jjss49
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| Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity Sovtek makes their tubes in the old Reflektor plant in Saratov... EH is one of their marketing brands, so current 6922’s labeled Sovtek are the same tube as sold by EHif you want a better sounding 6922 you should look at USA or Dutch Amperexes or ... | |
| Tubed Preamp recommendations? good luck jl1nymiddle two tube positions most criticaltry better power cable too | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? A: My friend just died of a strokeB: But his body temp was exactly 98.6 - he was healthyA: He smoked like a chimney and ate bacon every mealB: But his blood pressure was exactly at the mid point of normal range for his age and weightA: Are yo... | |
| SS vs. Tubes with Vandersteen 2ce sig II opbefore you do anything major try putting the chinese 12au7’s that came from the factory back in your PL - they should improve transparency over those somewhat lazy and hazy sounding cifte’sother idea is try shuguang kt88’s in UL mode... it will ... | |
| Krell K 300i Vs Hegel 390 Help say more troy!! tell us how it compares against the hegels...the new hot sh&t krell against which hegel? h390? 590? what speakers? what source feed?i am happy to hear krell is now making warm sounding solid state, the old stuff hurt my ears | |
| All New NAD Master M33 Integrated Amp // GAME CHANGER ?.. hi end ... low endluxury... valuepremium... budgetall in eye of beholderbut 'game changer'? seriously doubt it | |
| What Combinations of Components Have You Put Together That Sound Good? @high-amp well better IS better, a lot more expensive toodo not under estimate option 1 - it is utterly brilliant sounding... peter daniels patek is fully deserving if its legendary reputation, and all proacs just shine when the input is right | |
| Tubed Preamp recommendations? @jl1ny suggest u let it run in couple days several listening sessions before making any major SQ assessmentsnext is to swap out the OEM small signal tubes for better ones | |
| What Combinations of Components Have You Put Together That Sound Good? soooo soooo many out there, but here are a couple, one lower and higher pricedlower -- chord mojo or ayre codex into audiosector patek se into proac tab 2000 w rel q150higher -- sonnet morpheus into audio research ref75 se into proac d30r | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? @speedbump6 couldn't agree w you more... cheers | |
| Krell K 300i Vs Hegel 390 Help i haven’t owned a krell piece for about 5-7 years now, and the piece i owned would be 10-12 years old now - it was as i described - but if newer krell units have been voiced warmer and more listenable on most speakers, good for them... nice when o... | |
| Analog or Digital and why? @atmaspheream i understanding what you are saying correctly - that ticks and pops playing LP’s come from the phono stage, not the needle in the groove of the record??????i have a lot respect for your postings on this forum - but if i am understand... | |
| Looking for new to me Jazz music billy childs new album called ACCEPTANCElovelyvery well recorded toocut 5 'it never entered my mind' is spectacular... the double bass and piano is in your space, playing just for you... :) | |
| Krell K 300i Vs Hegel 390 Help @geof3 geoff wait you hear the soon to be released hegel h390i se mark 2 limited edition!!!! you will think your plain jane 390 is broken!!LOLOLOLOL | |
| Why so many Hegel's for sale? miller - your comment made me consider the parallels between high end hifi and economicsmore parallels exist than what one might think:-- there are unyielding data folks, against theorists and pragmatists-- so much data trying to explain stuff, ye... |