drive a sub. Anyone verify they can be connected speaker level to both speakers and a sub? I ask because... | |
| Integrated Amp Shopping Decisions What about the new NAD C3050LE integrated? Since you have a NAD now you can stay 'in the family' so to say. It's just a smidge over your budget at $1972 new. The MF is a good choice, too, imo. | |
| How hot is hot when moving from class a/b to to a or tubes? I have the L-509x and Luxman USA confirmed that the L-509x operates as Class A up to 6 watts, then transitions to A/B. With high efficiency speakers and modest listening levels, the L-509x likely operates solely in Class A. |