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| Anyone with experience with the effectiveness of the AVA HUMDINGER? Did you ever manage to solve this hum issue? | |
| Replacing The Factory Jumpers On Magnepans - Does It Improve The Sound? You're much better off putting those $ toward a pair of Mye Stands. | |
| 12AU7 Genalex or Psvane for Cayin Hybrid Integrated H80A Very curious how a true NOS tube will fair in my system, since I have never tried any NOS tube. Concerned mostly with noise that some report NOS tubes exhibit, but then again that concern may apply to just about any tube.NOS are less noisy than th... | |
| Preamp tube Any particular tube is going to sound slightly different depending on the amp in which it’s installed. Some of the best advice I’ve been given in this hobby is to buy NOS tubes from Andy at Vintage Tube Services. Spend a little more $ now to get t... | |
| 12AU7 Genalex or Psvane for Cayin Hybrid Integrated H80A Why waste your $$$ on these new production tubes? Even the best won't last as long (or perform well for as long) as a halfway decent pair of NOS tubes. Call Andy at Vintage Tube Services. Tell him the sound you prefer and he can hook you up with a... | |
| Anyone compared GoldenEar Triton 7 with Triton Reference? I'm not at all surprised by your findings based on my auditions of the 7s, 2s, and 1s. I have one of their ForceField subs and like it, but found their Triton series incredibly overpriced. Revel Performa series is a much better value - the same fo... | |
| Ethics are sliding by members! Something about Maggies attracts tire kickers. | |
| Still looking for an amplifier upgrade- but with a new twist..... I'd first look for a tube preamp with a stepped attenuator/resistor ladder volume control. That should yield better channel and instrument separation. Those Alps pots are a weak link IMO. Don't get me wrong, I own some gear with Alps pots and they... | |
| Integrated w/phono but no DAC This:https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis96e9g-exposure-electronics-3010s2-linestage-with-remote-solid-state Probably the best value you'll find with those stipulations. You could spend a heck of a lot more and get lesser SQ. | |
| In search for speakers of "natural" sound Hi everyone, I have searched quite extensively recently, some names that come up are:- Josheph Audio Pulsars - JMR Offrande Suppreme V2- Spendor SP100 or SP100R2The seller are not in my area so I can’t demo them. I haven’t heard the R2 version, bu... | |
| Suggestions on speakers Try to get out and audition as many speakers as you can. If no dealers/B&Ms in your area, try to order from a site with a generous return policy, somewhere like Music Direct. This will allow an easy exchange of you decide they're not a fit aft... | |
| What Amplifier would you recommend to power KEF Q350’s? The Yamaha A-S801will sound great with the KEFs. It has a no-nonsense, reliable class AB design that won't break a sweat. It will also provide better bass response than most integrateds on the market, including some coasting 3x its price. | |
| Integrated Amp Recommendation No decent quality cap should "dry up" within 15 years. I'm not sure about their older integrateds but their newer models use cheap, Taiwan-sourced caps. It appears as though the volume pot in your amp is located toward the middle of the chassis. I... | |
| Integrated Amp Recommendation Don't pay $900 to have that fixed. I'd almost bet a kidney that it's simply a bad Alps volume pot. They likely use the orange series which is junk unless it's only used for knob position tracking. Find a different, honest tech to install a Blue Ve... | |
| My dilemma If they love current, then tube amps could be the better choice. Though, having myself owned 1.7is with a Halo Integrated (mk1), I can tell you it's a good combo and the Hint has plenty of grunt. It won't produce the "bloom" of that MC275, but no ... |