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| Jadis DPL Tube Preamplifier If you need total silence, brand new selected tubes from a careful dealer, is the way to go. If you don't mind the occasional noisy tube nothing beat NOS for tone amongst other qualities. For 12AU7s try the Amperex cwhite lable and their are too m... | |
| CD player for Mcintosh/Krell int amp You should get different amps the 6300 should have been swapped for the 7000 and the "baby Krell" should be sent packing and get yourself a real Krell. The Epitome was the non plateau biased early models that knew what Class A meant. They hold not... | |
| A Few Audio Truths I've Learned? I am overwhelmed by the general trend towards generalisation. As for the audio group providing a competative element and coveting other systems. Go home and play an old favorite. I bet you will say yes that other system was good but damned if I do... | |
| 6SN7 tube GTA vrs GTB Rodmann,You happen to prefer the most commonly sought after royally expensive 6SN7s. I own three pairs of CTL Tung Sol RPs I really do. I have a few Ws as well. Both of those cost about $400-500 a pair. The market is starved for them. I used them ... | |
| Will a new Preamp sovle my Problem? Romm acoustics wasn't even an issue until this past 3-5 years. I have been into audio for 40 years. The problem of reflections making things unbearable may be a real issue in a room that is hyper lively. Most of us have carpets padded non reflecti... | |
| can i change tubes It should not be a problem just make sure it isn't biased to hot. The 6550 and KT-88 are almost interchangeable the sonic are quite different.I personally found glory in the reissue Gold Lion KT-88s. Use a good dealer like Jim McShane a sponsor on... | |
| Will a new Preamp sovle my Problem? Use tone control cables . I highly recommend that you get Cardas Golden reference or anything above the Cross except neutral reference cable. A truly good tubed preamp will not mute the treble, it will add more, despite the misonceived thinking th... | |
| tube rolling Not with 6922s but I can testify that the Tesla Crosswords lable made other tubes which I think are very good indeed. They are all too much money these days but you can always sell them to minimize any losses. The only person's opinion that counts... | |
| tube integrated amp recommendations? I certainly hope you find what you want. I know you definitely can. Don't rule out KT-88s until you have tried the reissue GEC Gold Lons I am a dyed in the wool EL34 afficianoda who was told by a tube guru that this tube would be just what I want.... | |
| Tubes vs. SS The real deal is this. The fact that you put tubes in the chain before the power amps will not do the tube magic show. You must go with a tubed poweramp and not some hybrid either. I struggled for 6 years until I bought tube monoblocks. For less t... | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? I wish I was flush right now, great selection gentlemen. | |
| Any Allman fans check out new MFSL Idlewild south I took a shot at a CD anthology mostly post Dwayne for 3 or 4 bucks. "1969-79" this is the best sounding anthology of the Allman Bros. I have heard and I like the Century masters one just for the music. While I was there I snagged an original NM F... | |
| CDP Isolation? Shot loose Mcpherson struts. Don't use the big springs or swaybars they just don't have the compliance. | |
| whats a good older hdcd cd player? If you like your sound clean and forward then nothing competes with a Music Hall MMF-CD25. They are giant killers I have had one for 6 years and still use it. Supports HDCD. | |
| SET amp for high efficiency horn speaker Which loudspeakers are you using? I ask this because I own 3 pairs of highly sensitive speakers but lower than 110 DB. The reason I ask is that the smallest amp I use with my most efficient speakers (104 DB) is a Mac with 50 wpc. I use vintage amp... |