kennyc
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| What speakers work with low wattage class A amps @arhgef What is make and model of the Class A amp and speakers that you demoed and liked? It may help us to narrow your choices. | |
| What speakers work with low wattage class A amps 25 Watts “or less” The lower the amp wattage, the more limiting choices of speakers. There’s a big difference between what speakers will drive 25amps vs a flea watt amp such as 4watts. I have a 300B 8watt amp which necessitates that I have a ... | |
| Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops Seems it’s either a vinyl problem or a static electricity problem. New vinyl is not clean, it benefits from a good cleaning- ultrasonic works best. Static electricity can also cause pops n clicks - best to try to eliminate. While many products t... | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? +1 @bfleetwood - better midrange vs more neutral linear dynamic lows highs | |
| Streamers made in America? I am old enough to remember when "Made in China" on a product meant that it actually was cheap and poorly built. Those days are long gone. I am old enough to remember when "Made in JAPAN" on a product meant that it actually was cheap and poorly... | |
| Tube rolling newbie- how to choose NOS tubes Thanks all, I’ll look up Brent Jesse. I have to be careful as I have an additive personality and may get caught in the accumulating tubes rabbit hole. | |
| Incredible improvement in sound quality I use a Waterpik showerhead set to center pulsating blast to clean out my ear canal. A doctor would also use significant water pressure to clean ears. I figure that the initial air would cushion the eardrum, then column of water in the canal wou... | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? Van Den Hul Grail - very quiet current mode, I have the SB model Esoteric E-02 - compares well to top phono stages- seems to be a sonic bargain | |
| Incredible improvement in sound quality Sometimes there’s a huge void behind the earwax. | |
| Tube rolling newbie- how to choose NOS tubes Thanks all for your advice, I'm learning a lot. This is my first experience with tubes so I'm in experimental mode to understand the sonic differences between tubes. I'll also be using my DAP as a SS desktop dac/amp to sonically compare. | |
| Integrated amp recommendation The $1k Outlaw Audio RR2160MKII stereo receiver may be a good option. | |
| Best sounding FM table radio ever made... Whoops, mental block. Desktop radios- brings back memories of my mom listening to the baseball games | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @boothroyd thanks for the Sierra lead. I’ll reach out to ask sonic difference between the HA and CB. I haven’t found comparisons online yet. | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? The Rotel and Coda are SS, but I was answering your initial $4k or less new or used. I didn’t follow this thread which seems that you are now looking for SS only at $1k or less. Good luck. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Because I don’t see the CB on their website so I assumed discontinued: http://www.vivaudiolab.com/Rigid_Float.html Like VPI, generally seems that when both are offered, Carbon fiber tonearms performs better than aluminum/metal. So I was wonderi... |