mesch
Responses from mesch
| Aric Audio I purchased his Special 6SN7 preamp about 4 years ago. Later his Transcend PP amplifier. Recently had Aric upgrade the Special so it is more like a souped up Transcend pre. As others herein have stated Aric is wonderful to work with. Highly recom... | |
| New Pass Labs Go To Yes, Pass Labs is great to deal with directly. | |
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. Aric Audio makes a budget tube preamp. ~$1700 I believe. | |
| The perfect size double box +1 lak. | |
| Integrated amplifier for Fritz Speakers With a budget of $1500 and a pairing with either of the Fritz speakers I would think the AVA 120 integrated would be hard to beat. The choice would then be between the Carbon7 or the Carrera BE speakers, depending on the upper frequency presentati... | |
| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please I agree with those advising a focus on impedance over sensitivity. Much more important, especially considering a tube amplifier. Sensitivity becomes most important in large rooms. Always important to match impedance to amplifier regardless of roo... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions A el34 push pull in ultrralinear mode should work well with the OP’s speakers. I belirve the Black Ice or the LSA as aforementioned. | |
| 2 Questions on tube replacement Yes, I am usually hesitant to make such bold comments. :-) | |
| 2 Questions on tube replacement Wow! Question answered and help provided within 3 posts. I am impressed. | |
| I feel it is time to upgrade my 1977 system....... Regarding the tube preamp, check out Aric Audio. Aric makes several tube preamps. He can customize to your liking. I use mine with the Pass XA-25. A great combination. | |
| Help me upgrade my beginner system! Thanks for the update. Good to hear you obtained such satisfaction. Enjoy! | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT Well, post didn't delete when I 1st did it, however gone now. | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! I am currently running my Tannoy Sterlings with an Aric Audio Trandsend PP amplifier with EL34s in triode mode. Running a DAC straight into the amo as it has a volume control. | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT Tried that, message said that post can't be deleted after 30 mins. Didn't see it soon enough. | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! @trentmemphis So sorry to hear this. Great you had the stands for the Sterlings. Hope things are working out at the new place. |