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| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. @arichison There is an Aric Audio 6sn7 tube pre being offered here on AG. I believe asking price is ~$1700. Aric offers great service on his products. I intend on having Aric upgrade my Special. | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. As I previously stated, of those you mentioned I would choose the Quicksilver. As an alternative you might contact Aric Audio. See his web site. He makes a great preamp at several price points. Much info by owners on this forum, I being one. | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. I would purchase the used Quickie. If it doesn’t meet your goals you can resale it for little loss. | |
| Tube Integrated Under 1,500 Yes, listen to your new amp for awhile prior to changing back. I would cycle through the alternatives a few times prior to selling something and regretting it later. I have made that mistake. | |
| Best low power amps under 800$ (10-60 w) +1 teo - Impedance, phase plot sure speaks for a tube amplifier. | |
| Upgrade path direction Which is priority, analog or digital? If analog I would replace the TT. Then the phonostage. I believe your digital components to be of relatively higher quality than your analog components. I believe the preamp and amp to be the best sound qual... | |
| Pass XA 25 and Goldenear Triton Reference How large is your room? You listen at 95dB from how far away from speakers? What is speakers impedance? I would likely default to those that indicate you need more power. | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Thanks Ghasley! I remain very interested in these speakers. Nice room. | |
| Tube Integrated Under 1,500 I should add that I own a Line Magnetic 211ai. It is the 32wpc (ultralinear), 16wpc (triode) tube integrated. I feel it drives my 91dB, 8 ohm Tannoys in a 12x14 room however they are an easier load than your Rainmakers. | |
| Tube Integrated Under 1,500 As others have expressed, I not sure a 30wpc tube amplifier would be the best choice for your Rainmakers. That said your room is small which would help. It may come down to the loudness levels you play at. I once owned the Pathos Model One MKII... | |
| Wall Art @aseaman007 Thanks for the thread. Will be using the info received. There are several places where one can have a picture printed on canvas for making sound panels. I have used ATS acoustics for this. | |
| Wall Art @dinov Yes, good post, great info. | |
| would using the onkyo a9150 with Thiel CS6 speakers be safe? May work as a stop gap. Not enough info regarding room size and desired volume levels to determine how well.. The impedance of the speakers is troublesome. Sonics will suffer. | |
| Which device to use as the pre-amp Have to agree with Ozzy. That said, if you want to take advantage of the features of the A12 then use it as the pre. Does the Marantz have preamp inputs? | |
| Changes to older system Forgot to add, use your existing cables as a baseline. You can explore upgrades there with the new system. |