markusthenaimnut
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| Should I upgrade my preamp/amp or my turntable? A Luxman integrated should be wonderful. I have a friend who has one of their very expensive integrateds (590? 509? Sorry, I don't remember which. It's about $9K USD list) and it sounds wonderful. A very beautiful piece of equipment, too. | |
| melody 2a3 mono amps A couple thoughts - I am not familiar with your speakers. I run 93 dB efficient JBL monitors with less than 8 watts per speaker and they have loads of bass, but they are using 15 inch woofers. I think the suggestion to play around with the pos... | |
| Naim? I owned and enjoy Naim equipment from about 1990 until 2019. It all sounded very good to me. I owned the 72 preamp but eventually replaced it with an 82 preamp. Both powered by a hicap. I went from the little 140 power amp through a couple of 25... | |
| What is the best 6SN7 driver tube? I think this is a good thread to resurrect. There are other threads on this topic on Audiogon where it was explored quite enthusiastically in the last few years. They are worth seeking out. I have obsessed and researched and bought and rolled man... | |
| Dynavector Karat 17D3: retip for $500 or get something new? I think I'm kinda late chiming in on this thread, but I only recently really *got* what @needlestein has been doing. After looking at the hundreds of pictures of his work he's posted on Instagram and the 1,100 positive feedback scores he's gotten ... | |
| Anyone try modern 6sn7 Shuguang WE type vs NOS RCA,Ken Rad I expect many of you will already know all this stuff I'm writing below. Some of you might even have the facts/chronology in your head better than I do. I share it here for those who *might not* have *been there at the time* and for whom it might ... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition Well, a thought about passives. Theoretically they should sound better than an active, right? Well, one of the finest builders in the world, Emmanuel Go, the owner, designer and builder of First Sound, started out building passives. I heard one m... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Still the preamp deal of the century! | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition Interesting. I woulda thought this question had previously been discussed in enough detail that there would be no need to ask the question again. But hey! That's what we all love around here, isn't it? I mean, why else would I be joining in on th... | |
| Ortofon SPU Cartridges For those of you who use SPUs, what tonearm(s) have you found that work? Please share all the tonearms you've used that can accept a heavy cartridge like the SPUs. I've recently read in my owners manual for my Jelco 750L that, even with the optio... | |
| SET the best? I have two stereo amps and two pair of speakers. All-tube preamp (Supratek Cortese). One system is Quad 2805s driven by Quad 909. They have a certain coherence and beauty. The other system is JBL 4430s driven by humble AES SE-1 300b, with the 12... | |
| Preamp Opinion @jayctoy @ditusa @wolfe_garcia @georgehifi and others who have commented so positively on the Schitt gear. Good to hear such high praise of the Freya. Quick question - is it your "forever" preamp? Or are you of a mind to eventually replace it with... | |
| Preamp Opinion I recommend you go with a tube preamp. Look for something based around the 6SN7 tube, with point to point wiring. Ideally it will have tube rectification. Even better if it has tube regulation. To ensure max value, I’d probably look for something ... | |
| SET the best? For close to three decades I ran Naim solid state gear. Loved it. I was satisfied.Then I had a chance to buy a pair of Quad ESL 63s and an Innersound Electrostatic amp. It sounded better than my Naim 135s on the Quads.Then I picked up a pair of JB... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Hey Supratek owners -Please advise what your experience has been with tube failure in the phono stage of your preamp, in the 6H23/6922/E88C position. I’m especially interested in hearing from fellow Cortese owners. I’ve had two "much-earlier-than-... |