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| another wright wpl10v query They can be simply different factories and different vintages and at worst one or both is a rebrand. Telefunken reportedley did some outsourcing at the end of it's tube making run. | |
| Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory You might want to try an OTL by Atmasphere for example. There are other OTL like circuits which combine speed and power . You might find a used 6C33B based one by Joule Electra. I don't know if you be able to find a Berning amp for the money, not ... | |
| How can anyone afford this ? Man this thread went all over the planet.I want to rant about something.I am tired of those holier than thou people who insist this hobby should be about the music not what it's played on. Frankly then please do us a favor take your ipod and earbu... | |
| Why Use Aluminum for a TT Platter? I wonder if Cocobolo is such a good sounding wood if one can't invent a cheaper Cocobolo plywood. I guess the glue and compression would have an effect.Other alternatives are the numerous sandwich type composites where the upper most layer being y... | |
| Can these speakers handle Neil Young's Le Noise? If your thinking Focal Nova Utopias I would say absolutley but SS amps don't do them justice. Mono Block BAT amps sounded incredible the last time I heard them paired. For a more practical answer consider Wilson Audio speakers but again I am not s... | |
| Sold Polk lsi15 now what? What type of sound do you want. Use as many descriptors as apply. Listing that you like Jazz and classic rock doesn't tell me whether you like clean detailed sound or something a bit mellower. The Alons have the rich sort of full/big tone if BigKi... | |
| system number 2 Honestly you could pick any speaker that appeals to you. I can't think of a speaker that you couldn't drive. Even sensitive speakers may do well with more than enough juice as long as you don't mind not having a lot of play on your volume knob. Wh... | |
| Metal, aluminum, or wood for a rack ? If you search for Wood racks I think you will find my comments. If you can't in summary using steel rods with appropriate stop nuts and end caps thick Maple makes an excellent vibration damping rack. | |
| Marantz SR7005 OR Pioneer ELite SC-35 I would also give the nod to the Marantz for the reason you stated. I happen to have had the same experience as Sidssp but understand that there have been major improvements in class D. | |
| Nice Tube Preamp for Boulder 1060 How about a BAT REX? | |
| Dynavector 20x2 High or Low Output? I own a 20X HO and love it but $750 is ridiculous. That was the full MRSP just a couple of years ago. You said this guy was a friend ???? Don't buy it at that price, but I highly recommend the cart. I would think the Dynevector Lo would be just as... | |
| Fan in Audio Research tube pre-amp If the ARCDB is still up and running it was/is an excellent resource for this kind of info. As an aside I noted a tube power amp by Synthesis required an "ultra Low Noise fan" using the entirely encased design shared by many ARC tubed power amps. ... | |
| Recommendations for SET & Horns setup... What kind of information are you seeking? For instance sonic quality IOW tone of the IC, or is it a technical question re appropriate match electrically? | |
| Focal/JM Labs Nova Utopia Be Yes if you are using a tube amp then I found that that 4 Ohms worked best . I own Focals which claim 8 Ohms nominal but admit lowest impedances of 3.8 Ohm believe. My complete guess is that your average impedance is closer to 6 Ohms. I simply trie... | |
| Fried Monitor 7 Opinions They are good speakers with quality drivers they don't sound like vandys not as warm, but I have one question. What on earth do you need another pair of speakers for? |