mwood

Responses from mwood

Lush and Romantic Tube Amps
+1 on the ZMA. Great amp able to use a variety of power tubes to adjust the sound to your preference.  
SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)?
+1 Pass Labs. In my case I have a SET 572-11 , a Decware ZMA and  Wyetech 300 B mono blocks. All sound great and my Pass Labs XA 30.8 absolutely holds its own among the three tube amps. It’s a great luxury and privilege to have a Solid State amp o... 
I can't go for that.
Tom Wolk was a GENIUS!  
New to Preamp - Preamp suggestion around 10k
You absolutely should try the Backert Rhumba Extreme or Rhythm.   
Pass Labs XP32 or XP22?
Backert and believe me you will never look back. I have a Rhythm Extreme paired with a Pass XA 30.8. They sound fantastic together. I’ve been in this hobby since the very early 70’s and I’m here to tell you I felt as if I hit the jackpot with this... 
Some more modern jazz piano trios
Tim Ray Helen Sung Christian Sands Emmett Cohen and so many more……  
Decware and “The List”
I waited about 9 months+ for a ZMA. It was worth it and then some. Everything said here is true: they are great to deal with, Steve is completely reachable and Sarah in customer service is terrific. My ZMA, coupled with a Backert Rhumba 1.3 drives... 
Female vocalist recommendations
Elise Regina. Often referred to as the Brazilian Ella Fitzgerald.  
What's the best EL84 amp?
+1 Decware!  
My 30 Watt class A is louder than my 100 Watt Class AB?
I went from a tube preamp with 3-5 db of gain into a ZMA and always had the preamp up more than half way to get reasonable volume from 96db sensitive speakers. When I got a Backert preamp with 9db of gain now all of the sudden the ZMA is a  power ... 
Speaker cable recommendations
+1 Auditorium 23. These cables work incredibly well with tubes. I had much more expensive Analysis Plus cables and when I got the 23’s they brought my system to a new level.  
Which Line Level, Balanced Preamplifier?
Backert! Great amps, 2 12AU7s. Absolutely beautifully made and they sound incredible!  
DecWare 300B amp
I have a ZMA and I love it. I'm trying 7027 A's in it right no,  NOS General Electrics from the 60's.  Immediately after I got it from Decware I discovered it came alive when used  with a preamp. I bought a Backert Rhumba Extreme and its been pur... 
High powered single end 300b recommendations
Wyetech Labs is worth looking into. They have (2) 300 B mono block amps that are superb and produce about 23 watts per channel  running 2 300B tubes per channel.  
Speakers that are good with tubes
DeVore O96’s are superb with low power tube amps. I would recommend them to anyone enthusiastically’