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| Best pre-amp in an integrated Speakers first, amp second, if possible an integrated and DAC in any combination. Then sources which may be the DAC alone or DAC/Pre. If you find an integrated that works magic with your speakers but has no DAC , obviously buy it and then add the ... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes O_Holter, Interesting report. The truth can be painful. I have been a tube hoarder after discovering that changing out the Chinese 6SN7 driver for NOS Sylvania GTBs (not even fancy pants tubes)in my first tube amp made such a positive impact on th... | |
| Lyrita pressing Wowser that's quite a bit for that record, I admit I never heard it or of it! Now I am going to have to look through my records to see if I hit it big LOL! | |
| NAD 787 receiver.. Will satisfy audiophile? These are not amplifiers processors that most serious hi end audiophiles spend much of there critical listening to. I am afraid the only way you will know if it offends your audio sensibility is to audition them. Some manufacturers e.g. Krell have... | |
| Tesla Tubes Be aware that some circuits really respond to tube rolling while others don't. My own experience with ARC left me thinking they are not for the tube roller (input and small signal tubes).A fair price is difficult to know, several factors go into t... | |
| Tesla Tubes There is no guarantee that NOS= Old but never used, or just Old stock tubes will sound better.The gold pins are as Swampwalker says and I might add supposedly better tubes all around. Also the diamond between the pins on the bottom indicate made b... | |
| Lets talk tubes in Pharaoh Integrated I disn't realize that you hade already rolled your tubes before I last posted. I am happy to hear the room acoustics played a big role. I am a tube roller so I also credit the tubes you tried. I should have asked what you really wanted to change m... | |
| Using solid copper Door Bell wire as speaker wire. I don't think it was labeled specifically as "doorbell" wire, but I have used the thick solid copper "hook up" wire in braids and it worked very well. I got some much more sophisticated speaker cables and abandoned my project, except for use as th... | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... Well now that you do indeed have your power tubes of choice. What sound are you hoping to get from the small signal tubes. That will be a tremendous help. Since you didn't like the Gold Lions which lean towards warmth I don't think that British tu... | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... I agree with them as well the power tubes have a greater impact on the sound than the pre tubes. I answered thinking you were set on your power tubes. In general I am quite fond of the Gold Lion tubes now available, but I leave to you to decide wh... | |
| dedicated preamp. I think you should try a dedicated pre just to see if it betters your current set up. I think you might like it better, in spite of the all YBA of it all. | |
| Amplifier to power JBL Voice of Theater Speakers Do you have JBL or Altec both were made with horn drivers but the "Voice Of The Theater" were made by Altec. It doesn't matter all that much with regard to amplification as both were very highly efficient. These speakers do best IMO with tube ampl... | |
| Recommendation for a 12 year old A Grado determined by your spending limits perhaps. That would be historically close to correct, I think. | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... I think that Kevin Deal/Upscale would be the first place I would buy upgraded 12AU7s from, since they should know their own amps. You might just call them and ask where the tubes do the most good. | |
| max spade width for plastic covered binding posts I don't know, if there is any such standard. You should be able to find out for yourself with your amp, simply by looking at the amp you want to use. It should be obvious that at a certain width the spades either will not fit the space allowed by ... |