johnss
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| Tape buying a good source for new and single pass tape is tape tape.....out on the coast. have bought from them several times with good results. http://www.tapetape.com/ | |
| Cary CAD 280SA V12r vs CAD 50M MK2 comparison the v12 sounds more powerful. so depends on what speakers you are driving. the CAD50 is a nice amp used within its power range. both are UL/triode switchable. both can run EL34 or KT88s. with the V12 you have a bit more room to tweek the sound sin... | |
| How often do you have to service your Studer or Otari deck ? Home not pro environment. @inna , no offense but your question is too generic. akin to what sounds better; tubes or solid state; which solid state amp vs. which tube units. If you take the plunge into mastering decks, it quite a deep dive. These are not the portable MX505... | |
| Best 6550 NOS Power Tube for CJ Premier 11a? I have both NOS and re-issue tungsol 6550s, splitting hairs but pretty close. also the chinese offer some really great sounding tubes. Used to have a premier 11a. If memory serves ran KT90s in it. check out the PSVANE gray glass KT88s. pretty nice... | |
| Sophia Electric EL34 or KT88 ?? All,just a short note and update. over the past 8-12 months have recommended the Shuguang WE KT88 plus to many. thought I would provide a short update. bought one quad set in Oct. 2019 bought a 2nd quad set in late Dec 2019 or early Jan 2020. Lo... | |
| PrimaLuna Preamp Upgrade Question +1 for @tablejockey comments. only additional comment is you have not heard what the PL Dialogue P can do until you replace the coupling caps with copper foil caps. then you jaw will hit the floor.... | |
| Sophia Electric EL34 or KT88 ?? replacing the caps is pretty straight forward if you know how to solder. but dont use a 9 dollar iron, get something better. | |
| Phono preamp recommendation (under $1,000) would add the EAR clone from doukmall available on ebay new for around 550 | |
| Sophia Electric EL34 or KT88 ?? yes, have experimented with these. Pretty good tubes. Sophia electric was the first of the high end custom materials Chinese tubes. The work from PSVANE and Shuguang now surpasses them. If you want to try KT88s the ones to get are the WEKT88 red b... | |
| Which Snell Type A do I have? A-I or A-Original? @ mofimadness is correct on the revisions. I originally heard the A1s, ended up buying the A2s, and later the A3s. sold the A2s to buy a second pair of the A3s for another system, and ended up sending all 4 upper cabinets back to Snell to get th... | |
| phono preamp for Primaluna in the 500 to 700 range, the Marantz 7 clone from China available on ebay is the best I have heard. at the next level up would look for a used Manley Chinook. | |
| Conrad JOHNSON Phono Preamps the PV-5 had a great MM phono stage in its day. Very musical sounding. many of the reviewers used it as their ref piece. I owned a PV-5, 8, 11 and 12. The 5 was the only the only model I regretted selling. It has quite a cut following. | |
| What to do with pre-owned vinyl? not sure its too far of a drive or not, but Princeton Record exchange would likely take them. | |
| Is it really worth it to get a phono stage over $10k @mglik,Last fall I was in the same position. Had tried over 10 phono stages (bought and sold, so was able to live with them for a few months) in the 2K to 8K range. Some were better than others, and some were no better than what I was using at the... | |
| Phono Cartridge for $1,000. +1 for the AT ART-9. have not heard the new 9XA, but do have the ART-9 and ART-1000, both great carts. |