jmcgrogan2
Responses from jmcgrogan2
| Amp upgrade suggestions for a $2K budget Second the VAC Avatar integrated amp. | |
| First Post, Looking to buy Amp& Pre, $7,000 I'll third the Pass integrated. Buy it used and save a few $$$ for your next upgrade. | |
| Go with a tube preamp or not? Rleff, I like the Svetlana Winged "C" EL 34. What KT88's are you using? I'm using Genalex Gold Lion re-issues in my VAC amp. I think it'd be fun to play with an amp that could handle either. Another generalization I've noted is the EL 34's tend to... | |
| Go with a tube preamp or not? Rleff, I can't say that I am familiar with your amp, but looking it up online, it uses (2) 12AU7's and (1) 12AX7. I assume that the 12AU7's are in the driver stage, the single 12AX7 may be a phase splitter. I'm not sure here, I know my amp uses (4... | |
| Go with a tube preamp or not? Hello Rleff, to be honest, I've never heard the LS16 mk II. I have heard the LS16 mk I in my friends system with Krell amp and Dynaudio Contour 3.4 speakers and was pretty impressed. Overall though, I was not much of a fan of the older ARC preamps... | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain Thanks to all for all of your help. The problem is solved, though I'm not exactly sure what the problem was, since I made several changes, but my guess would be the problem was using unshielded interconnects.First, I finally got in touch with Lloy... | |
| Stealth power cables with 20amp IEC I used to own (2) Dreams with 20A IEC's, one Preamp version for my ARC Ref 3, and one Power version for my power conditioner. So Stealth does make them. | |
| driving Verity Audio Parsifal Ovations? I have the Parsifal Encore's and I prefer them with tubes over SS. I've been driving mine with a VAC Avatar Super integrated amp (80 wpc) with good success. Cheers,John | |
| Go with a tube preamp or not? Bob, I didn't mention CJ because the OP said balanced AND unbalanced outputs were a requirement. AFAIK, CJ products are all single ended. Does the CT-6 have balanced outputs?Happy New Year!!John | |
| Go with a tube preamp or not? Cris, the general rule of thumb is that the amps input impedence should be at least 10X's the preamps output impedence. The greater the better (ie: 20X's is better than 10X's). Your amp's input impedence is 44K, which is pretty good. Most tube pre... | |
| Go with a tube preamp or not? Hi Bob- yes it has been quite a while. I hope you and yours are enjoying a great holiday season, and let me wish you a happy and healthy new year.I fully agree with your main point, there is no substitute for listening with your own ears, to your ... | |
| Go with a tube preamp or not? Well unfortunately the two preamps mentioned above are well out of your stated price range ($1500-$2000). I doubt you can get a ARC Ref 3 or a McIntosh C500 for under $5000 used. So let's try some more, in no particular order.Cary SLP-2002, balanc... | |
| First Annual " Whaddya Get? for Xmas " Slipknot1, one man's fun is another man's torture. I think I'd rather be whipped by Elizabeth,,,,,grrrrrrrrr,,,,,yeah baby.Cheers,John | |
| First Annual " Whaddya Get? for Xmas " 12-26-09: MarakanetzGot punished by dominatrix in my listening room.Were you spinning "Whip It" by Devo? | |
| First Annual " Whaddya Get? for Xmas " I got a mp3 player. |