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| Tubes for CJ EV-1 phono pre I highly recommend dealers who scroupulously test there tubes for noise. Amongst them Upscale, Brent Jesse(audiotubes) Tubeworld but very expensive, right here on Audiogon an exceptional dealer is Jim Sautter, I like Tubemonger as well. Although I... | |
| Tubes for CJ EV-1 phono pre What tubes are in it?If you are going to try Old Stock tubes you will pay a premium for gauranteed quiet performers. Otherwise finding "phono grade" tubes is a crapshoot. | |
| Focal 1027 Electra Be and power amp I own floor stander Electras and own an old Solid State ARC. I find my tube monoblocks and tube pre sound much better.Focals can get digitis with SS be careful. | |
| TUBE CODES Check out the code links archived on tube Asylum. Just do a search.The single digits were used by other manufacturers to designate a year during the 1950s. Thus Almarg appears correct the second set seems to mean made in the 39th week of 1954 and ... | |
| Amp/preamp suggestions in $3000-4000 range Forget the tube pre-amp Solid State power amp paradigm. Get a quality tube power amp or integrated with sufficient umph I'd say 60WPC+ with current headroom meaning hefty trannies and you might find Utopia. It took me 8 years to finally figure thi... | |
| GEC KT88 single-getter vs. triple-getter tubes I personally found the reissue GL to be fantastic in my Jadis DA-60. The Chinese tubes I had in another amp were thin and lacked definition simply no comparison. I am an unabashed fan of the Reissue and highly recommend it. BTW the input and drive... | |
| 6sn7 tubes for Atma Sphere amp I have heard the Sylvania 1960s GTB and RCA GTs in the 60 watt Atmasphere monos. I think Ralph likes the RCAs but I found the Sylvania richer and more pleasing. The W and TS are two that I use in my preamp,which is an AES AE3. If you have these co... | |
| Volume Control Yes I found the same thing when I put Golden Reference Cardas in my system. Just sounds better as Elizabeth said. | |
| Cary SLI-80 Signature - Tube Recommendation That's a tall order.For 6922s I use a Mullard mil spec tube which is distinctly un-Mullard like. It is not warm at all but rather like German tubes, they have a unique designation E88CC-01. It is called CV2943 note these are different than the CV2... | |
| Classe' model 20 pre anyone? I own one but don't use it. That should tell you what I think. | |
| The frontier between ''vintage'' and ''junk'' ? The use of "vintage" is arbitraily applied to good stuff and bad. The question is, does old garbage qualify for recognition just because it survived? I agree with those that say old junk, is still junk, and probably worse for wear. | |
| Is Singlepower still in bussiness? It is a shame- he had a large following at hed-fi. Also Sadly I think he is out of it. My amp (an "Extreme") took almost a year to get. Fortunately it sounds great. Apparently it is not plagued with the construction problems, or inferior design is... | |
| Most improved last 10yrs: Speaker, amp, or pre? I would say that entire systems seem to sound better than those ten years ago. The reason for this is probably the effort and expense invested in assembling them. We are all aware of the insane prices for some components, that people are willing t... | |
| Tubed Pre to mate with W4S monos 1K budget The AE-3 from AES is super IMHO. The in DJH edition runs in your price range or even less new (I have seen them at Upscale Audio). It uses 6SN7s primarily which allow for a great deal of experimentation with many around to roll. Got mine used here... | |
| How can I use a turntable with a Krell Integrated? You could buy a stand alone Phono Stage. The phono stage then plugs into one of the inputs on the integrated. It is simple but prices range all over. I use a Graham Slee SS for a high output moving coil cartridge which cost about $500. The type of... |