jond
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| Amps-Cables for Focal 1007 BE JMlabs are quite easy to drive and love tubes. Tubes should help tame any glare and brightness. I am currently running a pair of original Micro-Utopias with a 24 watt tube amp and they sound fantastic. A quality tube amp from 10-50 watts should be... | |
| Tube technology Fusion Cd64 any good? I own one and love it. I haven't compared it to any of the players you list, but in my system in easily outperformed a Cary 303/200, and a Copland 289. It is incredibly organic and lifelike in it's sound, with first class imaging, a really refined... | |
| Coda Still Alive?? Ferrari,I just went on the Coda website with no problems at all. Give it another try, or maybe it's a browser issue? | |
| Golden Tube SE 40 Hiss and Pop problem - Thoughts? It absolutely sounds like a failing tube. Either do as Newbee has suggested or drop in replacements if you have them. It's always a good idea with a tube amp to have a set of backup output tubes around, since tubes always seem to go bad on weekend... | |
| tube power amp for my thiels cs6 speakers As already mentioned the higher powered VTL's are a good choice also consider conrad-johnson, used Premier 12's or P 8's would work well. Their current models would work also but might not fit your budget. Good luck and happy listening! | |
| Surge Protection... We live in an apartment in DC and were having issues with surges due to line work the city was doing. For about $250 we had an electrician install a whole house surge protector right at the fuse box and all problems stopped. Plus the peace of mind... | |
| Recommendation for vacuum tube CD-player I own a Tube Technology Fusion CD64 and think it's one of the best cdp's out there for under $10K. The company went under but they come up occasionally in the $1500-$2000 range used, new they were $4K. The technology is the same dac as the famed C... | |
| Help with a total system upgrade. I used to own a Graff GM5050, not the integrated but the straight power amp. It was a nice amp, good sound, great looks, but definitely suffered from reliability issues. I eventually traded it into Deja Vu Audio for my current amp, a Deja Vu stere... | |
| Best redbook CD player They don't come up often but the Tube Technology Fusion CD64 is an amazing player, I own and love one. It marries the amazing WTA dac from the Chord DAC64 to a discrete tubed analog output stage. I read a rave in HiFi+, took the plunge and couldn'... | |
| Into 2009; What rules?? Tubes or Solid State I love tubes! Great sound and not nearly the hassle folks say they are. Try it and you'll be hooked! Happy listening! | |
| Marantz vs Mcintosh If you want the music to sound "more real" try tubes, Mcintosh, Marantz, or other. I find that nothing sounds more lifelike than a good tubed amp/preamp combo. Happy listening! | |
| which amp is the most transparent? Congratulations, it sounds like you have a system you are happy with, enjoy! That leaves us with the title of your post, a question that is never fully clarified in the body of your post. Which amp? Transparent compared to what? Please explain fur... | |
| Personal amp evolution Crap, wrong thread! Sorry Streetdaddy, hope you had a great holiday! | |
| Personal amp evolution Streetdaddy,I think you listed a bunch of amps in a preamp evo thread. You might want to give it another try. Happy Thanksgiving! | |
| good music/poor recording, bad music excellent You're kidding right? Why listen to bad music no matter how good it sounds? Of course everyone's definition of "bad" is different, but I buy discs for the music on them, good or great sound is a bonus. |