gfloyd53
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| I have a BAT VK-20 and BAT VK-200 what are the bes Thanks to everyone so far. Hi Gunbei, I'm currently using Monster Sigma Retro Gold interconnects and speaker cables. I like these cables but after the expense of the new preamp I was just wondering if I was really getting the best sound from my in... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Thanks Tpsonic, I have ordered a VK-20 with the six pac plus and remote. I may someday get back into tubes. But I don't think tubes will ever give me the percussion I want. Unless I spend a ton of money. For now, I'll stay with solid state. At lea... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Norah Jones 'Feels Like Home' Didn't think I was going to like this one very much... thought it might be 'OK'. But--it has snuck into my regular rotation, and has a dominating presence there. | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Shelby Lynne 'Identity Crisis'Sarah Chang 'R. Strauss Violin Concerto & Sonata in E flat for Cello and Piano' EMI ClassicsAlicia Keys 'Songs in A minor' This one because I don't even like hip hop, rap or most rhythm and blues and I can't stop ... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Hi S23chang,BAT? I really don't have any idea. A Marantz SACD player is on my 'short' list. And I'm going to go to a BAT dealer and listen to their solid state stuff. I hope it will sound better than the tube equipment I tried. Other things in thi... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Thanks to everyone for their advice. However, I'm leaving tubes behind. The combo was really starting to open up and was starting sound pretty good when a tube or tubes in the preamp decided to act up. I called Kevin at Upscale audio and after des... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Hello again Sbank, Yes. I'm using XLR connections. I may be doing biwires someday. I have in the past like when I was using Synergistic Reaearch Designer's Reference and Resolution Reference with the big Krell KAS2 amplifiers. It was better than e... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Another update: Concierto Concert Grand power cable on the VK-200 and the older Concierto power cable moved to the preamp. About 90 hours of playing/burn in time. HUGE improvements all around!!! Much more open sounding most (about 95%) of the veil... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you System update. OK, here goes. First I put a Concierto power cord (I had left over from another system) on the VK-200 amplifier and put the amp on it's own dedicated circuit (the way I had done with my Krells). This brought some really big improvem... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you I have put together really wonderful systems that I had to sell for various reasons (money, changes in the household, WAF, and, in the case of the Krell class A system, too much heat in a small room). The best systems I assembled took a lot of pat... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Thank you S23chang. So far my wife and I concur with your assessment of the BAT sound. I'm still going to wait for awhile before I make anymore changes (see reason above). And I think I'm going to give up on the used market gamble and start making... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Thanks Jose21 and Tomryan. I will be giving this combination a little more time. I wouldn't want to have anything for sale 'til after this year's traveling is done anyway. (a couple of nieces getting married.) But maybe I'm just a 'solid state' gu... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Update. I've got the BAT VK-30 and BAT VK-200 in my system and working now. It sounds nice but it's a lot warmer than I expected and seems to be lacking in detail. Either I need more time to let this system 'burn in'. Or maybe it was a mistake aft... | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Update. I'm purchasing a BAT VK-30 tube preamp (no updates--yet) and a BAT VK-200 solid state amplifier. Any experience with, or thoughts on, this combo? Any experience with this combo teamed with a BAT VK-D5 cd player? | |
| I'm thinking of getting into tubes, what do you Thanks Jayctoy. Yes I know about the Krell solidstate--tubes mismatch. I sold my Krell amps a few months back. I'm going to be building a completely different kind of system now. |