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| EL34 in Cary CAD120S bias info needed I have Cary Audio's "Audio Electronics Super Amp MkII". While it is not in the same league as the S120 it shares similar design and output transformers. What I love about this amp, and the reason I bought it, is the versitilty of KT66,77,88,90s, E... | |
| Two tube amps for your consideration please As far as your question of the 502 vs. 302:The 302 uses EL34 tubes and has the gorgeous midrange magic these tubes are known for.The 502 uses 6550 which is more dynamic w/ a bit tighter control, but you will loose the magical lushness.I had the 30... | |
| Two tube amps for your consideration please The Jolida integrated amps are unique in that the volume control on their integrated amps are passive. You can easily use it as a power amp, feeding it from the preamp output of your Denon pre/pro. Just by turning the volume control all the way cl... | |
| Cambridge Audio 640c V2, 650c, or 740c differences Good advice Loomis.Would you think the DACMagic is better than the 640cV2 which is also cheap, because of upsampling. I've heard upsampling in my Cary 308 and Oppo 970 and didn't like the results, but I liked it in the Benchmark DAC. | |
| CD Player for my Jolida 707a I had the 100a and it is just average, bold and warm because of tubes, but lacking detail because of an average DAC. The Cambridge cdps are very detailed and would compliment tube amplification better. | |
| Budget upgrade from Denon 1940ci DVD/CD? I looked at the Nixin DACs and now remember that I think the looks are a bit to weird for me (I like the conservative metal box) and that it uses a wall wart power supply. Unless I get a used one for cheap I may not be ready to invest in their DACs. | |
| Budget upgrade from Denon 1940ci DVD/CD? I forgot about Scott Nixon and will look into their DACs. A year or so ago when I had I high-end system I looked at the Scott Nixon DAC and end with the Benchmark as the DAC/preamp into a tube power amp. This time around I don't need to have a vol... | |
| Denon DP-47F arm return problem? Help needed My comparison between the Denon and Technics direct drive TT are as follows:Technics has amazing pace, rhytm, and clarity. Nothing beats its timing and quickness. like a CD.Denon is warm, smooth, musical, easy to listen to, but not the final word ... | |
| Another "Which Bookshelf Speakers to Get" Thread In keeping w/ your vintage system you might consider AR3a, Larger Advents, Dynaco A25, JBL L100 Century (or the studio versions), and Klipsch Heresey amongst others. | |
| Linn Classik, w/ two LK 140's - Active ? Linn allows daisy-chaining very well if you use Linn interconnects. My only modification is to vertical bi-amp w/ one amp per speaker and not one amp for bass and the other for treble. The bass drivers take more omph to push and it will stress the... | |
| Home Theater 101 - Subwoofer question? Looks like the REL subs get the best recommendations, but are out of my price. Plus they are much better than the rest of my system, so it may shame the rest of what I have. Mirage and Definitive Tech are probably closer to a better match.Thanks | |
| ipod into preamp OK? Gdoodle,If I find the 30 pin cable or use a dock will I have volume control so I don't have to use a preamp w/ my tube power amp? | |
| ipod into preamp OK? Metralla and Sfar,I was ready to post a question and I think you may have begun to answer my question. Can you clarify for me. I want to take my CD collection and put them on my iMac computer which is in another room. Then I will down load the CDs... | |
| DACs with volume control ? Did anyone mention the Lavry? | |
| CDP for McIntosh MA6900 This doesn't totally answer your question but may help. I've owned the Linn Karik III CDP years ago and like the clear musical sound w/ tight bass so it might compliment Mac gear. Anyways, in talking to TBone a week ago about the Linn CDP subject ... |