johnread57
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| What am I missing? Convenience? Streaming Quality streaming? Tidal over Qobuz that sounds a tad forward for me. YMMV and by the numbers probably does. SACD over CD - But by this stage it’s recording rather than format. Vinyl who? My tt has been wrapped up for a ye... | |
| Power conditioner vs use of a audio grade outlet? So OP did you consider the Furutech wall plugs? | |
| Best value Set amp for under $1500 used is ok. There seems to be a number of upgrades available for this amp by Skunkie Design Electronics. 🦨 I may just upgrade the 6sn7 tubes with the lower grade Linlai tubes in the near future after arrival. | |
| My first tube integrated: which one to get? Have you made a choice yet? There are two thoughts to share from me: One, how much of the tube experience do you want? Push pull amps like Prima Luna and Line Magnetic sound like softish SS amps. So not much different to SS amps. Two, whilst yo... | |
| Best value Set amp for under $1500 used is ok. Indeed @charles1dad the price was the key feature along with many reviews. I have a Krell DUO XD300 in the process of sale that will fund this purchase. Then I may also fund the repair to another D240 MK II that was destroyed by FedEx who would n... | |
| Best value Set amp for under $1500 used is ok. G'day @charles1dad I have the 6Ohm version Horns. Placed order for this unit as a trial... BOYUURANGE A50 MKIII 300B SINGLE-END CLASS A TUBE INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REISONG I notice this is Mark III so will be interested to see developments. Als... | |
| Best value Set amp for under $1500 used is ok. This turns out to be an excellent guide: | |
| Best value Set amp for under $1500 used is ok. I spent the day watching reviews and the 800i gets a good rap as does the 300R too. Outside of budget…great value etc. | |
| Best value Set amp for under $1500 used is ok. Thanks to all who suggested the Willsenton and other suggestions. I will certainly do some more research. @dekay I couldn't edit the post to correct the LS10 reference. Actually the power amp is an ARC D240 MkII. I will read that post you've link... | |
| Noah Schumacher and my Marantz amplifiers My understanding is that this guy is still on the run, anyone have any updates? | |
| What do you like and dislike about vintage Western Electric cables? I was told this is WE wire, its' properties are that its one of the two best speakers cables I've got. More of everything, soundstage, transparency, range... WE Speaker cables 1 WE speaker cables 2 | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound On another related experience I have sat comparing Qobuz and Tidal highest res editions, and there are easily audible differences especially in the bass and mid range. Qobuz IME sounds like a forward mid section with muddied bass. Tidal has more t... | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? Until I upgraded to an Audio Research Ref CD9 I had no real appreciation of the influence of source, internal DAC, tube output stage, etc has on the performance of a CD player. This unit is not the DAC of choice for all my digital listening. And t... | |
| Packing & Shipping Large/Heavy Speakers Just to add my experience here. Oddly from what has been said here, we used FedEx to pack and ship an amp. They did not pack it at all, just took the box we gave them and shipped it. The amp flew around inside the box and of course broke. It was c... | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- Where's the OP gone? What should every poster here, if they were professional, do? There's a myriad of preferences and likes/dislikes, just as in any marketplace, but @mikelavigne summed it up very nicely. You choose to read what you are looking f... |