jond
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| Replacing SimAudio W-3 with Ayre V-3 Andy,What speakers are you using? That matters a lot and it's pretty hard to render an opinion without that info. It's best to consider the amp/speaker combo as a single component they're so inter-related. Off the cuff without knowing your speaker... | |
| Where do I go from here ? If you like the Rega sound there seem to be quite a few P25's on here lately at great prices. You could pick one up for between $500-1000 and have a great analog system and some money left over for records. Or you could pick up a VPI Scout, new or... | |
| New to tubes I agree with Tpsonic, any good tubed integrated on 12 or more watts should be just fine. I have no specific recommendations, but there are some nice looking refurbished vintage amps in your price range that look interesting. Most of all, take your... | |
| Beatles covers: better than originals? Steve Earle does a cover of "I'm Looking Through You" on his all acoustic album "Train a Comin'" that is totally amazing and in my opinion better than the orignal. That whole album rocks check it out! | |
| Building an Audio - TV Room -- Help? Hey don't pitch those lp's get a Rega P3 to complete your system and enjoy them! | |
| Best Interconnect Cables with Cary Tube Gear A general recommendation use silver cables. My best results with my old Cary 300B monos were Kimber KCAG and Ridge Street Audio MSE and Poiema. I no longer have the Cary's but still use Ridge Street interconnects and speaker cables with my tube ge... | |
| Sweetest SET Amp below $5k Probably the Cary CAD300BSE mono's, one of the sweetest amps I've ever owned. Also check out Deja Vu Audio, I have one of their PP amps and it's sweet, the SET's are magic. I'm sure there are hundreds of options out there and you'll get a ton of r... | |
| High efficiency speakers for Shindo Hey,Just for the heck of it you should try your new amp with your current speakers if you like them so much. 15 watts is more than you think, give it a try. You may be surprised. And if it doesn't work out then there are plenty of options as you c... | |
| mid range tube amp for center channel. Hi Liem,What amps are driving your from L&R speakers? You obviously want the match with your center to be as close as possible. Generally speaking though the EL34 tube produces a fantastic midrange, I use a stereo EL34 amp in my two channel on... | |
| Message on Behalf of Recordron Very best wishes on a speedy recovery to Ron and all involved! | |
| Maddening HUMMMM Dopogue,Why have they gotten a lot more expensive? Or is your tongue in your cheek and I'm just being dense? | |
| Maddening HUMMMM Get some cheater plugs from the local hardware store for about 25 cents each and try lifting the ground on various components until you figure it out. I agree with folks above though it's probably your tv/cable box. Good luck! | |
| My comment on CD players vs. Universal DVD players I'm with you nearly all of my listening is to cd's and I love my dedicated player! If I ever move on it will almost surely be to another cd player, barring some radical acceleration in technology. I'm a very late adopter. | |
| Single binding posts on Thiel CS 6 Just use a single pair. Happy listening! | |
| Article on blind testing at CEC I just have to say it's refreshing to see an article in a major publication that doesn't reflexively take a dim view of audiophiles or dwell on the lunatic fringe of pricing. It was really quite well done if a bit pointless. |