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| Is a tube preamp a good idea? Hello,I am a huge proponent of a tube line stage to get the harmonic richness, volume of space, decays, etc., from the music of top-flight LP and CD sources. For broadcast music, the tuner may not have the ability to push this out to make it worth... | |
| What's Your Experience with Digital Switching Amp? The recurring issue of "Ditch the MIT" in these ICE amps threads without clarifications as to why this should be done gets kinda old. In a response to a similar thread last week, I put a lot of effort to explain some problems I had with an MIT 350... | |
| Tube Amp For Mid/Hi ARC VT130. This was absolute magic with my Maggie 3.5 ..... especially with KT88 tubes. And with it only having to drive the mids/highs, it will not at all be strained as it was when I ran it full range. I have seen these go in the $1500-1700 rang... | |
| Review: Walker Audio Proscenium Gold Signature Turntable Sirspeedy, interesting question. All along I have wondered if Albert was really J. Gordon Holt! Remember back in the late 80s when JGH just loved the Sound-Labs and then a couple years later, the Versa Dynamics TT? Hmmmmmm, sure sounds fishy to me... | |
| Aesthetix IO mark 2-which upgrade first? Rather than pay to have your unit upgraded to a Signature or buy a second P.S., I would consider selling your unit and buying a Signature with or w/o the 2nd P.S. on the used market. I saw an Io Signature with 2 P.S.'s (no volume controls) listed ... | |
| How do I go backwards? Oh my am I glad I clicked on this thread. JD, I wish you had at least gotten with me as we are closeby. I already had half a system for you in my mind by the time I got to Lugnut's response. And from what he can ship to you and what I can give to ... | |
| New H20 Signature S250 A few comments and clarifications to answer some comments on my previous posting here:Muralman1: As a long time owner of Magnepan 3.3 and then 3.5 speakers, as much as I loved them, they were far more the challenging speaker to play their magic th... | |
| New H20 Signature S250 With the interest of a local audiophile who had an H20 (non-sig stereo) model on loan, I had the opportunity to audition this in my home system. As a Sound-Lab A1 owner with CAT JL-3 Signature amps and a 10-year old Counterpoint NPS400 hybrid amp,... | |
| Aesthetix Io 2 vs. Lamm lp 2 Mike's description above is all the more reason why I want so much to hear the Lamm LP2 and the Io Sig compared to my older Io std model. And I only have one P.S.As Mike describes the differences between the Io's and the Lamm, I can fully understa... | |
| The most placement forgiving planar speaker? Audiokinesis - Great description. Much of my experience with the A1s make a lot of sense after reading your text.Mikesinger - My experience with the Sound-Lab A1 is that they are not so sensitive to exact placement vs. the Magnepans that did requi... | |
| The most placement forgiving planar speaker? Amazing how Albert's explanation perfectly describes my now 6-month experience with the same-sized A1's. In my room, there is a little bass hump if they are too close to the back wall. Closeness to side walls does not seem to be much of a factor. ... | |
| Tubes and heat... Fatparrot: It's great to get a Tucson report as I lived there during the 80s and loved it. Now up here in MN the tube gear is even more beneficial as space heaters. But it does not take long to heat the basement to the point that I need to leave m... | |
| correct way to turn off tube preamp I got in the habit years ago of turning the level control all the way down, then I power down the amp(s), wait 10-15 seconds before I power down the preamp, then power down the sources. This is for tubed gear. For solid state gear, I leave it powe... | |
| Sonics of Soundlabs Chris, Audiokinesis brings up a very important issue, i.e., the bias pots on the backplates. I got careless several weeks ago and tweaked one of these pots too much and messed up the level balance between the two speakers. A suggested approach wou... | |
| Which of the following preamps? Andy,Do you need a line stage only unit or also one with a phono stage. If you need the phono, the SP9 could be a good starting point. But something like the LS7 with a more warm and rich tonality might be preferable. The biggest problem with the ... |