jjss49
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| Phonostage, preamp or amp? what are your sources?since you are neck high in ss amps i would say just try a tube linestage | |
| Tube Preamp for SMC Audio power amp. (300B?) conrad johnson premer 17ls2, 16ls or et5audio research reference 2 or 3 (may be a lil above your budget)more modern VAC if you can find one around 4 granddon sachs linestage for a bit of a homebrew feel - less $, around 2 granda later model cary f... | |
| Desire to try tubes i have not had a ravenbut i have many arc amps older and newer, and also a primalunai would say primaluna is very good, and an outstanding value for the money with many cool featuresbut in terms of sound quality... arc is more pure sounding to my ... | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) consider how you will use the piece in regular listening. For me, I like to roll tubes so having easy access with exposed tubes allows for me to do this without a major disassembly process and moving the components, wires etc. Having the ability... | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) lots of good choices out there for 2 grand usedsurf a-gon and us audiomartif you must have balanced topology then the selection narrows a good bit | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' it would seem to me that if a retipper/rebuilder has a good idea of the exact specs of the old cartridge cantilever and tip and suspension, to the extent materials are available, he can basically try to mimic the original spec, correct? of course ... | |
| Is a Chord Qutest Dac my best option @shamus2211 qutest is a very good dac, small form factor, excellent build -- excellent transparency, speed and rhythmic drive are its strong suitsthere are other excellent dacs that will provide a more weighty, fuller 'rounder' presentation depend... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? new diana krall - pays homage to tommy lipuma - nice tunes... well recorded but since the tracks were from three different sessions over time, they are a little inconsistent in SQ | |
| $7000 preamp vs $700 receiver - Is the difference THAT significant? @rabbottmke yes what is important is to do what makes you happyyou got all kinds of points of viewnow do what you want so you're happynothing else matters | |
| Power Amp What a silly post.+1,000 | |
| Who's using Harbeth with tubes, what speaker model and how many watts per channel? @ivanj Best Harbeth sound from tubes came from a pair of MC 60s my PE upgraded according to scientific principles to take advantage of the wide bandwidth output transformers. "upgraded according to scientific principles" ... whaaaa??? please elab... | |
| $7000 preamp vs $700 receiver - Is the difference THAT significant? @rabbottmke you have gotten plenty of input here... i would only add one more thing - you said this:The AVR does NOT have a good DAC, as I understand it. The Bluesound has a much more evolved DAC, so I’m running unbalanced line out (relying on the... | |
| Desire to try tubes +1 russbuttondon sachs linestage is indeed an excellent piece - really shows what good 6sn7 tube implementation can achieve with exquisite attention to parts quality and workmanship - stunningly good sound | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' @lewmsorry to have you repeat old hat, i should probably have done a search through a-gon archives before postingit was this listing that made me wonder... i have loved the sound of my dyna's... saw this... thus the queryhttps://www.usaudiomart.co... | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' fair points and perspectives so far - thank youi should have been more precise to distinguish a retip from a rebuild... the difference is of course meaningful, thanks for pointing that out chak...appreciate other comments that more experienced fol... |