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| Considering doing Chinese Yes, please leave politics out of this forum. If you really want to get into it. Most Asians still view Americans and the rest of the Western countries as "imperialists" for the occupation of their land from late 1800s and 1900s where United State... | |
| Parasound or Forte Actually Forte Model 4 is the Class A version of Model 6. (Not Model 5) I used to own a Model 6. I believe it's a Nelson Pass design. There was an article in Stereophile about the Model 4 and 6. Basically, he designed the Model 4 in pure class A, ... | |
| Stockfisch Records Didn't have any issue with my Sara K LP. Maybe it needs to be cleaned? Many of my new LPs arrived with some surface dust and pop noise which were solved by running them through the cleaner. Great sounding LP! Crappy music? I don't think so. Many o... | |
| Amp for Thiel CS1.5? I echo the recommendation of the Forte amp. Look for a model 4 which is a pure class A outputing 50watts. When I started this hobby many many years ago, I heard the combo at the dealers and was quite impressed. (I had already bought the 2.2 and th... | |
| ARC Pre + which SS amp? Similar experience as MdConnelly. I have an ARC LS-25 Mk I with GNSC Ref mods, using 4 Amperex 7308 white labels). Switched from a Levinson 333, which I had for 8 years, to a Pass X350.5 about 6 months ago, and my jaw just dropped to the floor. Sp... | |
| Electro-Harmonix and Sovtex tubes Check out the following websites, they contain good information regarding every aspect of tubes/tube equipment. You might be able to find the answers there.http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/d.pl?audio/faq.html (scroll down to the section on tubes.htt... | |
| levinson 336 Regarding Levinson's "maximum" cost, beware that you will most likely end up paying that amount + shipping cost any time you send anything in for repair at Levinson.I had a capacitor failed on my 333 last year (twice in 8 years. First time was cov... | |
| ARC Ref 2 Mk II tube rolling suggestions, please There's no tube rolling for the 6H30 tubes. You can only use 6H30 tubes and only the Russians produce them. I think a couple of dealers sells an "NOS" version of this tube. I believe they were ones made in the '80s.My friend had good experience ch... | |
| Thiel 3.6's vs. Vandersteen 3 sigs Agree with Sdatch. I've had my 3.6 for nearly 8 years. It's a fine speaker, considering what you can get them for these days on the used market. But they are very revealing of the source. (Or you can say that they are "picky" of what equipment the... | |
| QUESTIONS ON TUBES That, you will need to check with the manufacturer to see whether these tubes can be used. It might be the case where somebody had tweaked the circuits to accept the 12AX7/12AU7 tubes.FrankC | |
| QUESTIONS ON TUBES There have been posts both here and on AA that there are no substitutions for the 6N1 tube. So you may be stuck with the Chinese offerings. This may also be true of the 6N2 tube as well.FrankC | |
| Thiel 2.4 vs 3.6 vs cs6 - Opinions? I have my pair of CS3.6 for over 9 years. Prior to that I had a pair of CS2.2 for 5 years. I've been contemplating about upgrading to a pair of CS6 for the past 3 years. But every upgrade I had in the past 18 months brought the performance of the ... | |
| New Revel Salon's being Introduced In 2006 Pictures have been posted at Stereophile blogs and Sounstage website. I'm kind of disappointed. From the aesthetics point of view, I prefer the original design a lot more.FrankC | |
| Headphone Frank, don't venture over to Head-Fi. You will regret it. I now have 4 pairs of headphones and 4 amplifiers. I had converted my second system into a headphone based system right before my son was born. But he sleeps through anyways when I play mus... | |
| The under 10K speaker Attend the Rocky Mountain show in October and listen for yourself to create a short list of speakers that you would like to audition further. Then hook up with dealers later for a more in depth audition.I was in the same boat searching for a new p... |