garfish
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| OK, A'Gon/guys: I like to print the odd thread but Got to agree w/Steuspeed on this one. I like the soft yellow too-- easier on the eyes, and I learned some things about copying from the above posts. Cheers. Craig | |
| upgrade tube for SF line 2 David; I don't know if my NOS Sovteks came from Kevin's "private stash", but he was surprised when I ordered 3 full sets and that I preferred them to some of the much more expensive "premium" tubes such as Amperex and Seimens. I guess the NOS Sovt... | |
| Quality CD Recorders I can highly recommend the Marantz CDR-500 Pro-- MSRP $850., but street price under your new max. price. I got mine from www.bswusa.com Seattle/Tacoma, WA. Cheers. Craig | |
| Who makes the least expensive Tube Pre-Amp? Sonic Frontiers original SFL-1 is available used under $500. and is an excellent sounding hybrid tube pre-amp with a single tube-- and yes you can definitely get that lush tube sound with just a single tube. I used one for several years. Cheers. C... | |
| upgrade tube for SF line 2 I tried several different NOS tubes in my Line 2SE including Siemens, Brimars, Valvos, Mullard and some others, but I prefer NOS Sovteks. At about $25. ea. they are not expensive so I put them in all 6 positions. The NOS Sovteks are micro-phonic a... | |
| Looking for an amazing preamp under $700 used Sonic Frontiers SFL-1, a hybrid single tube pre-amp was a product that helped put SF "on the map"-- a very good value now @ $500.-600.. Excellent sounding, and the tube can be selected to suit your taste. No remote and probably no HT bypass but I ... | |
| Money no object,,,,which speakers would you own??? I'm one of "those" who have managed to own my dream speakers-- Vandersteen 5s and if I had to keep my present listening room, I would stay with them for both looks and sound quality. OTOH, the Vandersteen 5As look the same but are supposed to be s... | |
| What song says something about you? Thanks for all the responses so far, I've enjoyed them and hope they keep coming. Some of you guys are farther "out there" than me;>) Cheers. Craig | |
| Using a good preamp with headphone amp worth it? The Sonic Frontiers Line 1, 2, 3 pre-amps all have the features you want AND a high quality heaphone output jack, and yes the headphone system is driven through the tubes. Also, the SF pre-amps use the electronic system designed by Headroom for th... | |
| Burn in power cord by boiling water?? Marakanetz; is that a recipe for power snake gumbo? | |
| What song says something about you? Nice to hear from all you guys and especially Cornfedboy 'cuz its so seldom anymore! Kelly, I love "Night Moves" by Bob Seeger-- if that's the song you mean. Being an old geezer now, "Breathless" by Jerry Lee Lewis comes to mind too;>)Cheers. C... | |
| Tube dampers? I found Herbie's Hal-O tube dampers (Teflon I think) to make a very noticeable improvement when used on the tubes (NOS 6922 Sovteks, and apparently "micro-phonic) in My SF Line 2SE. The Hal-Os dampened a low treble "tizziness" that showed up as ex... | |
| Need help with choosing a tubed pre-amp. I think you're heading in a really good direction W/ your system, and the BAT could be a good choice. But, IMO, the real beauty of tubed pre-amps is that you can choose the tubes that YOU like best for the sound quality/character that YOU want. I ... | |
| Product Upgrades. Worth the Money? What Swampwalker said! I had a McCormack DNA-0.5 upgraded to Rev A Gold by Steve M. at SMc, and it's as good as what Swampwalker says. Was it worth it? Definitely-- this is a reference quality amp. I'd have no trouble at all identifying the differ... | |
| What tube pre amp for live sound on rock and roll I like R&R (SOMETIMES LOUD) and tube pre-amps too, and use an SF Line 2SE w/ NOS Sovtek tubes. Others above have touched on it, but I think that tube type/brand is the single most important factor in getting the sound-- including PR&T-- yo... |