jaiello
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| Kef LS50 Wireless Firmware update Usually updating the firmware includes updated features so doing an update in not necessarily a bad thing with the KEF. I have the same speakers and always update when the new firmware does out. | |
| Mytek Brooklyn vs manhattan Too bad you got two stupid answers to a great question. I’d like to know this also. | |
| Parasound C/BD 2000 Belt Drive CD Transport It's the DAC but that player can't read SACDs or DVD-A types either. | |
| 6SN7 equivalent's, help need it There is a great program for tube substitutions called Duncan's Amp Tools. It's a free download. Do a search. You should be able to find it without too much trouble. The program shows you all the variants to each tube type. Very helpful. | |
| Possibly the Ultimate Audiophile Album? I just ordered it. I have to hear this one. Thanks. | |
| B&W and deteriorating Kevlar drivers Just curious where you live. Could it be the climate and the humidity (or lack thereof) that is a contributing factor in this? Just wondering. | |
| Sophia Electric Tubes/Cary 211AE Marty, I am using new production Cetron 845 tubes in my 211 AE's and I switch between the Sophia Mesh Plate and the Sophia Carbon Plate for my 300B tubes. No way can I afford the NOS 845s and I found that the new production WE 300B were crap. I ha... | |
| Cary exciter Dac I have two of these DACs and I use it with my SONOS system which is very similar to your Squeezebox. I can tell you that the improvement over an older Theta DAC I had been using was not insignificant. I never knew that the SONOS would sound so goo... | |
| What tonearms are compatible with a Scoutmaster? Check out the tables from Avid. I switched a few years ago from the VPI Aries to the Avid Volvere and have never regretted it. The VPI tables seem to sound a bit slow kind of like quicksand compared to a lively table like the Avid. The Avid goes w... | |
| Cable tv music analogue or digital? You did not say which model of cable box you have but on mine I had to change the output setting from Dolby to PCM to get it to output digital for the music channels. You do this on the set up on the cable box. | |
| Cary SLP-05 balanced or single ended I run mine fully balanced into a pair of CAD-211 AE monoblocks. The SLP-05 is a fully balanced preamp. Where in Stereophile did it say that the performace suffered? I don't feel that way at all. | |
| Jota Monoblocs drive Kharma 3.2fe? I drive mine with a pair of Cary CAD-211 AE monoblocks. While these are not SET they are magical. I'll bet the Cary 805s would be great also and are SET. | |
| best phono preamps? ASR Basis Exclusive. It belongs in the top class. | |
| 6sn7 and 5u4 tubes Yes, especially the 6SN7s. The Sylvanis seem to be a great match for Cary gear. I'd do those first and see how you like it. There is definitely a difference between the stock tubes and NOS. | |
| Random pop sounds in my system are scaring me I vote for a bad tube. As has already been suggested swap the tubes from left channel to right and see if the popping sound follows the tubes. I had this once with some 300B tubes that went bad after a very short time so that's the reason I lean t... |