gthirteen
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| Integrated amp for less than$2500,your suggestion All you SS guys should really, really, really check out a well designed tubed pre/amp or integrated.You really can't get that kind of musicality, warmth, smoothness in solid state unless you're talking 5digits, and I don't mean to the right of the... | |
| looking for a chair While we're talking "good" furniture, I think that there are many Midcentury designs that fit the bill nicely:The Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman (by Herman Miller)is probably the last stereo chair that I'll ever own (once I get enough $ to buy it!... | |
| Integrated amp for less than$2500,your suggestion Warm, Smoother, Fuller, Musical?!?!Dude, you just described what I've been with for over a year and a half- and that's a long love affair for an amp in my house.The Rogue Tempest.Remote Volume (nice, solid Aluminium)Switchable Triode/Ultralinnear ... | |
| Tube rolling in Cary SLI 80 Start with the 6922 tubes (the stock Sovteks are crappy)THen do the 6sn7, then the Rectifiers , then the power tubes last. I like the ELectro Harmonix 6550 power tubes.CHanging the 6922 and the 6sn7 should make a big difference.I have bought from ... | |
| Tube rolling in Cary SLI 80 I'm not sure of the thread name, but it's basically something along the lines of "Rogue Tempest/Cary SLI-80 SIg shootout". I did a whole comparison about 9 months ago.Went thru the whole thing, documented it pretty well. Good luck finding it, it s... | |
| JM Reynaud Trente- have you heard them? comments? Yeah, that's what I thought RE: breakin...I have a used pair that I decided to replace (still got 'em, probably will be selling soon) with a pair in the cherry battenboard finish, that seems to be a little stiffer and more neutral, but after 200+ ... | |
| Best imaging stand mounted speakers? JM Reynaud Trentes. I just sold my Nautilus 805 (which image extremely well). The little-known Trentes are super.check out the Jean Marie Reynaud website for some gushing reviews... | |
| Which tubes? My amp can except El34, 6L6, KT88, an I can say that the Electro-Harmonix 6550 outperform both the Svetlana 6550 and Svet KT-88 in both my Rogue Tempest, and in the Cary SLI-80 Signature. They sounded cleaner top to bottom. The Svet KT88 had a bit more warmfuzzy in the mids, but you d... | |
| Best speaker new or used 2,000 for ROCK? You know, the Hales speakers are a great rock speaker. that are no longer manufactured, but parts are available.I owned a pair of Revelation 3s, and sold them about 6 months before Paul sold out.Anyway, they're great speakers, as many, many owners... | |
| Tube Pre-Amp Upgrade Advice for Young Audiophile My first TUbe PRe was a CJ PV-10AL.SInce you said you are looking for something that is more transparent, I would have to suggest that you NOT buy a CJ-PV10 model. They sound ravishing, but transparent is not a word I would use to describe them.Ma... | |
| know anything about the Unison Research Unico? I had an SR-1 Integrated, which is a cooler looking (and more expensive) Unico. (Check the website)There was great airgood on vocals (just a little SS bite, that while some prefer, I'm an all tube man)imaging and soundstaging were what impressed m... | |
| Any small speakers equal in sound to Hales Rev III Oh,I would have to disagree with hifiguy RE the 2.9 being a better speaker.true, it's got a nice bottom end, but it sounds less refined to my ears, with a high end that gets a bit tizzy at higher volumes.YMMV | |
| Any small speakers equal in sound to Hales Rev III I went from Rev 3s to B&W Nautilus 805.Yep. the bookshelf speaker.Now, OBVIOUSLY, the bass response is nowhere NEAR the Rev3.That is its greatest strength. I could never get them to image just right. I think the dispersion rings might be hurti... | |
| Albertporter only needs 50 Albert!what a guy.If there's any left (not sure if fifty was the minimum or the max) count me in for 2.Thanks.I nominate Albert Porter for president of SAAG.(Seriously Addicted Audiophiles Guild)Joe | |
| What do you think of rogue with B & W 805N? I'm using a Rogue Tempest integrated with B&W N805 speakers.There is NO problem with integration. There is enough power.As far as a Sub, the smart money is on REL, I believe the Strata III is the current model that matches best with the B&... |