mechans
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| Tube Preamp/solid pwr amp or solid pre/ tube pwr Let me refine my response. Like all of the rest of you I don't think that every tube amp, can drive difficult speaker loads. There are frequently powerful tube amps that will work, but perhaps not optimally with all speakers. If you have a reasona... | |
| Boron Cantilever and Ruby Cantilever, Why Ruby? Berylium is toxic if it is inhaled only. Thus you can have Be tweeters and so on because the Be does not become airborne. Dhl93... I used to work in the Jewelry business and have a GG. Niether Saphire or Diamond as a crystal is particularly " very... | |
| Jolida jd-502p Is the Sovtek the LPS variant. Those have a good reputation for being clean and quiet with high gain. They are not known for their Bass however which is kind of interesting. Since it is a phono pre I think you may just be better off with carefully... | |
| Tube Preamp/solid pwr amp or solid pre/ tube pwr I am of the opinion that All tube all the way is the absolute best if soundstage and the 3D tube magic is what matters most. However unlike most others, my second choice is SS preamp for signal purity and bass extension then a Tube Power amp for t... | |
| Recommendations/thoughts on power for Quad 12L2s I would sit tight with what you have until you get out and hear other systems. Also I am not sure which Quad amps you want. If it is the tube amps you seek then perhaps you are on to something. I love tube power but most people take a little time ... | |
| I feel like a toothless hillbilly - PW DAC Your experience frightens me and honestly makes it sound like all those promises of "fool proof easy set up" are out right fraud. I would hold people accountable if there were a means to do so. | |
| Time for a new deck Its funny the way a person calls a Turntable a deck. I thought you possibly meant a CD player. 25 years ago of course you would have meant a tape deck. | |
| CJ PV-14L replacement tubes All I could find on the tubes used in the CJ 14L preamp are that it has 2 valves. V1 and V2 and both are 8080s. I can't say that I have much familiarity with 8080s so I will leave it for those that do. I think I also read that these are called 6C4... | |
| Oh, to be a high end dealer for a year. Clearly some high end companies have endured while others have not. I cannot even begin to explain what has kept companies like Gryphon, Wilson, Krell, and many others around in these times of economic contraction. I can only assume that there are... | |
| NOS Tubes For VAC Renaissance Mk III My favorite 12AU7 is the 7316 Amperex which is a drop in sub. They were an early "computer" tube made only at the Heerlen Dutch Phillips factory in the late 50's to mid 60's. They are often labeled as H/P etc. They are a very extended, crystalline... | |
| 2 subs I don't want a quarrel with you but Tpreaves is right. I have no idea what you are refering to. You should clarify your ideas in the original thread. Sorry but its true. | |
| what is an ideal tube amp I only want to make one point. The 16 Ohm load is not a detriment when employing tube amps. The higher the load the happier the tube amp is. Tube amps do not lose power into higher resistance speakers they actually perform better. This is the oppo... | |
| 3 footers...which one? I wouldn't put a brass spiked foot directly on granite. Instead use the myrtle wood on the granite and put brass spikes onto them. My favorite spikes were very heavy custom made footers from Edensound. He may still be making them, they were inexpe... | |
| Pass Labs INT-150 with Power Plant Premier The only thing that makes any sense to me is-- that Pass must think most active power conditioners cannot supply the instaneous power the amp pulls with dynamic peaks. It dosen't make a lot of sense since most "audiophile" power regenerators are b... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? No info on the Signet you have but I just happen to have bought a TT at a Yard Sale this past weekend. It is a Hitachi PS-15. It is a big veenered wood plinth TT with an S Tonearm wich has a Signet AM-10s cartridge mounted on it. It sounds pretty ... |