lou_setriodes
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| Preamp pairing with B&K ST-140 Rrog,Let's agree to say people have different preferences and because one person prefers one type of gear doesn't mean that person has bad taste or the other person has good taste.For instance, I'm not a big fan of planars or electrostatic speaker... | |
| Preamp pairing with B&K ST-140 Hi T-kid,FWIW, I owned an ST140 for many years and mated it with several different preamps from a dyna PAS 2 and PAS 3, Luxman, Acoustat TNP, and a Music Reference RM5 mkII. All sounded great with the St140. The St140 was always considered a "gian... | |
| $8oo dollar budget A Moscode 300 or 600 or Counterpoint SA12, SA20, or SA220 would fit the bill in a hybrid design and still stay within your price point. But I have to agree with Rleff, B&K's higher powered amps are extremely tube like sounding. Many years ago,... | |
| Basic Preamp - suggestions? I agree with several of the people who commented here. If you can find a used Superphon Revelation Basic or Revelation Basic Dual Mono, PS Audio 4.5, 4.6 or IVH, or B&K Pro 10 preamp that would be the ticket. A Dyna PAS 2 or PAS 3 is also a ki... | |
| Matching preamp for b&k st 202 B&K Pro10 MC if you are going to match B&K stuff; otherwise, I agree with Driver above - the one that sounds best to you.IMO, sonically, I like the idea of a SS amp with a tube pre combination and the B&K stuff is very tubey sounding f... | |
| What amp / int. amp would you still like to try? Having owned so many magazine subscriptions in the early 80's to late 90's and beyond from: Stereo Review, Audio, Stereophile, TAS, HiFi Heretic, Listener, etc., I've probably read more than I've auditioned and owned (and the auditioned/owned list... | |
| What amp / int. amp would you still like to try? This is very true and a good point. You can never overlook system/room synergy in building a good system or the synergy between amp and speaker. Even though I realize its all system synergy, whenever I make any system change, I always tend to thin... | |
| Inactive audio members that you miss I wonder if anyone knew Inrit (Rob Trankley) or had the pleasure of dealing with him. Over the years, he bought and sold a lot of stuff on a'gon and unfortunately passed away about a year ago. I don't know how much he posted on these forums but fo... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? 1982 - the Bang & Olufsen Turntable demo by the audio store salesman. He banged the table, wiggled the tonearm and did other crazy things and the table never skipped.1985 - first time I heard separates. 70 wpc B&K amp, Counterpoint preamp,... | |
| B&K ST202+ Bridging Good question. I'm not a technician, but I'm sure it probably could be done if you sent it back to B&K. I know the ST140 came as a mono version and the M200's were monoblocks too. As I recall from when I used to sell B&K amps for a local h... | |
| EL84 amp Vs. EL34 amp No sense in me getting another EL84 amp since I already have one. Part of the fun of the hobby is to try different things. I've already owned 6bq5's in SE and PP designs, so another 6bq5 int wouldn't be much different from what I have now. | |
| EL84 amp Vs. EL34 amp I'd definitely prefer something pt to pt wired. Tube rectification is of lesser importance to me. The Cayin's are probably too expensive. The Antique Sound Lab integrateds look nice and I wouldn't rule out a custom amp either. I heard this Cheer E... | |
| EL84 amp Vs. EL34 amp Thanks again all for writing in, but I think several of you are adding a zero to my budget. My amp budget is in the $4-500 range, not $4-5K range. Sorry, just can't afford the expensive gear these days, and in the process have found some really gr... | |
| EL84 amp Vs. EL34 amp Thank you all for your posts. Please keep them coming :) Its been about 15 years since I owned any EL34 amps (a cj MV50, Music Reference RM9 & AMC CVT3030 int) and probably about 3-4 years since I actually heard an EL34 amp. Unfortunately, the... | |
| What is your favorite Chick Corea CD/Album? Great thread - I'll have to look for some of these LPs. My favorite is Chick Corea / Friends. Have played it to death over the past 30 years. |