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| jbl k2s9800 seg wood grain keep or sell? As I said that speaker deserves a great amp. For now do yourself a favor and get a value priced tube amp, something like a Cary Rocket 88 or a C-J MV60. If you search this site you will find one or both in your price range. Forget about HK or JBL ... | |
| jbl k2s9800 seg wood grain keep or sell? You have a pretty fabulous pair of speakers there, judging from reviews I've read, and you're powering it with a mass-market reciever. I'm not surprised it doesn't sound good, $27K speakers deserve a world class amplifier. Now I don't know the spe... | |
| How is your many titles in your digital collection 500+ CD's1 SACD (bought for the redbook layer)0 DVD-A1 DVD-V50 LP's | |
| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? Don't forget Supratek! The Chenin, formerly Syrah, is a giant killer with a killer MC phono stage at $2900. If you want to spend more the next level up is the Cortese at about $5K. I can't imagine how good that must be given how fabulous my Syrah ... | |
| Imaging/Soundstaging - Does room size matter? Looking at the photo of your system setup your speaker positioning seems like it should give you pretty good imaging. It might be time to look at your gear also, though speaker placement is the number one factor in imaging I think some gear just i... | |
| Newbi seeking advise - why tubed pre-amp? Well a lot of us think that tubes, whether they be in a preamp, amp, or dac, don't necessarily add colorations or distortions. Personally I think a well executed tube circuit, a la my Supratek preamp or Cary amps, is inherently more linear than SS... | |
| Okay, I have a decision to make, please help. Hey Chris,Nice system. I'll start with the obvious, if you have a chance to audition any of these players in your system, do it! Only you can really know what will satisfy. Having said that I think the Cary would be a solid choice, I lived with a ... | |
| Clearaudio ceramic bearing upgrade Holy cow a rare Cornfedboy sighting! Kelly we all miss your wit and insight, where ya' been? Oh that's right you're the lawyer for the 'Gon right? Aw never mind but good to hear from you. | |
| A'gon Classified or Auction - Which do you prefer? Classified. There's less uncertainty and less waiting. If I want something and have the money, I get it. | |
| Can I use my Int. tube amp as a Pre ? Does it have preamp outputs? If so just run interconnects from thos to the inputs of the power amp you want to use. That's it. If it doesn't have such outputs you're pretty much out of luck, unless you have tape outs and want to use a seperate att... | |
| Supratek Syrah phono help. Lugnut,Thanks for the advice. The seller saw this thread and emailed me instructions for accessing gain switches through the base plate of the control unit. I'll give that a shot and see how it sounds. Mlkiz, I'm guessing Mick recommended a Denon ... | |
| Any experiences with Sutherland gear? I should have added my current preamp is an Edge Signature One, would the Sutherland be an upgrade, a lateral move, or a downgrade? | |
| B&W 801 s 3 or???? If you're looking for presence get a tubed preamp. I'm serious, you'll frankly be astonished at the difference, music seems to really project from the speakers when using one. | |
| Will a transformer, 220 to 100v, ruin the sound? I was told by Tom Tutay, a well respected tube amp tech, that a step up or step down transformer would better isolate the piece of equipment in question from the ac line and would thus be a good thing. I never tried it so I don't really know. | |
| Cyrus amps - what do they sound like? What's GB? |