ghdprentice
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| amplifier with volume control I would also recommend heading back towards the main stream if you are interested in sound quality. Active preamps serve a function as Millercarbon points out. An integrated amp sounds like the right solution. | |
| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) ARC equipment is very accurate with an excellent midrange through bass (think non-colored warmth), but is not artificially warm. So it will sound detailed but not hard and cold. It also has outstanding rhythm and pace… musicalness. Rythm and pace ... | |
| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) Thanks, I love my dogs too… and my system in that order. | |
| Takayuki 300B vs Western Electric NEW Production 300B I have a couple Takatsuki 300B tubes in my Woo head amp. They replaced the stock tubes. No comparison in sound with original tubes, the Takatsuki are way better. But I have not tried new WEs. I think my research pointed without fail to the Takatsu... | |
| Premature gear defenestrations Not for me. I always make component upgrades that I have throughly research of the 2x to 3x cost and the change has always been significant and generally exceeded my expectations. You don’t get that profound changes from tweaks this way.Having sai... | |
| Dedicated Streamer/Transport Recommendations? This may be above you price range, but after experimenting with lots streamers I got a Aurender 100N for my headphone system and then upgraded to there flagship streamer for my main system. I can personally endorse their products at all levels. Th... | |
| Is your now then? About 1979 I purchased a very highly rated Onkyo tape deck (award winning). It sounded good. I though the tape head could be better optimized so I took it to and audio guy… sounded terrible after that. He screwed it up and couldn’t fix it. So I we... | |
| Please recommend a powerful tube amplifier Clearly you wouldn’t be looking around if you were in love with the sound. What is it that’s missing? My desire to look around disappears when I am happy with my system. You have a world class high powered amp known for detail, nuance, and raw pow... | |
| Sonus Faber vs Wilson That is quite the quandary. i guess a good one to have. My only concern was sound for most of my audiophile life, I never paid attention to looks. Then I got near retirement and wanted both. Fortunately I did not have to choose between the two. My... | |
| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) Here are my systems.https://systems.audiogon.com/users/ghdprenticeEnjoy! | |
| Commercial Vinyl Record Cleaning Service San Francisco Bay Area? Wow. I never thought of that. I bought a record cleaning machine about thirty years ago and have been doing my own. Great idea, I bet they have to be good at it. | |
| I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s. There is a very emotional connection with music from the early teens into the twenties. With all those hormones coursing through your body, first connections with the opposite sex, events, freedom, and music get conflated in a wonderfully profound... | |
| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) The ARC REF 5Se is an outstanding preamp. It was the center of my system for at least five years. Don’t second guess this decision, it is a world class preamp. It would be a worthy component to keep indefinitely. Last year I did a major system upg... | |
| Very small, warm and dynamic speakers Congratulations. Looks great, sounds like they sound great also. | |
| More watts or better power ? Normally I think more power more better. But that is a sweet and outstanding amp. Given your system and location, I would try power conditioning to all but the amp. |