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| Looking to move to a Tube Integrated setup With speakers at efficiency at 98dB I would go low watt. I run a 4 watt Decware with a 92db Ref 3A de Capos and the sound is amazing my second system has a 2/6 watt Grommes PHI-26 with 97db Klipsch Quartets and damn does that sing. W... | |
| Altec Model 19 Soundsystem with Subwoofer pairing Our local record store has the biggest SVS sub i have ever seen outside of a concert venue. its about 36 x 18 x 24 https://www.dtsvinyl.com/ | |
| CD player recommendation with good built in dac under 1k new or used? please and thanks I bought an emotiva ERC-4 bc it had a built in DAC for external use. solid well built great sound around 600$ | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp I second the Reference 3A de Capos. i use mine with a 4 watt tube amp and the room is 12 x 22 and plenty loud and with great full sound even low volume. I've hear soem Omegas and that is another great choice | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 100 tube DAC Look at MHDT DACs for a good price to value tube sound. buy used | |
| Hagerman Trumpet MC review I went through 54 tube phono stages before settling on a Cornet II just the right balance for my system The Project was okay the Wright WP200 was too dark The Bottlehead Seduction too sweet the Cornet II just right. lol ps cant remember t... | |
| What is your favorite budget streamer? old macbook? chromecast? | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? We use an old MacBook Pro just for streaming. It runs to a Schitt Eitr and then to a MHDT DAC. Is it as good a sound as the CDP going through the DAC? No but its not bad. We mostly listen to NPR, WWOZ, and FlacBlues. No Spotify or other stream... | |
| Integrated Tube Amp approx. $2,500 With those Cornwalls look at Decware, a nice range of tube amps with great sound. Long wait to get new but on the used market they pop up regularly | |
| Rel T/7x sub sound improvement but… I recently added a sub to my stand mount Reference 3A de Capo i which are spec'd down to 44 hz. I dont have room to put the sub in a corner so i set it just behind and in the middle of the two speakers and set it for 80hz and very low volume. Ma... | |
| Best standmounts with a 7" woofer/driver Reference 3A de Capos | |
| Devore O/96 with Luxman 88uc I heard these speakers at Aural HiFi in Denver, not sure what tube amp it was paired with but wow what full rich sound. My wife wouldn't let me buy them. | |
| The Jico SAS/B Stylus VN 5 MR I go a Shure V15VxMR when i bought a used TT from a guy who bundled it with a bunch of stuff. I sold off most of the stuff including the TT but kept the Shure. In 14 years I have bought 3 Jico styli for it and love the sound with my VPI HW-19 mk... | |
| critique my setup -- weak link? best way to improve? Get a nice tube phono stage. Hagerman cornet II/III is good price used | |
| Adding tube sound to my SS system I jumped into to tubes in 2007 with a Primaluna Prologue II. Slowly added more tubes-phono stage, tuner, DAC. I now use a 4 watt Decware Mini Torii with the same speakers I used with the 35wpc Primalune: Reference 3A de Capos 92db. Plenty lo... |