freediver
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| CD players and integrated amos I've played around through the years with every combination & the path to Nirvana for me was Digital Front End with Tube Amplification... | |
| Piggybacking meambler’s receiver suggestions request - receiver or pre/pro advice please Since you care less about home theater than good sound I would sell off the home theater gear and put that with the $1200.00 you budgeted..With your Klipsch speakers something like my little Quad VA-One integrated amplifier should sing... There ar... | |
| More expensive DAC the answer? Your wasting money if the room acoustics are not sorted out..Your going to likely change tone a bit but a "hollow"sound will still be there... | |
| More expensive DAC the answer? It's doubtful a DAC change will do much unless the rest of the system & acoustics are sorted out... What are your system components upstream?Room size & treated?What exactly don't you like about the sound? | |
| Home theater setup recommendations? First if you really want to enlighten them take them to hear some live unamplified music...Then demo a Bose system,followed by a decent surround system and finally a really good 2 channel system... If you just want to grab them something decent wi... | |
| Preamp / amplification recommendations for the SF Guarneri Homage Tradition Wenge Time for you to discover tubes! Maybe a big integrated like a VTL IT-85 or Hybrid(Tube Pre/SS power)...If it must be SS then SimAudio... | |
| Any comments on my Ayre AX-7e vs Ayre EX-8 vs Simaudio Moon 340i Integrated Amplifiers Only heard Ayre one time and found it too cool for my taste...BIG fan of SimAudio and I would own them if I ever left tubes again... | |
| Line out converter Ok got it...Doesn’t sound like you need the convertor any longer...Deck has direct couple to amps via Pre Outs & Sub out with crossover controls is everything you need.. Basically you have 2 full range signals passed via the PreOuts & a se... | |
| Line out converter OP,I'm sorry but I don't follow...If the new deck has PreAmp Out why do you need a converter to interface the amp? Are the 4 wires on the converter speaker wires OR RCA terminated? | |
| Small Bedroom Tube Amp eziggy Iook at the Q Acoustics speakers..Fairly easy to drive,inexpensive & KILLER reviews! | |
| When it sounds like a tube amp needs rejuvenating, Power & output tubes going bad tend to snap crackle & pop,literally... Small signal tubes going bad are sneaky,usually only displaying lack of volume until going dark...JME,YMMV... PS:Figure around 5000 hours for small signal & between... | |
| Small Bedroom Tube Amp Jolida,something like the Glass FX Tube Integrated or the small Hybrid,forget the model... If you want a real investment piece that will last a lifetime & can scale up to a $10,000.00 speaker look at the Quad VA-One... | |
| Audioquest Night Owl Headphones I have the Pangea extension on my HiFiMan HE400i driven by tubes & it sounds fantastic... | |
| Speakers that sound like Marshall speakers First you can not get the true Marshall experience without TUBES!!! Have a look sometime at Peter Framptons set up,HUGE stacks of Marshall driven by Mesa Boogie & Orange amps last I checked... Best Marshall sound I've had in my home was EL34 t... | |
| Tube amp/preamp options for Tekton Enzo XL's (Budget <$2000) Quad VA-One!!! NEVER had better sound in my home...Got mine from Underwood Wally,a seller here.. |