hilde45
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| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @tvad Thanks. I joined an audio club this morning and visits to folks houses in Colorado will be possible now. I will eat shipping as part of the process. Going to bake that into the spreadsheet. I contacted Tekton — no facility in Utah to tour. J... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @tvad I sure will. I'm already a fair way down the road to a short list of very good amps suggested by folks here, I've auditioned things people have mentioned, bought literature to read, and after some painful lessons about the speakers I first f... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @decooney Great point. My two spaces are not all the flexible for placement. The nice thing about bookshelves -- and the reason I went with Salk WOW1's for a trial, is the flexibility which comes from small size and front-ports. That's what's prob... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Thanks, @tvad That is quite an attractive option. I don't think a flight to Ogden is in my plans yet, but then again, I think Tekton is within driving. I could compare those two companies' stuff...and catch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @jaudio1 Thanks, will take a look.@tvad Zu is a good option. I'll take a look and maybe they'll come my way. Good price points. I was curious about Omega, also, but I wrote them and there is no home trial. You buy it, it's yours. Done. https://ome... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Just to add -- thanks for continuing to question my initial speaker choices and offering new ideas. Since nothing has been purchased yet, there are still listening opportunities. At least 1 person has suggested upping my speaker budget, knowing th... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? I did a lot of speaker listening and narrowed it down, but I didn't comprehend the implications of sensitivity because I had yet to experience how much I liked tubes. That's the reason this has gotten so complicated. | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Thanks Ihcho and 93cobraI'm looking now at that Rhumba 1.3.It is kind of a bummer when they tell you how much better the Extreme is! Just when I'm thinking, "This is the right price point for me" they go ahead and tell you all the ways things coul... | |
| Trivializing AudiogoN...........ie: what I have is the best... When people say "X is the best" I hear that as "My experience is that X is the best." If the claim is made with hyperbole, it's diminished in force. If it's offered without reasons, same thing. What I've benefited from is when someone offers a rea... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @atmasphere Thank you for your comment about speakers. It definitely helps.@almarg You are one tireless explainer! I keep learning.@russellrcncom I’ll be curious what path forward you take. I began with the idea of a tube/ss hybrid -- where some m... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @tvad 90db. Ok. (I guess 88db isn't better enough.) Bookshelves: I began with bookshelves because I wanted new desktop monitors. Then, I opened up to the idea of a larger room/space. In the meantime I bought a sub. As I got deeper in, I realized t... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @tvad Thanks. I did consider that perhaps since my Salk order is standard veneer and not delivered yet, I might just change my order with Jim and go with a more sensitive speaker. Not sure if he’d allow that but IF the speaker I ordered was of hig... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @tvad , all: I went back and read the last few pages of this long thread and really appreciate all the advice. I do regret that in some ways, my posts occasionally ran people in circles — reiterating good advice to me that had already been given, ... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Aha. Will look. One more: VTL IT-85 Integrated Amplifier 60wpc New $5250.00 | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Thanks Van alstine not high, eh? |