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| The Hub: high end audio News, Events and Gossip Wow, what a story about David. I had a few business transactions with David and he is one of the nicest guys out there. The first part of that paragraph was so scary. Thankfully he is doing much better.John | |
| Review: Aria WV5 XL (Line Stage only) Tube preamp Hi Ron,Thank you for your kind words here. I saw a few great deals on the Lamm LP2 here but I noticed its gain was not a good fit with my MC cartridges in the 0.3 to 0.5mv output. The ARC PH7 was indeed another product I was considering but I was ... | |
| Counterpoint NPS 400 w/ Electrostats One of my favorite audio values out there is the NPS400. It so severely embarrassed the ARC CL150s I had been using before. The NPS400 controlled Maggie 3.3 and 3.5 that I owned and loved for many years. The Wolcott mono amps brought on a little m... | |
| Tube preamp for techno and other bass-heavy music? From my experience with BAT, Aesthetix and CAT line stages, the CAT really excels at the frequency extremes. Incredible bass extension and authority. | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain Congratulations John. Good to hear the noise is gone. I had serious hum issues with my system when I used the Jade Hybrid IC (unshielded) from Counterpoint head amp to Aria preamp. I quickly learned that only a shielded cable would work here. But ... | |
| Review: ALLNIC HT 2500 Head Amplifier Nuvistor Tube preamp It's great to see another tube head amp product finally on the market. After I got the Aria WV5 preamp, this with its built-in Sowter SUT's significantly outperformed the Aesthetix Io and Callisto signature products. But I knew there was more pote... | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain Actually, the equation is: db = 20Log10(Av), where Av is the voltage gain (Vout/Vin). Vin is the input signal (your cartridge output of 0.24mv) to the phono stage. Ultimately you want a line level of 0.5 to 1.0v from the phono stage's output to ma... | |
| Could tube rectifier make have impact on sound Hello,I have a lot of experience rolling tubes in Aesthetix, CAT, Manley and Aria gear with 12ax7, 6922, 12au7, but not the EL84 until I got a Counterpoint SA-2 MC head amp. It had a Sovtek tube in this socket. I tried the Tele EL84 and was vey di... | |
| Audio Research Amp Shootout Great report. It is always fun to do such comparisons and identify the various strengths/weaknesses and maybe find one heck of a good value in the group.As for comparing amps of various prices, the higher price models do not guarantee a higher lis... | |
| High End and cables and tin ears.... Next time you are with your friend, have him point out the sonic differences between a pair of cables. It's a learning process to recognize / observe the differences that can exist.There's often much discussion that cables do not and can not make ... | |
| Review: Aria WV5 XL (Line Stage only) Tube preamp Sherod,I was fortunate to have JD visit me again this last weekend. And he brought a friend who's quite the electronic wizard with audio gear as well. After we tried yet another round of 3 of JD's latest prototype ICs, I mentioned to him that I re... | |
| Review: Jade Audio Pure Solid Gold Interconnect Thank you Rf_gumby for your comments. I have learned much about many tube types from a few A'gon members. Their willingness to share experiences and to provide suggestions of other tubes to try have much to do with the results here. Achieving tona... | |
| Review: Aria WV5 XL (Line Stage only) Tube preamp Sherod, I got the Chinchilla this week. It has the fat RCA connectors as described in the IAR review. Before I tried this cable in the SA-2-to-Aria link, I had to hear it in the Aria-to-CAT amps link. The preamp-to-amp link has been the most sensi... | |
| The best small bookshelf speaker you ever heard? I remembered contributing to a similar thread here a couple years ago. | |
| Review: Jade Audio Pure Solid Gold Interconnect Swinfrey,Thank you for sharing your experiences with what appears to be the next generation of Jade cables. JD is not only a dear friend, but he's also quite the devoted audiophile. He's clearly on a mission to take music systems to the next level... |