mulveling
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| New Cartridge or New Preamp I doubt the RP-1’s onboard phono will tap the capabilities of your existing Bronze and Black, much less a more expensive MC. Lots of good choices in the 2K - 3K range, including the Rogue Ares. Lots of decent choices in the 1K - 2K range too. For ... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? @alexberger Which modern 6SN7 are better than NOS? I currently use Ken-Rad VT-231 from the 1940s in the input stage of my integrated 300B SET. They are not the most expensive NOS but still to change the pair of these tubes is expensive for me. ... | |
| add differents tubes pair for amp ? You should specify the amp you're using them in. Yeah, I would use matching brands on each of the push-pull pairs. E.g. Mullards on L and Sylvania on R. It's not ideal but it can work OK in a pinch. Of course if the pairs are not well electrically... | |
| which tube amps have strong drive/150+ watts under 15k? Rogue Apollo Dark also come in at 15K and have 250 Watts per side. I think they can even hit 150 Watts in triode mode! But the older non-Dark Zeus and Apollo are also good for 225 to 250 watts (depending on version and tubes) and are very affordab... | |
| PCL86 driver tube and sound quality in Allnic T1500 ECL86 (PCL86 should be the same but with different heater voltage) is a great sounding tube; I have an electrostatic headphone amp that uses a quad. Vintage 12ax7 (half) and vintage EL84 in one envelope. The only downside is it’s harder to track d... | |
| amplifiers tube vs. solid state The “classic” hybrid system combo is tube pre and SS power, but this setup can have consequences - for example, if the tube pre has high output impedance and SS amp has low input impedance (both common for each type), this can result in frequency ... | |
| Why don't higher end amplifiers come with a separate power chassis? It sure would make moving monster power amps a bit easier (e.g. the Rogue Zeus is a 210 lbs monolith and a real nightmare to move), but doing it "right" would involve a lot of additional expense for the manufacturer. As others pointed out, the usu... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? One new tonearm that looks VERY interesting, and is actually quite reasonably priced (2,200 Euros preorder), is the Korf TA-SF9R. It has removable headshells and should easily fit a SOTA. If you peruse the Korf blog, the designer has made absolute... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? The original question is what does it take to surpass a SME V? My turntable is a SOTA Cosmos Eclipse. So it's a floating subchassis. I have no need to discuss tonearm and bearing mounting structure because my choice is defined by the 1 inch thick... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Vac amplifiers are over priced. I recommend you use a Topping power amp with the pre-outs from an AVR receiver. | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? I just searched VAC 200iQ amplifier,and see a guy buy new with $14000 and sold $7600. I just can't put the linking into here,it might have some limitation with forums. It is the current model,so it won't be long time. Is that to say this pro... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? The clever thing about ET’s counterweights is that using a lighter counterweight should decrease the horizontal moving mass (non-rotational) while increasing the vertical moving mass (moment of inertial). That should nudge the 2 movement dimension... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Surely OP is enjoying his new tube preamp by now, right? @fthompson251 Cool, the Renaissance III preamp is sweet. I especially liked its phono stage. It was very well built, with a hand wired line stage, and I vastly prefer its aesthetic over the... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Both agony and ecstasy, as many of you are aware. Vintage 6SN7 are quite often problematic in preamps (except as follower outputs), due to noise and microphony. 6SN7 are usually totally awesome in power amps (as phase splitter / V1 or driver tube... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? My experiences about and from other audiophiles tells me that's almost imposibel to the stylus tip " been removed " from the cantilever with out any damage to the cantilever. In my own experience, this is quite common for MC carts with boron ca... |