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| Adding a tube amp is a good idea? About your speakers and desired tube amps, below are two snippets from other published sources, that being Stereophile Magazine on the first, and ARC's own website on the 80S amp. Turning to the Perspective2's measured performance, my estimat... | |
| Jadis Non-Warranty Repair https://skyfiaudio.com/ I think these fellas are in New Jersey, which is in your playground. This shop has A LOT of Jadis gear, and some pretty cool looking gear also. Take a look at this! | |
| Vacuum Tube Preamp for Solid State Power Amp Pairing This! This is a Hovland HP-100 preamp. To over-simplify things, there are two types of tube preamps, the kind that appeals to the audiophile side of you, and then the one where you just like to sit, relax, and listen to music because it soun... | |
| Should I replace my 20-year-old Hovland Radia Amp? Hello B-Dog! I noticed something in your original post that is pretty important in selecting amps, and that is their weight. B-Dog, you're 78, which is fantastic! At the same time, we all lose some strength as we age. My Pass XA-200.5's, it ca... | |
| Should I replace my 20-year-old Hovland Radia Amp? Power output: 125Wpc into 8 ohms 200Wpc into 4 ohms So this is what you're talking about, got it. I gotta say, it's an attractive piece when it comes to industrial design. Stating the obvious, a Hovland preamp back in the day would be logi... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? Solid state amps that sounds like tubes... May I suggest this: Parroting the caption in the picture, these finned beasts resembling the Borg's spaceship from Star Trek, these really have that warmth and glow from within sound that tube gear p... | |
| Black Sabbath and Jazz fans? I like listening to Black Sabbath when I'm in my Camaro, wearing a food stained "wife beater" and enjoying a Marlboro. Being surrounded by a few dozen empty Bud Light beer cans and empty pizza boxes is step 2 in the immersion-listening process. | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? Firstly, I hope everyone has a prosperous & Happy New Year. I have few extra Shunyata power cords that I've bought & kept over the years. I did a little experiment on the Luxman D-03X player that I use as a transport; I use an Audio Res... | |
| Everything matters In the hobby of Hifi audio, the rabbit hole goes endlessly on power cords, power conditioners, XLRs, RCA, digital, and then there is the other endless money pit doodads in tweaks. My Eureka moment was when I bought a Shunyata Sigma V2 power cord ... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? The peanut gallery chiming in with my $0.02... I’m going to say power cord and power conditioning. The Audioquest Niagara 7000 is no joke in the way it makes the background black, and the transient in all its variable forms, leap out at you. Next... | |
| any ideas? Equipment buzzing - taking a stab at this in the dark, the amplifier in your sub, when incoming AC encounters first a rectifier (diode/choke/etc) then capacitors to smooth out the DC power, If one or more of the caps in the power supply is coming ... | |
| Right speaker intermittent Rvpiano - In my garage system, I had the same problem as you. I unplugged the integrated, opened the top panel and blasted all the knobs with this: Wouldn't ya know it... It worked. Now, what works for my POS Aiwa garage receiver may not be ... | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? End game amps? Well, I just happen to potentially have your end game amps, and they are a pair of Pass Labs mono blocks, the XA-100.5. These would be perfect for you, and since winter is right around the corner, these also make terrific space he... | |
| Luxman leaves me wanting If you’re sticking with an integrated, get one of these! A fella on Canuck Audio Mart is selling one; here is that link: https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/650058013-pass-labs-int-250/ | |
| Tubed preamps and Power amps- How old is too old??? How old is too old... As long as it sounds good to you, have the cash to fix it when it does go haywire, and I think the most important, having the original manufacturer repair the component. Makers such as Audio research, Pass Labs, Lamm to nam... |