jbhiller
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| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? @tablejockey , So I ordered two (2) .22uF V-Cap CuTF Series capacitors. They are copper foil and fluoropolymer film. I removed the two small caps on the two center gain tubes (the center, innermost two preamp tubes). The layout on the HP integrate... | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? Um, two words-- "Classical Music!" ---I hear it like never before. These speakers could be a doorway to and place within the genre for me. | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? Update--So 30 hours of straight play from the Music Hall Class A Mambo, and I swapped in the Primaluna HP Integrated, running KT 150s and reissue Gold Lion 12au7s (I have enough NOS 12au7s to last 100 years, and I think these are almost comparable... | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? Yes, russ69, I do think you are right. It changes the field I'm playing on. | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? Boothroyd, tell us more about what you know on that Jadis combo. | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? Lots of great points to unpack. First up, the Jadis issue. That is something. I'm glad to hear that there may be a pair running under one. I am 46 and never thought I'd own a Klipsch speaker. I built an Elekit 300B and did many high end upgrad... | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? @kren0006, Today is day one of the new Cornwalls. I'm 6 hours into them and I haven't swapped out the Music Hall Mambo. It's my weakest amp! It sounds so glorious that I haven't even tried the 300B or Primaluna yet. I'll update you. I'm wonder... | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? Hi Dweller! I agree with you. The Cornwalls do seem like more of set it and forget it final destination speaker. They do so much so well. I still haven't swapped out the Music Hall Mambo. It is a very nice amp, yet I was a bit surprised to hea... | |
| Entry Level Tube Preamp or Higher Quality Used Model? OP, the Freya is a wonderful preamp and it would still be so even if it cost $1500 new. I have a friend (40 years of audiophile tendencies) who swears by Audible Illusions preamps. Take a look at this...I'm building one of these soon. https://... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? @tablejockey, Hey there, I just opened my PL Dialoge HP Integrated. A slightly different layout than the amp version. But still essentially the same. I'm going to leave the caps on the tube sockets alone for now. Instead, since mine has its ow... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? @tablejockey, the caps you would want to swap out are those hooked to the tube sockets. Take a look here: https://www.v-cap.com/zsolt-andrasy-primaluna-dialog-premium.phpThe v-caps used in that mod are supposed to be great. I know Victor of ... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? @tablejockey , I think that photo you linked to caused me confusion before. PL lists Mundorf capacitors yet the photo has DuRoche or SCR caps I think. I also think PL switch from DuRoche to Mundorf at some point. At any rate, at one point (a ye... | |
| New Marantz Model 30 I see nicely laid out products in both units, with substantial similarities. I'm not sure what the issue is. I would think Marantz needs to have a trickle down product in the $2500 range and the 30 is it. Not everyone can afford the Ruby. I sa... | |
| New Marantz Model 30 Yes, I suppose we cannot litigate the quality issue over Audiogon. I have some experience, albeit I'm not an expert, building tube amps. The innards of the 30 look very good. I would never expect them to look like the Ruby. I also think it's gr... | |
| New Marantz Model 30 Great intel! Thank you Goldprintaudio, Gryphongryph! MillerCarbon I cannot tell how much sarcasm is in your post! While I have built some simple utilitarian looking SET amps and appreciate that HIFI need not be jewelry, I think aesthetics matter... |