jjss49
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| “BLOCK” Function? some folks might be off their meds | |
| Looking for preamp reccomendations no remote, but ticks all other boxeshttps://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa50f5-conrad-johnson-pv-12-with-phono-preamp-tubeexcellent sounding solid state unithttps://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa4j9g-belles-power-modules-aria-preamp-in-black-like-... | |
| Conrad Johnson and Herron comparisons celloroveryou probably already know this but the et5 runs the tube filament at 6.3-6.4 volts so regular 6dj8 spec tubes are overdriven, and live short livesi have found pcc88/7dj8’s of various makes last much longer, and can sound very nice, espec... | |
| Luxman L-509X i have always found the very high end japanese solid state ultra refined ultra smooth but a bit lacking in frequency extension and attackin this group i have tried units over the years by luxman, accuphase and esoteric/teaci would agree that ampli... | |
| Magnepan 1.7i Amp recommendations for maggies you want solid state for sure, 100 wpc or highermany out there, parasound, van alstine, odyssey, used mccormacks, used krells, etc etcjust browse solid state amps section used | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared not a read, but a watch... this caught my eyehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJGw8zwx-6g&t=676s | |
| Conrad Johnson and Herron comparisons @cellorover interesting input - i actually run an et5 as one of my linestages, just love its sound... it does run tubes hard and the sound can vary a good amount with tube selectionwith cj tube linestages now they are walking the fine line between... | |
| Removing a ZERO from the price of amps just like chefs and cookingthey can all start with the same ingredients, end of the day, it is about how the end product is seasoned and whether it tastes right to the head chefmeasurements measure what can be measured, often it is what cannot be ... | |
| Hegel H390 or NAD M33 for Bowers and Wilkins 802D2 speakers? if sound quality is the priority i would strongly recommend the hegel over the nad, h390 is superbno affiliation, just a very happy owner, have been thru past class d amplified nad’s, quite unimpressed with the sq | |
| What is missing here? i have to say, this thread cracks me upthe full comic, ironic genius of this forum all on display, all at onceop - with 1800 posts, being called a non-audiophile HAHAHA he should be on a sweater sewing forum thenchuck m getting his face slaps and ... | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg so sorry to hear | |
| Preamp Rectifier Tube Confusion @jl1ny not to be a killjoy in your case - but if you are going to tube roll to better the sound of the your system, do it with input tubes - spending $ to roll rectifiers are barking up the wrong treehttps://www.primaluna-usa.com/tube-rolling | |
| Help with DAC and Streamer suggestions just to get the mqa schtick clear - there are 3 unfolds in totalfirst unfolds if the streamer can deliver 96khz, then the dac does the balance of the unfolding/renderingfolks who have sorted through this often feel that the first unfold gets you m... | |
| What is missing here? @noromance the purpose that those write ups serve is to reap advertising dollars, or more accurately, the write ups are the reward to advertisersjust look at the recommended components list -- there is 100% correlation to advertising LOL | |
| Help with DAC and Streamer suggestions your bryston/yggy is a damn good front end - a change would alter more the tonality than substantially upgrade SQ overallso you need to say clearly what you are trying to improve in terms of sound quality |