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| KT 150 Amp Options 04-16-15: TubegrooverQuicksilver has the option of using the KT150 in both the V4 and Silver 88. Both suberb sounding with this tube.Quicksilver V4 is an excellent suggestion and according to Mike Sanders, SE model has superior SQ to XLR.Also chec... | |
| SOS: Andy Bowman - Vintage Tube Services I'm always looking for tubes so I guess I have to buy some from Andy next time. Can't have too many honest and competent tube vendors. | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it 04-08-15: RhljazzObviously you don't own a Range Rover, Mercedes, or BMW. Buy one of those and your audio repairs will fade into the background. One of those fine vehicles will illustrate the frequency, severity, and cost of ownership.Not my Merce... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... 04-07-15: Wolf_garciaI'll reiterate for the record...a price is "stupidly high" if the item's performance or parts value or manufacturing cost isn't close to 5 or 10 times more "actually" valuable than something well made but less expensive. Plent... | |
| Tube for aesthetix pandora / romulus I honestly wasn't trying to slight you KNG. Just trying to give OP another side of the story since he has no idea what he's doing. Has he been back to post yet? I'd love to hear his thoughts on this and which tubes he decides on using and why. Alw... | |
| Tube for aesthetix pandora / romulus 04-04-15: CtsoonerI have been a tube owner for years and years and have gone with tubes from the manufacturer every time. They match them and know what sounds best. Often they will have a signature line (Jim White knows what tubes he feels are bes... | |
| Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice Fsmithjack, In your budget, there are many excellent tube amp options. 1. QuickSilver V4 with KT150. If you order direct from QS, Mike offers a 30 money back home audition.2. Carver Crimson 350 with KT150. Each pair are custom so you can order byp... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... 04-04-15: Wolf_garciaIncidentally, the (to me anyway) stupid high prices of some gear is not so you can "get one whenever you want," (a patently lame reason, but sort of funny) but simply to supply company owners/shareholders with as much profit a... | |
| Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice 04-04-15: Tfl303I own the ClaytonM300 they are the real deal I've owned many tube amps Clayton gives you slam speed pace and musicality Built like a tank don't under estimate ClaytonAudio. Match with a good preamp ie audio research 5SEYOU WILL BE ... | |
| 6922 tube selection 04-04-15: QuincyVery good comments and feed back. Thank you. NOS is just that; NOS. No one 'really' knows where they have been or how and if they have been used. No one knows how many times they were bought and sold through middlemen and liquidato... | |
| 6922 tube selection 04-03-15: EbmCall Andy ASAP for the only honest tube guy.Looks like Ebm got taken to the cleaners buying off Craigslist, Ebay ... LOL!!!I buy majority of tubes from Brent Jesse. Also use PCX, Upscale and TubeWorld. Once I bought 6H30-DR off Ebay f... | |
| Another UPS Horror Story When I sold my TRL Samsons, I use YRC Freight. Both amps ship in one wooden crate. I arranged pickup from my home and the price was very reasonable.I got quotes from Pilot, FedEx Freight, Craters & Freighters ... and YRC had the best package d... | |
| 2 runs of wires or 1 run w/ jumpers Definitely 2 runs. Complex passages are no longer compressed and lyrics are easier to decipher. The improvements are immediately obvious and not a struggle to hear the differences. 2 runs are more EXPENSIVE but excellent ROI in my system. | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... Every other year I will upgrade my Amp + Pre Amp + Dac and spend 20k-30k for upgrades alone . If I purchase new ones I will end up spending another 20-30K.and who's fault is that?I am forced to upgrade as every upgrade brings 50% improvement in so... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... 03-29-15: JanebActually, there won't be a REF 75 SE Mk11...there will be a REF 85, LOL.Will put out 10 watts more /channel and will make the REF 75SE sound like a boat anchor. Nice thing is that the REF 85 will ONLY cost 50% more than the REF 75SE... |