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| Warm, rich but detailed SS preamp (made you give up tubes) Yes I own one of the FM155 copies.It is much better than say A Mystere CA21 tube preamp I have on loan and a class or two up on a Musical Fidelity A3 Cr I owned [which is a pretty good SS preamp].Not quite in the Supratek league but nothing I have... | |
| Warm, rich but detailed SS preamp (made you give up tubes) The FM Acoustic FM 155 copies you can by from China [Ali Express] for around $300 sound staggeringly good.Not just good for the money but good by any standards.The real things were around $20,000. | |
| Dartzeel nhb 108 Model 2 You can buy a Chinese copy of version 1 [Weiliang/Breeze Audio Version 3] which has been upgraded with an option of 4 output transistors per channel for improved dynamics,articulation and bass control.For the little they cost it would be a cheap ... | |
| Yamaha ns 5000 I have heard the ATC SCM 100 actives.The NS5000s are much better-especially midrange tone and timbre.What surprised me was how boomy the ATC s were . | |
| Bybee Technologies Crystal Series Plug-in Speaker Bullets. Pure snake oil. The Bybee Quantum Purifier was nothing more than an ultra low resistor worth 50 cents..There was a very long running and amusing thread on Stereonet about them.A set were sent around to members to try with the vast majority report... | |
| $50k - $80k Budget…Opinions please. Most 80K systems will be 'hi fi" sounding rather than organic.Think Wilsons,Magico,Focal etc Which means that you will get sick of it and hardly use it .I have friends with Magico speakers who simply stopped listening to them.Or hop on the "upgrad... | |
| How do I know if my systems any good? A sure way of knowing that your system is good is if your wife hates it! | |
| Tannoy? I love this comment about Tannoys and if you have a musical soul it sums up the listening experience perfectly.They must be on a wide baffle though or they do not have the magic.This is for Yorkminsters. "I just bought these speakers one year ago... | |
| Can’t buy output tubes anywhere except from manufacturers at high prices. There are plenty available on Ali Express.The prices have gone a bit silly but it is good to see that Chinese manufacturers have stepped in to the hole left in supply and production by the sanctions on Russia. | |
| Is there a 300B type amp out there with some WATTS behind it? If you have three way speakers that can be biamped you can use a 300B SET on the midrange and tweeters and a SS amp on the bass.Then you get the best of both worlds.Supratek make preamps [duals] that even have two different tubes-one for driving b... | |
| The Richard Clark "all amps sounds the same" test Hi Fi Choice Magazine has run blind,level matched group tests of all types of equipment including amplifiers over many years.All those results and scores are available.And yes there are obvious sound quality differences. | |
| Usher TD-20 I own an Usher R1.5. power amp.They are very good and sound rich and meaty with very good timbre.They also image very well.Lots of other amps have come and gone but that has stayed because it just sounds natural and unforced and has none of the us... | |
| cheapest speaker made in the last 10 year that can beat any speaker made before 1970? My Tannoy Monitor Gold 15 speakers are circa 1969. I have owned modern speakers of every type and up to $12,000 retail and none of them were as good as the Tannoys. | |
| Benchmark AHB2 or Class D (GaN FET) Hi Fi Critic reviewed the Benchmark and gave it a very low score.They praised the measurements but said it was quite poor at musical communication.I have heard some Class D amps including Purifi ones that sound like that too.Although they also had... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k Cayin Class A https://www.ebay.com/itm/134140747460?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=17ceb1b6-e488-11ed-9b72-623161363362 I have Cayin A88T, couldn’t be happ... |