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| How to burn in a new pickup Why not just enjoy listening to music? I mean granted your cartridge may not be fully broken in, but I'm sure it'll sound pretty good. Why waste any of it's too short life being burned in on anything but music? Also there may be a phono burn in cd... | |
| Options to replace Supratek Chennin Pre Herron VTSP-1A was what I went to happily after my Supratek Syrah, or try a custom tube preamp from Vu at Deja Vu Audio in Virginia. Killer gear and a great rep, username on hear is Vudoo. I'm just a happy customer, no affiliation. Happy listening! | |
| amps for Merlin VSM-MXE Joule Electra amps are supposed to be magic with Merlin speakers. I'm personally a big fan, and owner, of the custom tube amps from Deja Vu Audio in Mclean, VA. I'm not affiliated just a happy customer. You might also look into another favorite of... | |
| Top ten tube preamps Well, leaving it to preamps I've listened to:Deja Vu Audio Custom Tube Preamps- variousManley 300B PreampAir Tight ATC-1Herron VTSP-1ASupratek SyrahI can only do a top five and they're not all linestages, sorry. | |
| Nirvana at last? Congrats Warren! Glad to hear that you're enjoying your system so much. Now get off Agon and go out and buy some music before you do something you regret. Then again there's always tube dampers, cables, etc. Have fun and happy listening! | |
| Nationalism in Audio Products? As far as Swiss companies go, Goldmund comes to mind and they make literally everything, from source to speakers. They've made some pretty famous turntables in their time but they don't make them anymore. However they pop up used on here pretty fr... | |
| Feedback on Audiogon I have to say without Agon I wouldn't have close to the system I have today. Nor would I have the knowledge I've gained either. Truly a worthwhile and addictive site. Happy listening! | |
| Power cable for tube output cdp I generally like silver with tubes and on my player, a Tube Technology Fusion CD64 I use a great cheap silver cable, the Audio Magic Xstreme. It does the trick nicely at around $100 bucks. Happy listening! | |
| Unable to audition used speakers a problem The real key is to buy good used speakers at excellent prices. That way you can essentially audition them for free. Buy the speakers, listen for a few weeks or months, and if they don't suit simply turn around and sell them for exactly what you pa... | |
| Did the Herron VTPH Phono Stage have Sovtek tubes? All Herron tubed preamps are shipped with Sovteks and Keith doesn't recommend tube rolling at all. Hope that helps. | |
| Pass 150.5 vs. Pass 250.5 ? Audphile1 I was making a general comment on the efficiency of JMlabs designs, and since floor standing speakers are typically more efficient than monitors it stands to reason that if my monitors are efficient than a floorstanding model from the sa... | |
| Most Quiet TUBE Preamp. Linestage. $ 12K or less The quietest tubed preamp that I've ever heard was my old Herron VTSP-1A. It was dead silent and sounded excellent. | |
| Pass 150.5 vs. Pass 250.5 ? Focal JMlabs speakers are very easy to drive, I'm driving a pair of Micro-Utopia's with about 20 tube watts. I think that the 250.5 may be overkill, the 150.5 would not only be sufficient but might sound better as well. | |
| Playing Customs Games with Our Northern Neighbors It's totally your call, and god forbid that something bad happened to your item and an insurance claim needed to be made with an artificially low declared value. Who's left holding the bag then? You are well within your rights to act as you are, d... | |
| Why Tube Pre-SS amp over SS Pre- Tube amp? The idea is SS amps are more powerful and better able to drive most speakers. So by adding tube warmth with a tubed pre you're still able to use the speaker of your choice with those SS watts. As always ymmv and all cases are not the same. Most of... |