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| Introducing Tubes? I personally think the preamp influences system sound mo ethan any component and thus would suggest a tubed preamp might be what you're looking for. But first ask yourself, are you saying you need tubes or are your friends? If you like the sound t... | |
| Source to two Preamps question: Home theatre passs through should work if your preamp has one. | |
| Aerial Acoustic Model 7Bs vs. Model 9s? It would be helpful to know your room size, dimensions, and partnering equipment. Particularly the room stuff, if you have a good fairly large room the fuller range speaker might be best, smaller or more difficult the smaller speaker and sub might... | |
| Classe CA-400 amp trips BAT preamps have a rep for sometimes outputting small amounts of dc, that could be what's happening. DC would cause your amps protection circuit to kick in. Get a multimeter and measure the dc output of you preamp. It's not very hard to do, I can'... | |
| Speaker advice please for Bryston B60... I used to run a Bryston B-60 with a pair of Soliloquy 6.2's to good effect in a small room. I would think for a smaller room the 5.3's would work very well also. Have fun, that's a great little amp. | |
| Supratek ?? I took my Syrah to a local dealer, Deja Vu Audio, for a minor repair and when I went to pick it up they had hooked it up to give it a listen. They were quite impressed and when I then told them it had originally cost $2500 and was now $2900 they w... | |
| questions about tubes - to experts If you're looking for a high value 300B I would recommend trying out the Valve Art Titanium Meshplate tubes. I picked up a pair for $165 and at that price they're a steal. I really don't miss my Western Electrics at all. I've never tried EH so can... | |
| WBT Nextgen RCA connector evaluation & shoot-out Very interesting and well done. However rather than comparing WBT's with other WBT's I might sugest a comparison with the Eichmann Silver Bullet Plugs, which are currently the best sounding connector I've heard though I haven't heard the WBT Nextg... | |
| Anybody else bothered by $8call.00 I guess it wouldn't be so bad if it was an occasional ad, but often, especially on New Today, someone will post like 10-20 of these adds in a row. At that point it becomes annoying and frustrating, particularly because there is a "Sales and Demoes... | |
| Anyone have current experience with TAD-1 speaker Speakerdude,He has speakers, they're from SAP, an Italian company. They're the last item in his system description. | |
| Purpose of a DAC and Redbook Presentation A dac is a digital to analog converter. It converts a digital signal, ones and zeroes, into an analog signal that is then amplified by your preamp/amp and sent to your speakers. "Redbook" simply refers to regular 16 bit/44.1hz cd's, as opposed to ... | |
| Inexpensive wine pairings? Hi,A few of my favorite values as a wine professional;for a red try Badia a Coltibuono Cancelli Toscana Rosso 2003 a delicious blend of 70% Sangiovese (the base grape in Chianti) and 30% Syrah for around $12.00/btl. For a white perhaps a nice cris... | |
| Budget MC cartridge for a Rega P3 &Supratek Syrah? Thanks for the advice guys. It looks like it's going to be the Denon based on recommendations, availability, and price. | |
| Power cord to add ease and tame treble. Something else to consider looking at your system is that every review I've read about the Ayre CX7 stresses that it that it sounds dramatically better through the balanced outputs to the extent that it's been suggested that one not purchase the p... | |
| Have anyone seen these speakers? Or system? I assume the darker finished things to either side are the speakers, I'm just wondering what computer aided acoustic modeling program leads you to a silhouette of Kenny from South Park? |