lou_setriodes
Responses from lou_setriodes
| What are the sexiest components ever made? Perreaux stack Spectral amp/preMotif separatesBeard EL84 integrated Ensemble Tiger B50 integrated Densen Beat | |
| Personal amp evolution Very nice freediver especially when you made the move to tubes. I’m still playing around making changes like sampling different flavors of ice cream. I listed the preamps used with the amps as I believe it gives more useful information. I’m dow... | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? Go check out Derek Sanderson’s Fleawatt chip amps. He told me a long time ago that several people were trading in their expensive 300B SET amps for his Fleawatt amps and not missing a beat.i can attest, I recently had a 3 wpc 6B4G SET amp (6V ver... | |
| Looking for a good tech in the Philadelphia, PA area. Jim is very good friends with a couple of my local audio friends that I bought or sold gear too, your in good hands | |
| Looking for a good tech in the Philadelphia, PA area. Jim Nichols is the tech at Barracks Trading Post in Maple Shade, NJ. He also builds his own tube amps as well and is a disciple of Lance Cochrane and is much closer than the others recommended. | |
| Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer? Mitsubishi used a variable loudness knob on several of their receivers too, I always liked that feature over the loudness switch. If you got a loudness button or dial, you end up using it. For many more years than not, I don’t have loudness &... | |
| Your "Best of..." audio manufacturer in each state How about PA for Dynaco & FriedNJ for Hafler, VPI, & Adcom? | |
| What equipment have you bought this year so far ? From an earlier posting on 4/26/19Muse 100 power amp XMuse Model 1 preamp XFocal Chorus 807 V speakers XEmotiva CM-X2 power regeneratorYamaha T-1 Tuner XTandberg TCD 310 MkII cassette deck XMod Squad Tip Toes ... And from 10/21/19:Schiit Mani phon... | |
| Best debut album +1 for Chicago Transit Authorityalso Kansas’s debut album is their best work, IMO | |
| old high end preamps.. My Museatex AVC1 still looks and sounds amazing! | |
| Tube Tester I’ve also had tube gear for about 30 years and never needed a tube tester. Save the money on a tester and just buy some extra tube sets. Input tubes generally last a very long time and will make the most difference in most tube amps. I recently... | |
| VPI is bringing back the Magic Brick! No pun intended, but can you use the VPI magic brick on a hot tranny?Theres a low level hum from the output transformer of a SET that I just bought and putting my hand on the transformer with some force eliminates the hum but after a while, the tr... | |
| Power Amplifiers Right now a Nikko Alpha 130, Museatex AVC1 running Castle Durham 900’s and soon to be restored Rauna Tyr II’s. An early LSA/Columbia (Pre Denon) TT, Rotel 855 cd player, Creek phono stage, NAD analog tuner complete the setup | |
| Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money? Yes Geoffkait, a Fisher 500C is one very special receiver! | |
| Which gives better results inexpensive DAC or inexpensive tube Bluetooth pre? Thanks Rueben, is listening to my Spotify without a wire considered “streaming wirelessly?” Because that’s all I really want to do at this time with better fidelity / the best fidelity available on a shoestring budget. |