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| Say a fella wants to build an SET monoblock based on the 300B.. Does it have to be mono blocks? If not, the Elekit is fantastic. Especially with the Lundahl transformers. | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” Are you just looking to horn speakers for the efficiency? Omega speakers are also very efficient and sound great with SETs (I own 4 pairs). | |
| Need preamp suggestion I'm personally a big fan of the Tubes4Hifi SP14. It comes as a kit, by default, but you can have it assembled. It has left and right channel balance. I highly recommend getting one with a remote control and with Jupiter output caps. | |
| Spotify HiFi Yeah, I might do that | |
| Wanting to try a tube amp. Bob Latino VTA-120. More than enough watts for your speakers. Get the capacitor upgrades. | |
| AC outlets There's a company I've bought power cords from called Ice Age Audio. Never tried their outlets, but they seem to be of good quality and are cryogenically treated, for whatever that is worth. Prices seem pretty reasonable too. | |
| Upgrading phono stage The PH-16 from Tubes4Hifi is great and, assembled, it is just under $1,000. I would recommend the capacitor upgrades. | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Uh, for the money, It looks well worth the gamble. Nice find. | |
| Need speaker advice Omega High Output Alnico Towers. Excellent tone, great efficiency and gorgeous holographic mid-range. Contact the owner Louis and he'll set you straight. | |
| New cartridge $500 range Second the Hana EL/EH recommendation. I have the EH in one of my turntables and love it. To my ears, it really sounds its best at about 50 dB worth of gain. | |
| Tube virgin looking for tube amp under $3k Bob Latino VTA-120. Best with all of the capacitor upgrades. | |
| Tube virgin looking for tube amp under $3k Elekit TU-8600 assembled with all the trimmings. Hit up vkmusic net. You will not be disappointed. | |
| Killer used integrated for Not sure how many watts you need, but Vista Audio's Spark is great. | |
| Back to vinyl need phono stage help! I have that same cartridge. Sounds great, but doesn't really sound its best unless you give it about 50db worth of gain. I used a Vista Audio Phono 2 and upgraded the op amps with sparkos. I hear the Bottlehead Eros is very good and that one gives... | |
| Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital" Folks can talk all they want but which has better sound quality. To me that's not really the important difference. The difference between digital and vinyl is a lot more like the difference between using central heat to warm your home and lighting... |