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| Help for an Old School Audiophile Hi Mark,I have no idea, I’m too old school to answer this question. I hope someone else who is reading this can answer your question. That sounds like a nice system you have, hope you can get some guidance here. | |
| Warm, rich but detailed SS preamp (made you give up tubes) Museatex AVC1, beautiful spatial quality to it. I’ve had many different tube & SS combinations over nearly 40 years in this hobby, and if you don’t want a tube preamp, then try to find one of these. I’m sure there are many other SS preamps t... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? I wish we were able to put likes & ❤️ Next to comments like FB.To update my list from the original thread:Dual 1225B&O RX with MMC5 cartridgeDenon DP-59L Rega Planar 3Kenwood KD5070Harman Kardon T45Thorens TD-125 mk II w/Rega RB303 armLinn... | |
| Do chinese tube preamp/amp clones interest you? Thank you all for the comments, political and apolitical, it has opened my eyes to things that I don’t think that much about.I owned an Audio Space EL84 mini int amp that was awesome and an EL34 GemTune GS-01 that was also very good that was proba... | |
| Which tubes are the best? The Psvane KT88 supposed to be very good, but I’ve heard the Gold Lion are the best KT88’s. The best 12ax7 is a 5751, that’s why cj always specs them in their preamps. | |
| Personal Preamp Evolution. Here’s my preamp/int amp/rec’r journey from 1984 to 2020:1. crown straight line 1 preamp2. Sansui AU7173. Luxman C120A preamp4. Acoustat TNP pre 5. Music reference RM5 mkII 6. Dyna PAS 25. Dynaco PAS 36. AMC CVT-30307. Mac 1900 Rec’r8. Mits... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Time to update:From beginning to present:78-81 Sound Research81-84 Smaller Advent Loudspeaker85-86 Jamo Compact 50's & 70's & Triad Subwoofer86-88 Mirage 660's.....(excellent)88-93 ProAc Studio 1 **1993 Celestion C7.....(excellent - gave t... | |
| Why is black so popular for components? That’s a great point! | |
| Why is black so popular for components? Yes, you guys are correct and I am colorblind. The NAD’s were brown. I have a later model an NAD 4300 tuner which turned gun metal gray I think and not as nice as the older brown.Funny how colors and cosmetics can be such a big thing!Anyone rememb... | |
| What are the best tuners each company has made, and how you started? +1 for the REL Precedent, it looks so awesome!grinnell, I have to take the fm tuner info site with a grain of sand sometimes. I use it for validation, but it’s not the end all / be all for tuners, IMHO.I say, if you like a tuner just get it and ch... | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? I got a good deal from a friend on a Cambridge Audio Azur 840 CD player after my mint used $40 Rotel 855 went kaput. All I did was move the 855 into another room and then the laser stopped reading discs.The Azur 840 is very nice but seems very an... | |
| What are the best tuners each company has made, and how you started? Hi Ed,I too have owned a bunch of tuners over the years and it’s tough to compare one against the other when you don’t have the chance to a-b them, you can only go by your recollection of how you liked a certain tuner.However, for the past 2-3 yea... | |
| Why is black so popular for components? Black, silver, gold, brown or gray - certain audio manufacturers have their approved color and when they try a different color, it just looks wrong, while other manufacturers can get away with it.- cj in black is a violation, because their gold or... | |
| Are there any tube amps that don't give off any--- Here’s a great tweak that no one knows about.Place your tubes in the refrigerator overnight, preferably the vegetable crisper, for 8 hours before listening. The next listening session, your tube amp won’t produce any heat whatsoever!Ok, don’t do ... | |
| Speakers which always sound good I think most British two way monitors are generally very musical and consistently good sounding speakers. There’s a lot to choose from here but you can’t go wrong with ProAc, Spendor, Epos, Castle, Linn or KEF, IMHO. |