hickamore
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| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? Finally catching up with the audio world a decade ago, I started with electronics because my old stuff was totally analog. First came a digital preamp which the old dual mono power amp couldn't translate despite a high-end DAC. Got a contemporary ... | |
| Usless but interesting ....how many of you old timers started with original Large Advents? Me too. Until you mentioned it, I had completely forgotten the name Advent. A black hole in the memory bank. Right . . . getting a fuzzy mental image now . . . but it was the intro to lower end of high end of forever long ago. Certainly equal to w... | |
| Usless but interesting ....how many of you old timers started with original Large Advents? Me too. Until you mentioned it, I had completely forgotten the name Advent. A black hole in the memory bank. Right . . . getting a fuzzy mental image now . . . but it was the intro to lower end of high end of forever long ago. Certainly equal to w... | |
| Albums that you listen to straight through / start to finish whenever you put them on! Some pop LPs (meaning not symphonies, oratorios, concerti &c) were produced for continuous listening, and sometimes playing them straight through is worth doing for its own sake. Those named above are good examples.Yet who here doesn't have an... | |
| Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers Some people in here can get a date? | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? Sorry about open-ended "optimal." I should have said "example."And yes, on this prescription a different amp would be needed.Such as . . .?Thanks. | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? Active speakers not an option in my main system. Nor tube preamps in my secondary system. But I do get the idea, also why it could work for those otherwise situated. Very interesting about Space Tech. Need to read up on that, thanks. | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? atmasphereGiven that very helpful clarification, what would be your optimal components for a balanced line electronic chain (source - preamp - amp)? | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? Sounding better all the time. Thx! | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? rickytickytwo thanks for the info. Others have said that Tung-Sol are no longer supplied but agree with you, rolling to better tubes is easy and beneficial. So that is the plan for when I return from long travels. | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? dsper, thanks for sharing. I gather that PL may not be the quite the workhorse as Rogue, and that tube rolling is needed to get the desired qualities. At least this should be easy (if costly!) with PL. I don't mind a bit of warmth in the mids and ... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? If an ur-guru like wolf_garcia says Freya+ stands sonically with the best, durable, no tube rolling trouble, that's good enough for me. Whatever risk may remain is easily worth a $900, trade- value-retained gamble. Thinking if/when I "upgrade" fro... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? Don't need integrated these days, but the product info is good to hold for the dreaded day when the component footprint must shrink along with its owner. Checking out the rest except ARC, which I already know, and whose company, like the few geniu... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? branden_8091please report your findings if any. | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? millercarbon your expertise has been duly admired and appreciated in other threads. I'm just now learning that although the Rogue logo is a raven, Raven is another product entirely. Such a tasty can of worms to dig into :-) |