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| Budget speaker $600 or under recommendations Hyperion 585s absolutely fabulous. You can get them from Quest for Sound an Audiogon Dealer.If you really like Von Schweickert and can go up a little in price then get the VR2s . They are small floor standers much fuller than the VR1s and very eas... | |
| Does Bi-amping really make a difference in sound? My $.02 on your using Tung Sol Round Plate in a tube buffer. I think it is a shame to use those precious nearly extinct tube for that purpose. A tube buffer is just that, a buffer, where the tubes aid in matching impedances between to other pieces... | |
| Best Aesthetic Vintage Black Receiver or Tuner Sansui recievers are almost always available on ebay but the usual warnings apply. Sansui produced a lot more integrateds and tuner combos or so it seems. You can get an excellent AU717 amp for less than $300. If you aren't to fussy they made some... | |
| Cary SLI-80, Too Warm? It depends on the output tubes you choose. If you can sub in 6550s for instance you will probable get a more SS like "cooler" (vs Warmer) sound. On the other hand I had TSMs and found they worked very well with a 6CA7/EL34s. | |
| How to divide up $4,500, Amp/Speakers With that kind of front end, you need to up the ante a little. I suggest the "better than most" integrated tube amp, would be a Jadis DA-60. You should be able to get one for about $3-3.5K used. That doesn't leave a lot for speakers, but you might... | |
| Amp suggestions please...need some power As Sufentil (my old friend) wrote look for the Sanders amps. Innersound was his, some of the Coda amps were clearly his and now he has his own line. These are potent amps for made for much tougher loads, -you'll be cruising. I have heard nothing b... | |
| Rack : I need your help I think you will find "welded woods" like edge grain Maple butcher block more readily available for custom work. That kind of board is sonically inert to my ears. The only catch is that my amps stands are 3 inches thick and very heavy. My colleagu... | |
| Monoblocks, passive bi-amped or passive tri-amped? It would be helpful if you could spell out what you mean by "220W D Biamped". I think you mean either two 220 Watt per channel Stereo amplifiers or possible one amplifier Biwired. Are you really suggesting 3 stereo 140 Watt per channel class AB am... | |
| The tube cdp What is a Tafo amp? As to your question about tube life in the "analog" output section of a CDP. My experience with a Jolida 100A which used 2 X 12AX7s was that after 4 years of constant use measured and performed as essentially new. I had rolled ... | |
| how does current work in an amplifier? I can't give you an in depth explanation. But if you look at the listed specifications for any given amp you should see the Amperes (Amps) that the Amplifier is capable of delivering. You should find a specification for both continuous and the pea... | |
| Downgrading from Rega P5, what next? A used MMF-5 with that cart should be a killer set up. | |
| How much power is too much for a Quad 988? I will give you the standard power amp answer. Its always better to deliver clean unclipped power than distorted power. The Quads I understand can take only so much before frying but you listen at low levels. If you want to follow Stanwal's advice... | |
| what amp goes best with speakers ? Do yourself a favor and simplify. Start by assembling a good two channel set up . I suggest that you take your favorite source then your favorite preamp or integrated attach you favorite speakers and thoughtfully and cautiously interchange element... | |
| Suggestions For Infinity Speakers $500 Contact Miller Sound's Bill Legall He knows Infinity very well. BTW he could have refoamed your woofers there is no one that does it better. | |
| PASS LABS X250 Question All I could readily find is that the amp operates in pure class A up to 40 watts continuous into 8 ohms. It even allows for 80 watts peak in pure class A but converts to class A/B above that output. Most class A/B amps don't double down when the i... |