jbhiller
Responses from jbhiller
| Need Integrated Amp with Moving Coil Input What is your budget? Do you want to stay with a tube based unit or are you willing to go SS? Luxman’s integrated all come with MC inputs but none has an internal DAC from what I can tell. Luxman in class A would potentially be a good match if you ... | |
| What loudspeakers do you have your Primaluna amp paired with? I have used my Dialogue Premium HP integrated to great effect with the following setups:PSB Imagine T2sKlipsch Forte IIIsKEF LS50sWharfedale Denton 80th Wharfedale Linton 85thI have heard it used with Golden Ears (forget which model) and PSB Imagi... | |
| What are some of the most underrated and overrated loudspeakers you’ve auditioned? Underrated:PSB- most all of them Totem Forest and others higher end Monitor AudioSpendorWharfedale Klipsch Forte III and some of the Heritage lineEpos Brystonvan L speakerworksMany budget pieces from big names like JBL, Polk, Yamaha, SVSOverrated:... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Lou Rawls & Les McCann, "They Call It Stormy Monday"Dire Straits, "Dire Straits" | |
| Great Male Vocals--Walter Wolfman Washington @chilehed, I’m digging Bobby Rush! Thank you!!! | |
| Will adding an external DAC to my setup improve SQ significantly? Great advice to you here! I agree on trying out the DAC in the Peachtree as it’s a free and fun thing to do. I have a NODE 2i as well. It’s a fairly good DAC but nothing special and it’s a tad noisy. See https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/i... | |
| Affordable SET's with 211 or 300B tubes, (2000 dolllars maximum) I love the Elekit referenced above. See the Stereophile review and the shootout in the review. I built the fully upgraded one with those amazing transformers. | |
| Great sounding/recorded albums Another +1 on The Bright Mississippi | |
| Blown Away By Sound Quality--Getz at the Gate 1961 (Tidal Masters) Thank you Roxy54! Great recommendations! | |
| The Poll Winners Ride Again! I’m pretty set with my tube DAC. It sounds glorious and the Doge 7 beats many I’ve heard. | |
| The Poll Winners Ride Again! It’s killer. I’m glad someone else can discover it. I have heard so much and I’m embarrassed to have missed this all these years. I’m glad though because I feel like I’ve conquered that era I’m jazz. The golden age of jazz is golden! | |
| Great Male Vocals--Walter Wolfman Washington @chilhed, I had the exact same reaction! That brother can play and sing. Recording quality memorializes his work well. | |
| Carver 275 Crimson tube amp --- any feedback appreciated @gumbypimp ,Your opinion on the Crimson 275 versus the Primaluna is very intriguing to me. I'm so tempted to make the comparison as I have the HP Integrated. I us Klipsch Forte IIIs. Can you tell us more about this comparison? If I made the swi... | |
| Carver, THE standard of excellence IMO The Op’s experience makes me want a Carver Crimson setup! Frank’s post is lovely. I owned two Carver Corp pieces in the 90s. After about a decade of use I sold them for 65% of my outlay. I miss them today. | |
| Wharfedale Elysian? Still not on the market yet |