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| McIntosh MC-2301 Tube Replacements fyi, I am running a pair of McIntosh mc275 in monoblock mode with balanced cables, so, no V1 used.. . I replaced all the tubes with Russian Reissue Genalex Gold Lions (gold pin) in 2014. After 11 years, I recently tested all my tubes and the s... | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 @lendivf Yes, the Jeff Rowland continuum 250 seems to be a high end amp. It is also rated favorably at 4 ohm. On paper, it should work well with the W/P 8. However, it is quite dated, so, you need to make sure it is running properly. Any hu... | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 I have Wilson Watt Puppy 8 and I think they sound fantastic. There are many others out there that think the same thing. They were very highly regarded speakers in their day and award winning and many people find the sound engaging and exciting. ... | |
| Mono blocks for Revel Salon 1’s recommendation? Nice Stereo System. Hard to justify the word "upgrade" from those Krells. If they are working to spec., it will be difficult to improve the sound. Those amps were the grail for many people when they came out. If you are bored with the sound, ... | |
| Looking for a more up-to-date streamer I have a Volumio Rivo+ with a Linear power supply and a 4K OLED monitor for the last few months and I am very impressed with the sound and the Volumio user interface. In addition to streaming, Volumio can access music files from a server, SSD, US... | |
| Mcintosh MQ112 The brightness might depend on the source material. I usually find that good recordings do not sound bright at all. What preamp do you have ? On perceived bright recordings, maybe, just adjust the preamp tone controls ? ie. one or two clicks... | |
| Wool Felt Footers? fyi, I have a concrete floor at ground level with wood floor covering it. I am running Adona Altair Racks with Herbie’s wide footers and felt pads. I am also running GAIA I footers with felt pads under my speakers. I also think felt pads under ... | |
| McIntosh MP1100 Feedback Here is a well writtten review with pic of the inside. Very Impressive. https://pt.audio/2017/07/30/mcintosh-mp1100-phono-preamplifier-review/ Here is a quote in the comment section to the article regarding tubes: My favorite tubes for this p... | |
| McIntosh MP1100 Feedback Since you have zero responses, I thought I would try to help. I own McIntosh equipment, and they do analog extremely well. I have the MT10 turntable with the C2300 preamp which also has the tube phono section. 2 tubes for mc and two tubes for m... | |
| Wool Felt Footers? The felt furnature pads footers that you get on amazon to put under furnature for wood floors work surprisingly well for vibration dampening. For pennies, it is at least a first level improvement, and it is easier to slide your equipment around. | |
| What might pair well with a combined Laiv Harmony uDDC and Laiv DAC? For the last few months, I have the Volumio Rivo Plus (Rivo+) and a linear power supply plus optimized ethernet runing Qobuz and I am shocked how good it sounds. It also has i2s output, but, I am using the USB DAC output port. It has HDMI out, s... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers Somehow I am thinking the lower the voltage and amperage, ie. 5 volts 3 amps required to run a dedicated streamer, the easier it is for the vendor to manage an extremely low noise floor. In addition, you add in the requirement of an external powe... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @audphile1 Thanks so much. Regarding the erro 6+, all I can tell you is that it was a huge improvement with wifi from the standard DSL wifi. I was only getting 2.5 ghz wifi at the Rivo+ location and installing the eero 6+ node behind the Riv... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @ mdalton Thanks so much. I run Wilson Watt Puppy 8. They really complement the tube gear well. | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers Note: Besides the Stack Audio Smooth Lan, the AudioQuest Cinnamon Ethernet cable, & the linear power supply to the eero6+ node by the stereo, I did this ethernet to fiber optic to ethernet to eero6+ anchor node to help clean up my AT&T D... |