jw94055
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| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Original Son of Ampzilla. I am stunned by the effortless, deep delicate, clean sound. I know that a lot of the original Ampzillas were unstable and a pain, but mine is fine. I use a tube pre and the combo produces a sound that is warm, clean and t... | |
| Personal amp evolution Starting in '71: 626 pioneer receiver, something sansui receiver, hafler 200, Son of Ampzilla. That's it. Used the Hafler for 20 years. The Son of Ampzilla (an original) is just stunning. | |
| Power Conditioner for Amps. A company that has been making line conditioners for a looong time: Tripp Lite. | |
| Limited budget-spend more money on amp or preamp? A used tube pre-amp and a used SS power amp. Having a tube pre will make more improvement than one can imagine. Good luck. | |
| Is this Replace the Kenwood. After 20 years, I got back my original piece of "hi-fi" equipment, a 626 Pioneer receiver. Put it into my system and took it right back out. That sweet sound of youth can be improved upon. At least half the fun of hi-fi for me... | |
| Best Component Ever, for the money The Original Son of Ampzilla | |
| Need component recommendations for 1,000 system? Here's a real low cost system. Speakers: order from Parts Express and build your own from Kits. Power: NAD. DVD: whatever but get a Scott Nixon DAC. Interconnects: Radio Shack,catch your breath, yes, Radio Shack. Speaker Cable: Monster. Get a Trip... | |
| Besides Audio, what other ''passion'' do you have? Sushi, walking, cities, fine hotels, movies, red wine, malt scotch, fine art, my wife. | |
| comparation between Magnepan & KEF ref. series I like Kefs more than Maggies. The sound has more heft. The Maggies are too beamy. | |
| Maintenance on Hafler DH200 & DH101 If you are thinking of DIY mods,I would get a copy of the POOGE article done by Marsh and Jung. You can do easy tweaks, not so easy tweaks, and highly-experienced-tech tweaks. I use a 12au7 based triode pre-amp and I believe that a tube pre with a... | |
| New vs Used when buying please share thoughts Anything with moving parts(like turntables), buy new. Anything without moving parts(like solid state amps), buy used. | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE KEF 104ab. Bexetrene drivers, decades old, I will never sell them. They are now in my "b" system, but after many amps and turntables and cd players, they are a constant. Clean, clear, no false bass or treble; my first pair of upper fi speakers. | |
| Hafler 220, one channel out of sync HELP Hafler Mosfets and cleaning. I saw a tweak on the internet about cleaning the the Mosfet pins and pin sockets. It must be done carefully but I must admit the difference was stunning. As they are not soldered in (anyway in my Hafler 200 they weren'... | |
| Anyone build a speaker using the heil tweeter? Yes I have and I'm glad I did. Heil amt1's with 6" Peerless in acoustic reflex cabinets; Bass handled by a sub-woofer with twin Kef bass speakers. Don't replace the 10" driver, just couple the Heil with a good mid or mid-bass in an appropriate cab... | |
| ESS 1D's? Or Monitors? Or none...? I had a pair of the ESS amts a long time ago, sold them and got some kef 104abs. Then, about a year ago, at a sale, I got a pair of the ESS amt1b monitors. I remembered why I got the Kefs, the ESS bass is really bad. The crossover is at 1,000 and ... |