moofoo
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| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? Bought a used Ultraverve pre here on Agon, compared it side by side with my highly reviewed, more expense 12AU7 pre. Immediately sold the 12AU7 pre. Soundstage opened up, instruments and voices sounded more lifelike to me. I realized it was the so... | |
| Need Amp recommendation Van Alstine. | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment Bought more records | |
| What to do? I want a new amplifier to make my Dynaudio Contours to "sing" Van Alstine. Right in your budget, you get watts, good sound, quality and value. The website has used items also. | |
| Blue Lights I used to have a Cary Audio DAC that had a blue LED. | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings Anything on vinyl by Emily Remler. | |
| Poor Customer Service I have received excellent customer service from the following.EgglestonWorksUpscale Audio - from Kevin Deal directlyAudio Mirror - from Vlad BazelkovDehavilland Amplifier - from Kara ChaffeeManley - from Evana Manley directlyAudio AdvisorThese peo... | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? Got Santana next week, outdoors.Then Mammoth (Wolfgang VH) indoors.Then Rodrigo y Gabriela indoorsThen America, the next week indoorsThat is if none of these shows are canceled due to band or touring support testing positive. I will comply with ma... | |
| Perfect match for ATC speakers Have a look at Van Alstine. They may have what you need. Few months ago I bought a used Synergy 450 (225 wpc @ 8 ohms) directly from the AVA website to use with my EgglestonWorks Fontaine Signatures (legacy now per EW website) and am enjoying it g... | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts Plus, He did not have to try and “look” cool...he WAS cool. | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts Pat Metheny said in his recent (fantastic interview btw) with Rick Beato, something to the effect that, a drummer is the most important person in a band. RIP Charlie. | |
| amplifier with volume control I have an old Acurus DIA100, which was marketed as a Direct Input Amplifier. It is the first version. Whether or not it technically is a direct input amp without a pre-amp I do not know. I use it to drive my outdoor speakers and it still sounds gr... | |
| What Amplifiers Have You Heard In Your System and What Amplifiers Will You Always Keep Had several integrated amps over the years. Have only had three power amps over the years. Primaluna Dialogue Premium stereo - bought new, and enjoyed for a few years and sold. Moved to Audio Mirror 45w SET monoblocks (driving EgglestonWorks Fonta... | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with Van Alstine. I just bought one of Frank’s used solid-state amps from his website. 30 day trial and 1 year warranty. It’s a keeper. You have options here for your 3k, new or used. I Could not be more pleased. Great amp for the money, and very tube-... | |
| What phono preamp are you using? Soundsmith Zephyr (medium output) and Zephyr MIMC (low output) with a Manley Chinook. Vintage tubes in the Chinook. |