jond
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| Preamp or Receiver? Yes you only need a preamp, the power amp section of a receiver would be wasted with you setup. Find a good tubed preamp, in your price range perhaps a used Wright or Bottlehead? Good luck and happy listening! | |
| Which tube cd player do you like I love the one that I currently own, a Tube Technology Fusion CD64. I love it because it sounds great, I don't know if that's due to the special DAC, the same one that's in Chord's DAC64 or the discrete tubed analog output stage with dual 6922's? ... | |
| Speaker Purchase Why not get a new cd player first if your current player is "performing erratically"? With $5K to spend on an amp, player and tt, you would seem to be on a tight budget. Check out used Cary 303's, Rega Apollos, Wadia 830 and 301's to name a few us... | |
| PS Audio P300 or Cardas Golden Reference? What about the Cast connections between preamp and amp? I've hear that Nordost now makes a Cast cable that is very good, why not take advantage of potentially better technology if you have the opportunity? | |
| Need Help: Integrated 'Tube' Amplifier for Arros Cary 300SEI. | |
| New Build I would strongly consider selling the Spectral preamp, buying a used Cary SLI-80 integrated with phono, and then keeping the $400 and looking at different used speakers. The Cary should give you plenty of options, it has solid output, I would imag... | |
| Tube preamp top clearance--McIntosh or in general Keep in mind that the style of rack matters a lot. If you have a rack that's open on all sides, I do, then top clearance isn't as crucial. If the rack is enclosed or partially enclosed then it' very important. As someone said you can use a fan, an... | |
| Shipping cd player out of country You should be fine as long as you packing is sufficient for a shipping disaster. I sent a transport/dac combo to Taiwan 6-7 years ago with zero problems. Just do your research and pack well and get the player fully insured and you'll be fine. Good... | |
| Buying Bookshelves, I love B&W but.... Not sure your budget but I own and love a pair of the original JMlabs Micro-Utopias. They're easy to drive with tremendous resolution and they look very WAF friendly. They fill my small room with all the sound I could ask for and even have surpris... | |
| Is the magic in shindo or verity? Um I wouldn't exactly call the second system "inexpensive" either. It sounds like great, musical gear well selected and well setup. | |
| A new phono pre, to replace my clearaudio basic Given the rest of your system you really should consider upgrading one or both of your Rotel pieces before upgrading your phono amp. The Clearaudio is ok for now and I really think the rest of your system deserves higher quality amplification. I w... | |
| Newbie seeks advice - please help There are several used original Rega Planet CD players available on here for just under $300. This was my very first high end player and it really offers excellent slightly warm sound and is an absolute steal at used prices. Give it some thought a... | |
| Best CD of Kenny Burrell A Night at the Vanguard? I've had great luck with the recent Verve jazz remasters and reissues, especially the ones labelled "Verve Master Editions". Those along with the JVC K2's are my favorite remastered jazz cd's on the market. Just my 2 cents. Happy listening! | |
| Pick a preamp for my system: Ayre or MBL Why not try a tubed preamp? Plenty of great choices, BAT if you want to run balanced, CAT, Emotive Audio, Deja Vu, Dehavilland, etc if you are ok single-ended. I just think a tubed preamp might add a needed dose of warmth and dimensionality to you... | |
| Wasatch interconnect direction In general the arrow should always point in the direction of signal flow, source>preamp>amp. |