jond
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| I'm considering replacing my passive preamp with a tubes. Is it worth it? I totally agree with jmcgrogan2 it depends but I see some pretty cool tubed preamps for sale here in your price range.https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-blue-circle-audio-bc21-1-tube-preamplifier-upgraded-9911-2017...https://www.audiogon.com/l... | |
| Blood Shot Records @sbank If you mean the Asylum Street Spankers no they are a now defunct Texas swing band out of Austin. | |
| Old Amp vs. New Amp Not sure where "high repair costs" of older tubed gear are coming from. Point to point wired tubed gear is pretty easy for a competent tech to repair, to me its one of the bonuses of running tubes. My amp is 17 years old, I've owned it for 10, in ... | |
| Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables Pretty sure my 10 foot single wire pair weighed 11 pounds for context. | |
| Agoners: Need Advice! Have 3K to spend on an Amp, what do I do with no way to audition? To echo what someone said above a great strategy is to buy used, tons of great SS amps in your price range and below. Buy smart and resell and try something else until you settle on your final amp. If done right it can really cost little above you... | |
| Best standalone music server? uberwaltz of course you are entitled, sorry I was just objecting to the characterization of Tidal as a ripoff. I should point out that this statement: "Now just as an example, I bought some cd,s say and I decided I did not like them, well I am g... | |
| Best standalone music server? Sorry but you guys are wrong about Tidal its the total opposite of a rip off. Think of it this way how much do you spend a month on cds? In my heyday of buying cds I would easily spend $100 a month. Now for $20 I have essentially 250,000 or howeve... | |
| Best standalone music server? @uberwaltz just curious are you ripping your cd's as flac or mp3s? | |
| Old Amp vs. New Amp petrela just curious you mention tubes a few times and your speakers are certainly tube friendly but you're not interested in a tubed power amp? To me a lot of tubed circuits are timeless and well designed point to point wired tubed stuff is rela... | |
| Blood Shot Records @mac48025 if they have anything from The Asylum Street Spankers I highly recommend checking it out. | |
| Percentage of mp3 vs FLAC on Tidal? Yes I would love some examples also I have not encountered any mp3s in about a year of streaming Tidal. | |
| Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables To add to the discussion I also think to a certain extent adding the first of Bobs power cables is a wow moment. As you accumulate them in your system the improvements become more subtle. I am running 3 Nano Sig cords first one on my preamp was a ... | |
| Experience with Tannoy Westminster Royal Gold Reference @hddg that is fantastic news congratulations on your fantastic system and your audio happiness! Can't wait to see your system pics! | |
| Art Audio Diavolo hum Agree with above, ignore ebm, time for new caps should be an easy job and should not only fix the hum but give your amp a new lease on life! And better sound as well. | |
| Anyone have a pic to show me where to replace HEXFREDS in a Cary CAD-120S? Don't do this! Find a tech in your area to do it for you. Don't risk damaging your amp or worse by attempting an upgrade yourself you are not qualified, by your own admission, to perform. Not to mention potentially tanking the resale value of your... |