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| Amp match for Chartwell LS6? The BBC classic designs match well with tube amps. I used to have a pair of Spendor SP1/2Es that I ran with an Image Audio amp with KT88s. It was a great match. These days, in a second system, I have a LSA VT-70 (35 watts/ch with EL34 outputs) i... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna Haven't seen this one mentioned yet --- the LSA VT-70 from Underwood Audio. I bought one recently and am really enjoying it. Comes with EL-34 tubes but you can also use 6550s or KT88s. Bias is easy with built-in meters. It uses SS rectificatio... | |
| Space Tech Preamplifier @mdrone -- what are you looking for in a preamp? Lots of variables to consider -- overall sound characteristics, phono or not, bass/treble or not, price, other features, appearance, and so on. Or are you an "I'll know it when I see it" kind of guy? | |
| I don't get LRS and cheap Ayima AO7 amp One more thought regarding the "appearance" angle. I had a client some years back whose only products were high-end writing pens. Their cheapest pen was $3,000, and their most expensive cost $85,000. I don't think the pens wrote any better than ... | |
| 100% USA designed & made DAC This thread is a good reminder that no matter how widely well-regarded a brand is there will always be those who have a dissenting opinion. | |
| I don't get LRS and cheap Ayima AO7 amp Keep in mind that the high end world is often about chasing the last few percent of performance. If you spend 10 times as much, you don't get 10 times the performance. This is true whether one is talking about stereos, photography, cars or sports... | |
| 100% USA designed & made DAC Schiit DACs (and all of their other products) are American made. | |
| Streaming You've gotten some good advice on the set-up and how-to for streaming. The big advantage of streaming music is access to an enormous library of music that you could never possibly collect on your own. I've got a subscription to Qobuz and their c... | |
| Streamer or Server that has playlist capability. You can build all the playlists you want with a Logitech Media Server setup, including mixing material from your own local library with other songs from Qobuz or Tidal, etc. The LMS server software is free, as is the player software, Squeezelite.... | |
| Using Spek to see if an audio file is really lossless after doing noise reduction. That doesn't surprise me. I use an older version of Adobe Audition for LP transfers and other audio editing work (though I don't do much these days) and the level of complexity and number of settings in these programs can be staggering. | |
| Using Spek to see if an audio file is really lossless after doing noise reduction. What program are you using for noise reduction? | |
| $1499 gets you to Nirvana? I recently bought a LSA VT-70 tube amp for $1,300. It is a great buy and has received a number of very good reviews in several audio publications. Yeah, that's not a LSA Warp, but Underwood's LSA brand is solid gear at good prices. Is my amp pe... | |
| High resolution audio on a PC questions Here's a simple explanation: DAC is the acronym for "Digital to Analog Converter" -- in short, it takes the digital signal from the CD or music file and converts it into an analog signal that can be amplified and played through your speakers -- ... | |
| LSA VT-70 I see the Stereophile review of the VT-70 just became available on their web site. Once again, very positive overall comments from the reviewer, especially considering the price. The technical specs turned out about average for a push-pull, nomin... | |
| To ROON or not to ROON ? I tried Roon two or three years ago when they had a 30 day free trial. I thought it was nice, but not worth the money. It didn't really lead me to new music, the auto-generated play lists didn't do much for me, and so on. I also have Qobuz and r... |