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| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? I once owned an upgraded JD-502B and played around with various NOS GE, RCA, and Sylvania input tubes and SED KT88, Sovtek 6550, and Shuguang KT88 power tubes. My favorite combination of those I tried:GE long plate 12ax7Sylvania Gold Brand 6201Shu... | |
| only if you own totem eros ,best int cd combo Simaudio Moon i-3 or i-5 integrated (used $1000-$1500)Rega Planet 2000/Apollo/Jupiter/Saturn (used $500-$1800)I have used an i-3/Planet 2000 combination and believe they are a great match. | |
| integrated tube amp recommendations, with remote The Rogue Cronus and possibly a VTL IT-85. Both have remote volume and can be found used in your price range. | |
| Totem Rainmaker distortion?? You might have checked this already, but I had a similar problem with a pair of Usher bookshelf speakers. After some careful listening, I found one of the binding posts was loose and was resonating (I was using banana connectors). I removed the te... | |
| Best budget bookshelf speakers for 3-600 dollars. Usher Audio S-520 ($400 new) and a modest pair of stands would be a nice choice in your price range. | |
| Best Integrated All-tube Amp? You may want to look into an Antique Sound Lab Leyla 845DT integrated. I don't have any experience with it, but it seems to fit most of your criteria. | |
| Amp for new Meadowlark Krestel 2's ? I could think of a few reasons. I'm not sure of if you have anything beyond the Marantz connected to the JoLida, but I had one in my audio/video system that also made an annoying hum. I found that when I had my television output connected to the a... | |
| Usher Audio's S-520 I bought a pair last year with the intention of using them in my office at work. After bringing them home and setting them up in my second system to break in, I was so impressed that I decided to keep them at home. I can't say I did much compariso... | |
| SS integrated amp w/ A&B speaks & remote The NAD C372 has both. I owned the model it replaced, the C370, and enjoyed my time with it. |