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| Best Tubes results for McIntosh C2300 I have some ECC802S or ECC801S can't remember and have to wait a while until I am reunited with my tube collection. In any event there wasn't that huge world of difference between then and other high quality NOS types in the specific application I... | |
| Cary sli-80 power cord I use an Audience Au24 on my Cary pre but I am not a huge fan of spending tons of money on PCs. If I were buying a PC now, I would give the Cullen Circuit guy's products a very serious look. They claim to have been the OEM for some pretty high fly... | |
| Speaker Cables for JM Labs Electra 936? I would guess no one cares at this jumcture, however I own 936s and can tell you that really good copper cables work best. I use Jena Lab trio copper braids with excellent results. I also second Cardas to help mellow the treble a bit with little l... | |
| Do Von Schweikert VR1 sound as good as Harbeth P3? The VR1s sound is quite a bit different than the Harbeth's. I would caution you to listen to both if you can. If not able to audition them, at least get a sense of the VSA vs Harbeth "house" sound. To my ears the VR1s are somewhat more detailed an... | |
| What is Warmth? Far be it for me to disagree with Mr. Behr but many audiophiles think of it as a less pronounced high frequency response. The so called rounded off top end. This may mean that the tonal balance then emphasizes the mid and upper bass regions. Thus ... | |
| Best tube integrated with Merlin TSM-MMI? Class A amps may run them famously, this maybe true. Class A might help with the slightly nasal upper midrange I heard when I had them. I doubt you really meant infamously which means having a very bad reputation. I have heard them with the Bernin... | |
| McIntosh MA6300 There are a lot of guys here on the Gon who "play LPs" that don't hesitate at twice $2400 for a cartridge. | |
| Know of any true bullet proof equipment stories? When I was young idiot I hooked up four pairs of speakers to a Kenwood KA 7100 integrated and played it that way for several years and nothing bad happened. When I was an older idiot I hooked up a Marantz 500 power amp to two pairs of speakers eve... | |
| Plz advise on Denon PRA 1500/POA 2400 The extent to which you turn up the volume pot depends on the gain in your power amp and the sensitivity of your speakers. 9 o'clock is not all that unusual for most set ups and listeners. I wouldn't sweat it. The loudness control is a bass boost ... | |
| What preamp would you mate to your Rogue M180's? ARC has a very clean sound the proverbial wire with (plenty of) gain. I v found BAT has a similar sound but if you like ARC why not stick with it? I personally love the rich/full highly 3D sound of 6SN7s and found Cary to be my cup of tea. If you ... | |
| Amp more important than speakers? I found that my JM Lab speakers just never sounded very good until I got the right amps to drive them. From this experience I can only conclude that it is niether one or the other but it must be both at the same time. Not only that but it really i... | |
| How Much Difference Does a More Powerful Amp Make? The point has already been made but here it is in a cute form.If the first watt sounds bad why would you want several hundred more of them?Quality is the key and the usual recognition that some speakers really do need high current amplification to... | |
| Ocellia speakers and power If you go to the PHY website it has all of the info you need. The "admissible" power rating was fairly low, at around 50 watts. The sensitivity - depending on the driver used, is 97 to 98 Db, I assume for the usual 1 watt at one meter. Given that ... | |
| I need your expert opinions For the Tuner there is always the "Tuner Information Page." A website deicated to tuners with rankings and commentary on a large number of tuners. You might want to check it out. | |
| stupid tube question of the day As above tubes will burn out if left on. There are similar threads in the archives. Also please avail yourself to Audio Asylum Tube Asylum. A very knowledgable group of enthusiasts have addressed this issue.That said I had a Jolida CD player with ... |