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| Whats a good tube preamp? I own and love a Cat SL1 MK3. Very neutral sounding, never drawing attention to itself, just the music. Good phono stage as well (if that matters to you). Good luck. | |
| Wolcott amps The best tube amps? Anyone know how these amps would work with Sonus Faber Extremas? | |
| Cables with Conrad Johnson tube gear I use Alpha-Core silver interconnects and speaker cables and am very pleased with the results with my Premier 12's. | |
| Avante Garde horn speakers..... I'm guessing that the bass not blending well is an issue of the speed (or lack of) from the conventional woofers vs the horns. Same problem with earlier (and still to a lesser degree) hybrid electrstats. I believe the current version 2 generation ... | |
| Avante Garde horn speakers..... I was hoping for more responses as well. I did listen to these at a show (not the best place to listen) and I was shocked at how good these are. I've heard no speakers put the musicians in front of you as these do. Great transparency, and very "li... | |
| CONRAD JOHNSON TUBE LOVERS HEAVEN GTs87 and Fonsy66, thank you both for your replies. I have only one more question, who gets to become president of the CJ Monoblock fan club? I'm happy just to be a member. | |
| CONRAD JOHNSON TUBE LOVERS HEAVEN GTs87, how does the Premier 5 better the Premier 12? I currently own and love the Premier 12 (with KT90's) but could use more power for my Sonus Faber Extremas, could the Premier 5 be the answer? I'd love 8A's but can't afford them for now. Thanks... | |
| Best Electrostatic loudspeaker? Anyone hear listened to the new Quads yet? I listened only breifly at a show and they sounded promising. | |
| Does PayPal suck or.........? I've never tried Paypal but have used Iescrow and had no problems. | |
| Speaker cables for CJ/Thiel I use Alpha-Cores as well. I don't have Theil speakers so I can't comment on that, but I do have CJ amps and love the Alpha-Cores on them. Priced well within your budget as well. | |
| Cartridge break-in Thanks for the info Carl. | |
| Best Interconnects for under $300 pair Alpha-Core is the way to go. | |
| Power Amp for base The OCM 500 works great on bass, I used one for a few months to run Kinergetics subs and the bass was fast, tight, and powerful. The amp is now for sale on Audiogon if you are interested. audionut@home.com | |
| Best place to get Svetlana 6550c? I'll make 2 suggestions. The first is the one you asked for, talk to Kevin at Upscale Audio, he'll have whatever you may need in tubes. Secondly, use KT90's instead of 6550's. I replaced 8 6550's in my amps with KT90's and the improvement was dram... | |
| Recc.for warm,smooth sounding tube amps I would highly recommend the Conrad Johnson Premier 12's. They are very warm and liquid, and are very full bodied sounding - sounds exactly like what you are looking for - and they have enough power (140 watts) for most speakers. The sheer "sweetn... |