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| High Output Preamp for First Watt SIT-3? Hi Murph,I have pretty carefully read your posts. I relate to your perspective on music playback. Until recently I was a working musician and have made a living as an audio consultant and dealer. I own one of Nelson Pass’s “kitchen table” creation... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Hi Markus,My speakers are only 90db but a very flat 8 ohm impedance.And my listening tastes are mostly acoustic and not high volume.My amps are pretty expensive 4 chassis 300B at 8 watts but they have a lot of push with the separate power supplies. | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? First, the only absolute is that there are no absolutes.So, IMO, the most musical and human sound is from a single ended triode amp or preamp (SET). Think the SET is the oldest still used audio amp circuit. Used in the first Bell telephone systems... | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! Hey Gunner.If I were you, I would grab that Canadian 301:https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649600198-garrard-301-rosewood-shick-12-emt-tsd15-stillpoints/A great deal at $5K!Complete with good cartridge and good arm. It looks beautiful.You would ... | |
| Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs? FWIW its impossible to design any hifi audio product to favor a certain genre of music. Hey Ralph!Thanks for your input.I certainly respect your decades of a business significantly focused onall things audio and, significantly, matching amp with s... | |
| Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs? Thanks for the additional recommendations! The Klipschorns are the first high efficiency speaker I ever heard. Klipsch speakers are not my cup of tea. Pretty bright.A lot of people swear by Zu speakers.I only heard them once in an Audio industry f... | |
| Convenience vs Quality The Velvet Fog. Thanks for mentioning the great Mel. There is really no one like him. Although my favorite album is Coltrane and Hartman. John Hartman was amazing and kind of like Mel! | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 I don’t really know or care much for specs. Voicing of any component is, to me, most important. For a designer to be a musician is not necessarily prerequisite but it helps. Vital is that the designer not only needs to understand what music sounds... | |
| Tidal vs ATC Apples and oranges. I was the only ATC dealer in California for many years.They have advantages over a passive speaker. The main one is that active ATCs like the flagship SCM 300 has an amplifier carefully matched for each driver. Surely, the most... | |
| Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs? Some great recommendations! Thanks. I would have never thought of Golden Ear. Wow. Sandy has developed them for years and they sure are popular. Only problem is that my wife would kill me (low WAF!). My budget is around $10K and my room is medium ... | |
| Choosing between floorstanding speakers. Not facades but decades old! Very old speakers frequently have failing surrounds.What is your budget?Don’t think you can touch used 802s for less than $10k. | |
| I sure miss my Quad ‘57s! A main factor for me is that I am a single ended triode guy. Ever since I started using the magic of 1 1/2 to 8 watts of amp power I have been limited to highly efficient speakers. Fortunately, I finally found a great speaker that works great with... | |
| Choosing between floorstanding speakers. Unless you buy speakers that are facades old, buying used speakers are the way to go. Really no reason not to buy used if you don’t mind a ding or two. | |
| Big Silver Lining in these tough times! Hi millercarbon,And a time to every season under heaven!Things change with the times.I guess there would be more comments if my post were about some audiophile minutiae.I am grateful for no longer being concerned with things that really don’t matter. | |
| Best headphone under 10k$ Good enough is good enough. $2500 ZMF Verites! |