jzzmn88
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| Why do McIntosh come with cheap plastic remotes? Totally agree with the OP! A quality remote should be part of the experience of using a high cost component. A few years ago I was car shopping and looked at Mercedes Benz. While it drove nice, inside were buttons and knobs that, to me, were made ... | |
| Getting into tubes I jumped the gun and found a used Primaluna Prologue 5 here on Audiogon for sale yesterday. Obviously its not an integrated amp and doesn't have a remote or sub out. I can get around that by using my dac's volume control and am planning on hooking... | |
| Burning question I feel the transports built in the '90's were better built than what's manufactured today. I have a Spectral SDR-3000SL and its arguably one of the best transports ever built. Paired with my MSB Analog dac, it produces magic with redbook discs. I ... | |
| Getting into tubes So my first step to auditioning tube amps is to attend the LA/OC Audio Society meeting on March 18. Its going to be held at Upscale Audio in southern California. I will be able to hear many tube amps and apparently there are going to be several sh... | |
| Getting into tubes @brotw I appreciate your input on the Raven and Line Magnetic amps. Both have great reviews all over the web, would be nice to be able to audition them. | |
| Getting into tubes @skanda Thank you for that suggestion. I would be interested in auditioning a Line Magnetic amp. Heard nothing but good things about them!@trelja I'm really leaning towards the LTA ZOTL40. Seems that will be a magical pairing with my Merlins from ... | |
| Getting into tubes @bobheinatz I emailed Mark of LTA last week, and he said the Ultralinear should be coming out in 4 weeks. I'm very curious to hear that in person. | |
| Getting into tubes @trelja You may have saved me a bunch of money! =) I love my Plinius. Bought it new 18 years ago as an 8150 and upgraded a few years down the line. Its been so reliable, no issues and love the sound it produces, especially with the Merlins. I’ve h... | |
| Getting into tubes @trelja Unfortunately I cannot tell you the difference in the improvements from the previous version because I bought my pair of Merlin’s directly from Rich after he upgraded them. But what I am hearing now is incredible. Very smooth, non-fatiguin... | |
| Getting into tubes Another minor drawback of the Filarmonia is the inability to tube roll which, to me, is one of the advantages to owning a tube amplifier that can accept various tubes. Although I’m not much of a tweaker when it comes to my system, I could see myse... | |
| Getting into tubes @trelja and @pryso Thank you both for your suggestion with contacting Rich Brkich. I do have experience with him as he upgraded and basically built from scratch, my Merlin TSM’s to Bobby Palkovich’s final specs for the Black Magic Edition. This wa... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? I second a recommendation for Blue Jeans cable. Fantastic value for what you get. Have their speaker cable, digital and interconnects and couldn’t be happier. Are there better cables out there? Of course, but you would be spending quite a bit more... | |
| Autobiasing tube amp failure Out of curiosity, who manufactures your amp? | |
| Getting into tubes Would love to hear from Raven Audio owners and their experiences with them, especially the Blackhawk and Osprey models and if there are any huge differences between the two. | |
| Getting into tubes Thanks once again to all those that took the time to respond! Really appreciate all the various opinions and advice. So many things to consider and there are a plethora of types of tube amps I never knew existed or considered before. That’s why th... |