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| Integrated to drive PSB Imagine T's in large room You clearly seem to have a preference for a warmer amp. I would think you might want to stick with the English sound. Thus the Creek and the Naim although the Plinius sounded awfully good to my ears as well. I agree that Naim tends to under rate t... | |
| Best match for Cary SLP98 Preamp Vintage tube amps are not really made for power hungry speakers. Do you know the sensitivity and resistance behavior (min Ohm) of the venerable DQ10 ? I would venture that you will need a more modern set up, as even SS amps of a certain age can ge... | |
| Speaker power handling Too much power should not be a problem. Generally speaking it is better to have the headroom which prevents the dangerous distortion an underpowered amp would produce when clipping. You may find that you cannot turn the volume knob up very far how... | |
| Herron preamp with Redgum RG175ENR monoblocks Tube power amps really make the difference. I firmly believe this despite other's wishful thinking that a tube pre is all that is needed to get the tube magic. I spent years chasing that approach until a friend finally said you must use tube power... | |
| Audio Research Preamp with Cary Amp? In all honesty I think the result of the choice will be a total system pairing highly dependent on how you percieve your speakers sound. I use a Cary pre with uber 6SN7s, the famed Ws, into tube power amps wich are Opera Consonance Cyber 800 monob... | |
| VS VR2's and new amps I own VR2s, they hold their impedance stable and high. therefore you can use tube amps easily. I used a Consonance M 100 Plus a 40 watt pp integrated. I currently use a Jadis DA-60 which is underated at 60 watts per. In any event use the Cary, I t... | |
| Current production "budget" warm/dark SS amp? I second the Conrad Johnson for a warm SS amp. You might also want to try an older Mac, although people have argued that their SS amps are not all that warm, I think they are but to each his own. In any event you should get the bass balance you seek. | |
| Headphone Amp AND good Preamp Did you try hedfi.org? | |
| Is the color in the amp , the preamp, the souce? I think it is safe to say that no two manufacturers of amps produce identical products. This should be obvious even if they use similar circuits. t is common knowledge that the measurement parameters despite obeying the laws of physics are not nec... | |
| 6922 tube recommendations I agree with Sidssp that a lot of so called NOS tubes are really junk noisy garbage. That is why you really need to buy from a reliable dealer. If your a gambling man and spend less up front but then separating the wheat from the chaffe then you c... | |
| Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic. The answer is that this was a troll from the outset and you all are providing the entertainment that the OP sought in the first place.FWIW there is something special I hear from tube amps that no SS amp has imitated. The answer is not slow, dark, ... | |
| 6922 tube recommendations I second Jim McShane as a great source. | |
| Dr. Dre Beats I like AKG 701s which fit your budget and are readily available on Amazon.com and elsewhere brand new, authentic. The latest are the 702s black instead of white, which I am told is the main difference between them. I haven't heard the newer ones s... | |
| Compact receiver for bedroom April Music has an all in one with a lamp even), as does Music Hall the Trio. I owned a fabulous clock radio with built in CD player by Teac I think they are still made. If you want higher end you might want to consider finding a Parasouund Z seri... | |
| Great 16 ohm Full Range loudspeakers Check out Coincident, He was making 15 Ohm speakers. The Alto Utopias are a great speaker with good sensitivity and I think a min of about 3.6 ohms what's wrong?Why don't you ask Ralph? I know he has been into C.A.R. speakers based on the JBL Hart... |