johnss
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| DVD player playing CD's The DVD player should be better. If you look at the error rate coming off a CD player data stream, much higher than a DVD player. and remember few of the high end CD players make their own drives, almost all sourced from China or Japan. the Real q... | |
| PSVANE 12Au7 12At7 12Ax7 "-T MKII" 2020 production run of small signal/driver tubes @audioman58 , thanks for the info. I just ordered a quad set of the new art series, will see how they sound. best. | |
| Can the top end of a PrimaLuna Evo integrated be tamed w/tube rolling? @jsqt, try some shuguang Nature sound, or black carbon 12au7s in the first 2 or 4 slots. They have a great midrange. | |
| Anyone have a fully upgraded KAB 1200? I have a half dozen tables, one is a fully modded KAB 1200.make sure you get the arm dampener, and the complete litz wire re-wire of the tone arm to the outboard RCA sockets. I have the outboard PS. It makes a slight difference but not huge. Would... | |
| Anyone buys master tape dubs ? and if you go one step further to tube based outboard playback electronics, the sound is even more mind blowing. I have a pair of MTR-15s and an 812.Originally hot rodded the stock electronics with better parts, made a really nice improvement. The... | |
| Anyone buys master tape dubs ? @inna, you have to be careful. the master tapes can be very addictive. Makes it really difficult go back and listen to your other sources. If I am playing tapes, I have to end on playing tapes for the night. then power everything down. Skip at le... | |
| Anybody out there replace their volume control with a Goldpoint using Vishay resistors? Yes, I have, makes a pretty big improvement, but not cheap. Just as important or maybe more important is replacing the input and output load resistors with Vishays. As far a tech in your area, can't help there. | |
| Snell type D speaker ... Amp Choice ? was not aware Magnum Dynalab made amps. you will need something that delivers a lot of current such as a Parasound A21, or the older 2200 Mk2. I have owned almost all of the Snell models over the years, they all benefited greatly from high current... | |
| Options for $1k or less DAC? for under 1K, would go with the Denafrips Ares II. Have not heard all dacs, but its the best I have heard for under a kilobuck. and will do both USB and SPDIFF inputs. | |
| Pure tube phono preamp in the price range you are looking at, you really should consider the VTL TP 6.5. Used, they go for well under your top budget. They use an FET for the first gain stage at the MC level, but after that all valve. Its the most open, most dynamic pho... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? @audiomerk, if you want more warmth, 2 things you can do. 1. insert Shuguang nature sound 6CA7 output tubes, and replace the first two input tubes with Shuguang 12AU7 - TG.2. reduce the Neg feedback a bit on the amp, the imaging will greatly impro... | |
| Is the Manley Steelhead still relevant? would agree with hagtech,but for 15k I would be looking at the ARC ref phono stage or the VTL 6.5 Both are much better than the steelhead. Have owned two copies of the chinook, the steelhead, and the other two mentioned. | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? think there is plenty of love for the brand, especially if you go through it with better parts. But as others have pointed out, you cannot do point to point wiring in the US or European countries and sell for the price point they are selling at. T... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 until you get above that price point, think there is only one..the denafrips terminator. | |
| When did you digitize your CDs and LPs? I still haven’t... if you embark on this task, what ever you do, make a daily back up copy of the files you have ripped, or copied. I did this with my 2k CD collection a number of years ago. Got half way through and the HD crashed. Had to start all over from the beg... |