jmcgrogan2
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| a tube amplifier repair technician Anyway, I can not wait to hear what have been done to my amps and how they sound now - after his mod.RegardsMariusz StarkMrjstark I can't wait to hear either. I know Bob must be a busy gent, but he hasn't returned my e-mail so far. I look forward ... | |
| $3K used balanced I/O preamp suggestions Well with an amp with a 10K input impedence, I would rule out a tube preamp. If it were me, I'd change amps and go for the tube preamp, probably the VK-31SE. That's just me though, as I'm not much of a SS fan. The VK-50SE that Jfrech recommends is... | |
| a tube amplifier repair technician Thanks for the link Mrjstark. Bob is practically right in my backyard. I'll have to check him out.Cheers,John | |
| Top 5 recievers of the 70's and 80's ???? I also liked the Luxman models, I think the R-117 was the last one I owned. I also liked the NAD 7600.John | |
| Integrated thingy It sounds like you may be looking for the Shanling MC-30 Music Center.Art Dudley just reviewed it in the March 2008 Stereophile.Cheers,John | |
| Extreme Midrange Bloom FWIW, VH Audio also has some oil caps too.John | |
| Extreme Midrange Bloom While I agree that swapping out the oil caps is a bit extreme, and not something I would recommend or do (I would move on to another preamp, as Davemitchell suggests), I do know that quite a few have switched out the BAT coupling caps in the VK-75... | |
| Stealth Audio Dream Petite I was chatting on-line with a Stealth dealer today about the Dream Petite. His comments somewhat dissapointed me though, since I can't really afford the full Dream either. He said:FYI - Dream Petites are a clear upgrade to MLTs, but standard Dream... | |
| Extreme Midrange Bloom How many hours do you have on the tubes? It could be that they are still burning in.That being said, I preffered the older VK-31SE/VK-51SE series to the newer VK-32SE that I auditioned, for similar reasons. I found the VK-32SE to have a sweeter mi... | |
| BAT VK-250SE and VK-3iX/SE Hi Sally,Well I'm not sure of the input impedence of the Classe CAM-200's, if it's over 20K you should not have a problem. The BAT amps usually have very high input impedences, 100K or higher, which makes them very good matches with tube preamps.T... | |
| Stealth Audio Dream Petite Directly from the bottom of the Dream Petite page:Suggested retail price is $5000 for a 2 meter pair, and $2000 for each consecutive meter.(1.5 and shorter pair of Dream Petite speaker cables is $4250)Cheers,John | |
| System Synergy Theory Carter9000, yes, the fact that 99.9% reviews are postive now. Sure, if you brush up on your legalize and try to read between the lines you can get a feel for what a reviewer might really think, but that's too much work for me. Too many positive re... | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound Yes, tube amps sound different from SS amps Chris. The "Signature Sound" of tube amps to me is palpability, or the fuzz on the peach effect. Yes, SS is quieter and has better bass definition, and I've heard smooth SS, but I've never heard SS have ... | |
| Review: LessLoss Dynamic Filtering Power Cable Power cord Congrats on a nice review and enjoy the cords. If you want to try the cord on the amp, Voodoo offers some 15A>20A adapters. BTW, what do you think of the HD-220? I'd like to audition that amp myself.One question though, how come 3 out of 4 Les... | |
| System Synergy Theory You mean there are still people out there who trust a reviewer's opinion? I still subscibe to Stereophile, but only for the pretty photos and functional descriptions. Call me jaded, but I stopped believing the reviewers sonic opinions many, many y... |