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| Tube Ampp Almarro low level hum It sounds like it could be some transformer hum since it goes away when you touch the amp on occasion. Not guaranteed to be the answer, but you might try tightening down the transformer bolts and or putting a dense heavy object on top of the trans... | |
| American-made integrated tube amplifiers There are American options that are worthy in the $1500 range but you'll probably have to settle for used components, such as the Manley Stingray, Conrad Johnson CAV-50, VAC Williamson, VTL-IT 85, Cary SLI-80.Correct me here if I'm wrong, but I as... | |
| American-made integrated tube amplifiers I doubt whether a company in the U.S. (or any Western European country for that matter) could possibly produce a good integrated amp for $1500 retail simply because of the cost of labor and parts, as well as running a business of that scale in thi... | |
| DAC advice for the non-tech-savvy Thanks for the responses so far. Tobias, you write"Use a 1.5 meter-long coax digital cable to get the best definition out of your setup, at any frequency. The extra length keeps reflections within the cable from upsetting timing at the DAC end."I ... | |
| Coincident Eclipse vs Devore Two big thumbs up for my Super Eclipse III's - outstanding in every respect and one of the few conventional, dynamic driver speakers that could compete with the sound of horns for me (fast as all get-out). I've used them with 9 watt SET amps and n... | |
| recommendations for a sub $2000 cdp I'd second T-Bone's recommendation to move in the direction of PC audio. My experience has been that at its best it has the potential to outperform any CD player you'd be likely to find at that pricepoint. Short of that, I'd look at a used Modwrig... | |
| DVD upscaling; motion movement pic quality I have the Oppo 983 which upsamples DVD's to 1080 via HDMI: Flawless...I've never noticed any digital artifacts at all. They're coming out with their BDP-83 Blu-ray player pretty soon (allegedly...it's been "coming out" for a while now) - It is su... | |
| to mod or not to mod my new tube amp????? I'd agree with Tvad - you won't get the improvements you are after for a $200 mod as described. I also don't think they'll come swapping tubes to any great degree, and great NOS tubes are pretty expensive and somewhat risky. What you describe as y... | |
| Simple iTunes Question Dtc's answer is more to the point if you want iTunes to keep track of your library with minimal problems. I've found dragging and dropping stuff and then telling iTunes to find it can lead to some potential problems, especially if you just isolate... | |
| NOS Audio CDP A quick Google search came up with a Soundstage blurb from 2000:The source is a heavily modified CD player, the NOS Audio Mu2 ($1800). This is a top-of-the-line player in which Michael Thompson of Torontos Executive Stereo has replaced the usual ... | |
| Selling Large Speakers - How to reduce shipping? Forward Air offers very reasonable terminal-to-terminal air freight shipping. The speakers would have to be strapped to a pallet, but I believe the offer that service. You'd just have to make sure there's nearby terminals where you are shipping to... | |
| Daedalus So what is the ideal match to Daedalus speakers, integrated and tube, if possible.Thanks for any opinionsMan, if anyone could answer that question, Lou would be the man. He knows his own speakers best. Being a musician himself I'd put my faith in ... | |
| Daedalus I had to stop by Dan Wright's new workshop in Amboy. He had a pair of Lou's RMa's there (per my previous post). We listened to them in Dan's gorgeous listening room with Dan's new amp and a very modest digital front end with a handfull of program ... | |
| In need of an amplifier... I also have Dan's 36.5 pre and am currently listening to his new KWA150 amp for the past few days, and as I write this. I'd highly recommend the combination, and that is coming from someone who normally does not prefer SS amps. If you want Class D... | |
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