jond
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| Help with hookup The model number of your "preamp" is actually a solid state power amp are you sure that's right?https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/mcintosh/mc2300.shtml | |
| Choosing the right amplifier for the 2019 Magnepan .7 Speakers; Solid State or Tube Do you already have these amps in house? You say you have them so assuming you do just try both and see which sounds better. | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? 1. 10/9/89 Hampton Coliseum The Grateful Dead, 2. 10/8/89 Hampton Coliseum The Grateful Dead 3. 8/19/12 Bill Graham Civic Ctr Phish | |
| Help wanted I agree with everyone above often a bit of patience not only saves money but gets us the upgrade we really need. And congrats on the new system it looks great! | |
| JADIS DEFY7, can not get it to sing @clearthink I don't think that is the case here the various preamps in question were literally billed as reproductions of famous preamps and are very inexpensive hence "cheap knockoff". The OP's continuing dissatisfaction with said preamps reinfor... | |
| JADIS DEFY7, can not get it to sing mozartfan at this point I wish you good luck your mind is obviously set on what you want to do. I hope the Leaf is the preamp you've been searching for and perhaps selling the Jadis is not the worst idea. No point in keeping a high end amp and not... | |
| Tube types +1 on the Matsushita 7DJ8 I use those myself and they sound great and are very strong and rugged. My preamp uses 6 6dj8 types so always looking for a good NOS tube that's a good value this fits the bill perfectly. | |
| Bookshelf Speakers that have to be up against the wall Audio Note AN-K sealed cabinets and designed to be placed in a corner or against a wall. Should be around your budget. | |
| Coincident speakers 14 Ohms - What amplification to use when streaming Tidal. You can certainly use a tube amp in a streaming setup. And you may want to look at pushpull rather than SET amps depending on your budget. SET amps really need a great output transformer and those cost money. There are good budget pushpull amps no... | |
| JADIS DEFY7, can not get it to sing I read your post and I don't think you really understood mine. Stop flipping cheap supposed clones of well known preamps. Save your money. Use the Xiang for 6 months or whatever while you save up then sell it. Use that money lets call it $1500-200... | |
| Why does streaming need to be so complex I would punt on looking for streamers that do Amazon HD for now it was so recently announced it will take time for companies to add it. I use an Auralic, the discontinued Aries Mini, and couldn’t be happier. I’ve been using it for 3.5 years with n... | |
| OMG - I am just investigating ‘tweaks’ to improve my audio system. Just pull the fuses out of your gear note the values and order the corresponding values from SR. | |
| Tube types Yes you can and there is further discussion on that subject here:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/6922-vs-6dj8-vs-7308 | |
| I'm not even quite sure how to phrase my question, but here it goes... What are you using to feed your Dac the streaming signal? A lot of streamers will show you the sample rate as you stream. Right now I am listening to Qobuz and on my streaming app the sampling rate shows as 44.1khz 16bit and hovers between 7-800 k... | |
| JADIS DEFY7, can not get it to sing I am a bit bewildered by all your fast moves but one thing that is driving me crazy. You have a superb amp and finally have heard it sing. And yet you continue to throw a series of cheap nondescript preamps in front of it hoping for good sound. In... |