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| CAIN ABBY OWNERS - AMP ADVICE PLEASE thanks for the suggestions. you actually inspired me to cast my net a little wider. i also considered the almarro a318a, but I've seen dicussions here that it sounded a little dry with the Abbys. I ended up going the safe route - i.e. with an 845-... | |
| Suggest a tube integrated for me . . I've used Jolida, Primaluna and now Eastern Electric. If you can find one of the pre-circuit board Jolidas, grab it. I owned a sj-502A that was absolutely sweet and pretty powerful. Tried the Jolida 1000a - didn't like it AT ALL. It was very dry, ... | |
| Jolida JD-100 or Eastsound CD-5 ? I've actually owned both of these players. I enjoyed the Jolida very much; a very involving, high quality tube output player. It is no match however, for the Eastsound. In terms of detail, resolution, refinement -- the Eastsound is truly hi-end to... | |
| Vandersteen's Low Spousal Acceptance Factor The 'Larks have landed! They are absolutely beautiful in Mahogany. BIG, off-the-charts-positive wife acceptance factor. She loves them. They're significantly smaller than the 2ce sigs, which is nice given my cramped listening room. Hard to compare... | |
| Vandersteen's Low Spousal Acceptance Factor Thanks everyone for their input. It's amazing - or incredibly foolish - that I'm willing to risk about $1000 based on advice from people I've never met! You could all be WRONG!Just kidding; almost every recommendation I've gotten on this site has ... | |
| Vandersteen's Low Spousal Acceptance Factor I bought a subwoofer for my setup as well. | |
| Vandersteen's Low Spousal Acceptance Factor OK guys, Just locked down a pair of Kestrel 2s in mahogany - absolutely beautiful. Call me superficial, but the shearwaters are almost as butt ugly as the Vsteens. Not looking forward to the 200 hours of break-in though. thanks for the suggestions. | |
| Tube rolling for Jolida 502B I was using a 502A until recently. For power tubes, I had great luck with the JJ Tesla KT-88s. Nice fat, warm sound. For the 12AX7s, the NOS Telefunken smooth plates are awesome - but expensive. For my 12AT7s, I used NOS Sylvania with gold feet - ... | |
| Vandersteen's Low Spousal Acceptance Factor Let's get this straight right now. You obviously haven't seen my wife - she's a total Sicilian hottie. The Vandy's are going way before she does, so how about some real suggestions??Like the Meadowlark Kestrel 2 idea, but afraid I'd be giving up b... | |
| Signal Cables vs cardas yes; i'd second your opinion. Frank makes a great product for the money. His power cords are excellent for the money. His ICs work best in faster, brighter systems. They can really smooth out a glare-y CDP or hyper-accurate SS amp. I think they ar... | |
| Tube/Solid State Bi-Amplification Thanks to everyone for generously volunteering your experience and expertise. You've really helped clarify this issue for me. | |
| DIGITAL UPGRADE DILEMMA Thanks everyone for your input. I've decided to upgrade both my amp and CD. JVR, thanks for the excellent amp suggestions. I'd never heard of vtl, but after some research yesterday, I'm very interested.-Greg |