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| Cables for interconnect and speakers? FWIW I did buy another preamp an AE-3 for less than the Cardas and it made the whole system click, nirvana. | |
| Pass or ARC Integrated for Maggie 1.7's I would go with Pass as tubes just aren't the same animal when asked for gobs of current. You might want to check out Magtech amps to see if he has an integrated in the works. That is Sanders Sound Systems. The guy has been working on amps specifi... | |
| How to place speakers at the optimum height Make sure that the lasers are off when you are adjusting them while seated in the listening position.I also think that as far as floor standers go they average about 3 to 5 feet. It is absolutely true the further you are from the speaker the verti... | |
| Pass Labs X250 - Good Match for my Apogee Stages? Pass Labs Class A stuff sounds the best but you got to stand the heat. Otherwise the answer is a solid Prolly and don't use tubes on these speakers. IMHO its a set up for blowing the tube amp to smithereens or just eating tubes all day if you live... | |
| Wanting opinions about preamps Sell it as is, new in box, you will get the most for it that way. Then keep the pre you know you like already. If you want to play with a new preamp you can always try my favorite tubed pre which is the AE-3 still available at Upscale audio new fo... | |
| what speakers demand high end electronics It is a matter of synergy of the equipment feeding the speaker and the speaker's requirements. I have fairly low to medium cost gear for high end but years of experimentation led me to use this gear while feeping my biggest investment my speakers ... | |
| Cables for interconnect and speakers? I had a very pure crisp "high definition" preamp (ARC) with tons of gain. I wanted a warmer sound going into my tube amps (Opera) which were already doing some of the taming down I wanted so I chose Cardas Golden Refs between the pre and my tubed ... | |
| How to connect the Quad 99 CD-P to PrimaLuna I would use the fixed output into the integrated and rely on the integrated's remote for volume control. This must be acceptable to Quad or the CD player would not work period. You can even use the variable output but try the fixed first. | |
| Is the Phile sound an Aquired taste. I kind of expected there would be strong polarity of opinion. I have listened to several DHT I came to like the 845 for it's inherently richer tone once again but liked 2 of them even more per channel in PP. A close second would be the 211 in sing... | |
| How can a 40 watt amp outshine a 140 watt amp I guess I worded my response poorly. I intended to convey that despite our knowing that some aspects are Snake Oil, we know that there are real differences between products. It is that belief that makes this hobby fun. By saying belief I don't wan... | |
| Halide Design - MF X-DAC v3, vs Benchmark DAC? Stanwal,The V-DAC reviews on the MF site do not include HIFICRITIC. It is still available however if anyone wants one. What does this DAC do that is special? | |
| Is Stereophile seeking a new reader demographic? Perhaps it is just stereophiles recognition of the currently widest used audio device. I hope this kind of promotion does attract a younger demographic. If Stereo became a largely used audio reproduction method again, we would probably benefit fro... | |
| Yaqin Tube Buffer I still think the primary purpose of a tube buffer is impedance matching ala autoforming, to use between the source and amp. I would ask Pacific Valve who I believe Advertizes here. I agree though with Elizabeth the the two tube 6SN7 model is prol... | |
| How can a 40 watt amp outshine a 140 watt amp I just don't understand why it is that we all love this hobby if so much of it is truly unbeievable. As in "Snake Oil" etc. fixed delusions. I think we all believe that there are real differences in some aspects of audio or else we would join the ... | |
| Power cord for low-watt tube amp? @schipo,You know that a fixed delusion, that is one that the person believes is true and persistantly believes this against any evidence to the contrary leads to a diagnposis of Psychosis.@Onhhwy61 I never listed my system but really do have them.... |