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| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? One amp/speaker combination that I heard and think comes close to what your looking for was the Devore O/93s driven by a Line Magnetic 845 SET integrated. I own Tannoy Sterlings, the Turnberrys are the bigger brother at $8000. I let room size di... | |
| Ultralinear and Triode. What's the difference Yes, an old thread, however great one! I bought a used Line Magnetic 211ai which is EL34 output based and runs in triode and ultrlinear. I just received it and played in in UL yesterday. Going triode today. I bought it for exploration. Wanted to... | |
| Luxman integrated for Harbeth Compact 7's I auditioned my Tannoy Sterlings driven by a Luxman 20wpc class A Integrated. It sounded wonderful. Don't remember the model number. | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Desper, I have been following your journey. Since retirement, one of the things I have enjoyed in this hobby was the exploration of different approaches. From this I have gotten to understand what others before me have found, and have a better und... | |
| Penafrips, MHDT Labs DACs versus Integrated amps for home office Jolida makes a DAC with tube output stage that is highly thought of. I believe it is within your budget. I might add that, once I had a system I enjoyed, I began the upgrade path with the digital source which made for significant improvement. Then... | |
| Review of a tweaked Pangea Premier SE Octet Power Distribution Strip[ Thanks for the info. I made be needing one of these. | |
| Photos of my system Great system. Like the looks for the Sauks! You did a great job putting this system together. Hope Thanksgiving went well. | |
| Border Patrol Se-i vs Audio Mirror Troubadour MK III Should also note, the BP has a tube buffer, the Tubadour a tube output stage. | |
| Border Patrol Se-i vs Audio Mirror Troubadour MK III I recommend the AM Tubadour III. I own one and can say that it made a significant upgrade in my system. Resolution, soundstage and 'air' around notes. | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! I believe I mentioned this, may be redundant, but I auditioned the Sterlings with a 20wpc Luxman class A integrated and they sounded beautiful and provided plenty of volume in a room much larger than my 12.5 x 14.5' room. I purchased a Line Magne... | |
| Looking for a good system for my apartment. Any advise? Ok, $5000 is the upper limit of your budget, you would prefer less. You want a Turntable and CD playback. You would consider upgrades as money becomes available.Lets start with CD playback. I would purchase a CD transport that plays into a DAC. I ... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night Yes, from his interaction on this forum, he was one individual I truly wished I had the opportunity to know personally. Have learned much more from him than just audio. | |
| $1500 to spend... Well, The gliders removed the drawback of the speakers, you liked the sound with the Brio, and now have a different amplifier to compare and with the option of tube rolling and provision of more power. Let us know the result, thanks. | |
| Looking for a basic streamer without a DAC, preamp, storage and all that I am with those that recommend the Bluesound for ease of use. Your Bitfrost is likely a better DAC. Likely not paying much for the internal DAC. | |
| Connecting a DAC directly to an amp? Yes, go without preamp and see if it works for you. |