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| Where to buy NOS 12AX7's?Which ones? I second the opinion of Jim. When I had a Mesa Baron I went with the Mazda Chrome Plates. It will be the best $200 you ever spent and will be a much greater improvement than any rolling you do with the power tubes.You should contact www.upscaleaud... | |
| KT88s...the final chapter Justlisten:David and I have made up, via private email correspondence, FYI.OTOH, I just (7/01) received a new Power 2SE and it came with Valvo 6922's and Svetlana KT88's. I wonder why SF would be including them with NEW amps if they are no longer ... | |
| Best tube integrated--Cary SLI-80, or? Leafs: The only tubes we could've swapped would be the 88's and (at the time we listened) he already had a quad of Svets in the Tempest.You should swap out those 12AU's for some 12AU7/6189 Radiotechniques and Tungsram ECC83's. I had some of both o... | |
| NOS Tubes for Cary SLP 98 Early 1950's RCA JAN 6SN7GT's -- expensive. | |
| Best tube integrated--Cary SLI-80, or? Leafs: I don't prefer the Rogue, not even with NOS. My buddy has a Tempest driving B&W 805N's. We both agree that I have the superior sounding system. Sorry that my opinion set you off, it wasn't intended to. Were you listening to the Cary wit... | |
| Best Tube Amp under 5K Atma-Sphere M60 Mk-II | |
| Best tube integrated--Cary SLI-80, or? Longplate: I don't think you gave the SLI much of a chance with the stock Sovtek garbage. We've all been playing with NOS goodies and exchanging our impressions.I think I would be safe in saying that we all agree the Siemens 7308's are KILLER. May... | |
| Best tube integrated--Cary SLI-80, or? There's a Cary SLI-80 for $2300 here on A'gon. The guy states that it is only 3 weeks old and getting rid of it because of his 11 month old.Check out:http://gonmain.iserver.net/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstube&995830146 | |
| Best tube integrated--Cary SLI-80, or? I've been playing with NOS goodies in my SLI-80 as Jay states. There are a bunch of us (SLI-80 owners) and we are all overwhelmingly pleased with not only the amp, but the professionalism and great advice we get from the dealer we all bought them ... | |
| Best Monitor Up To 5K - Tube Friendly Thanks to all you guys. I got a little from everyone and spend a good deal of time reading on the web this weekend.Snooker: I have a buddy who owns the 805N's. I asked him and he agreed to come over so that we could compare the two (SR15's vs. 805... | |
| What integrated with remote and phones I third the motion for the Cary SLI-80. | |
| Speaker Recommenadations for Cary SLI-80 I have the same combo driving Silverline SR15's in my home office system (the room is 12X16). The Silverlines are great with tubes and very easy to drive. The cabinetwork is exemplary. You should check out their floorstanders as well. | |
| Putting together a new system Spend as much as you can afford on speakers. They should represent AT LEAST half of your budget. | |
| Mesa Baron and Mani-II any thoughts? I owned a Baron (18 months)until recently and was driving ML CLS II's with no problems in the same mode as Jim. I had Mazda Chrome Plates (4 @ $50ea) and Svetlana 6L6GC (12 @ $19ea) matched sextets. This was the best combo after MANY variations of... | |
| Mesa Baron Tube Suggestions Upscale's suggestion is the right one. I had two matched pairs of Mazda Chrome Plates and matched sextets of Svetlana 6L6GC's in my Baron before I traded it in.At the time I traded it in, it was sounding better than it ever had in the past and I o... |