markusthenaimnut
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| Preamp Deal of the Century Oh my merciful heavens. Yes, I play a lot of digital, both cd and via a streamer. Frankly, the line stage is superb. It is so good that it is giving me an opportunity to reflect on how much more I want to invest in additional physical media (thoug... | |
| Do I go from a Primaluna HP Integrated to Schiit Freya+ and a pair of Aegir Amps? I'm using a tube preamp with a solid state amplifier, and it works well. However, it seems the Prima Luna is very highly regarded, so this raises the question of why upgrade? Perhaps an upgrade to your speakers would produce a more dramatic/audibl... | |
| Want a new amp but what to get? Before you make your final decision, I encourage you to read Roger Sanders' excellent white paper (you can find it on Sanderssoundsystems.com in his Technical Papers section) titled tubes vs. transistors. I found this extremely educational. | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? The volume control is super smooth and solid. It can be controlled from the remote. The "channel" buttons change the volume in smaller steps. The "volume" buttons are "normal", whatever that means. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century 1. There is zero hiss from the preamp. Not through my ESL 63s, driven by Innersounds Electrostatic Amplifier or through my 93dB efficient JBL 4430s.2. It is superb at all volume levels. 3. The volume knob is extremely solid. Both the volume knob a... | |
| looking for a tube preamps that doesn't sound like SS Oh, easy. Take a close look at the Supratek Audio Chardonnay. This is the latest iteration of the preamp that kicked off the longest running thread on Audiogon. Search for "Preamp Deal of the Century".Another top candidate would be the Don Sachs M... | |
| Supratek Tubes and Tube Swappin' for Everybody Hey, can we dust off this old thread? I'm about a month into my ownership of a new Gen. 3 Cortese with LCR phono stage. I've read a lot on the Preamp Deal of the Century thread, plus this one, and tried to research the state of Supratek tube-rolli... | |
| Anyone compared Sanders Magtech vs. McIntosh MC462/52 or MC611/01 with Magnepan 3.7/20.7? FWIW here's my (limited) experience with one of Roger Sanders' amplifiers - my personal Innersound Electrostatic amplifier. This iteration dates from around 2000 or so, around the same time Harry Pearson wrote his brief but glowing writeup when he... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi all,I posted the text below in another thread that I started earlier this year - titled something like "Don Sachs vs. Supratek - how to choose" but, since I've been reading this thread for something well over a month (hey! I finally made it up ... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? So far I haven't noticed the power supply warming anything up. However, my new listening room is about 16 x 24 and I sit about 15 feet away from the shelving where the Cortese and other equipment are located. | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? One more comment - For the first time in a very long time, my wife has started to join me for listening sessions. And she stays for a long time, and we cuddle. Talk about a bonus! | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? Hi all,Sorry if this runs a little long, but I recently took delivery of my new Supratek Cortese preamp with LCR phono stage. The purpose of this post is to share my decision making process and experience in the hope that it will help others “find... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? quick update,i'm starting my second week with my new Supratek Cortese with LCR phono stage in my system. i am working on a writeup, but wanted to provide this quick note. this preamp has exceeded all my expectations. i consider myself very blessed... | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp Oh my merciful heavens. Please read Roger Sanders excellent white paper on tubes vs solid state. He explains in language anyone can understand why tubes sound different than solid state. Much of what I have read on various fora in response to ques... | |
| What would be a good amp to drive a pair of Martin Logan Impression ESL 11A? I suggest a Sanders Magtech or Innersounds Electrostatic amplifier. And I suggest (as I have done many times) Roger Sanders excellent white paper on tubes vs. Solid state as useful reading as you begin this journey. |