jond
Responses from jond
| Tube testing service I would check for dealers in the St Louis area who sell tubed equipment. They should have a tube tester handy. | |
| Ebay sellers switching tubes I have never bought and would never buy tubes on ebay. I've had good luck buying tubes here from a few reliable sellers. I mostly buy from Upscale other than that. | |
| Interconnect Suggestion between Audio Valve Conductor preamp and Challenger 150 power amp @millercarbon I can't imagine you are trying to say all cables sound the same? Seems odd considering your love of various tweaks. | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i Not really I guess I just hate the idea of buying one with a feature I would never use. I am happy with my current streamer, an Aries Mini, but since Auralic discontinued the Mini long term I will have to make a move. The Zen looks very interesting. | |
| Interconnect Suggestion between Audio Valve Conductor preamp and Challenger 150 power amp You didn't say if you liked the Organic Reference you were lent. Since they are your speaker cable also you must feel they are good cables. If you're not happy what are you looking for soundwise you're not getting? It's unlikely anyone here will h... | |
| Love it when it snows I miss snow! It virtually never snows in DC anymore. Despite what the White House may say. :p | |
| Basic EL34 and 6sn7 tube recommendation. Yet another GL KT-77 lover here to me they are indispensable, just great top to bottom sound at fair price relative to NOS EL34 variants. | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i I wish Inous made a Zen Mini sans CD ripper for those of us who've already ripped their CDs. | |
| How old to qualify for vintage? It may be my age, 50, but to me vintage is 1970s or older. | |
| Thoughts/Advice on replacing a 20 year old system The MC352 is an integrated the NAD was going to just be used as a streamer in the proposed setup hence the conversation about streamers and Dacs. And KB the Node has both coaxial and optical digital outputs to connect to an external Dac. | |
| Thoughts/Advice on replacing a 20 year old system So your 20 year old system is kaput got it. If you like the MA352 it looks like a solid choice. As far as streaming goes the NAD may sound better than the Node2i but you're also paying for a lot of functionality you don't need. It does look like t... | |
| Distorded sound with Tidal Glad to hear you are working towards a solution! And yes give the wife her laptop back before you have even worse problems! :) | |
| Thoughts/Advice on replacing a 20 year old system Hi KB may I ask what's in your 20 year old system? Newer can be better but not always and you can add streaming functionality to any analog system. | |
| Node 2i to Lumin D2 using internal DAC Why not just add an outboard Dac to the Node? The switch to Lumin may be a worthwhile improvement but I am personally a fan of separating the streaming and Dac functions. | |
| MyMat Slaw congratulations on your new venture! One question reading here and your ad, what is the material? Or is that proprietary info? |