oldschool1948
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| Integrated Tube Amp Demo LTA tubes last between 5000 to 10000 hours. | |
| Integrated Tube Amp Demo +1 LTA UltraLinear Integrated | |
| Buying a DAC when you can't try it first +1 On the Audio Mirror Tubadour MKIII SE DACFor streamers, give Innous a look | |
| Analog vs digital? I used to think the same until I learned more about digital and put more into it. My enjoyment is now equal with a nod to digital for convenience. +1I always thought vinyl was by far the best sound I’d heard before I spent the time and money find... | |
| Looking for a vinylesk sounding DAC The Tubadour MKIII SE is a wonderful sounding DAC. I upgraded to a PS Audio DirectStream DAC. It sounds very, very close to my vinyl rig. | |
| Pass Labs x250.8 vs tube amps @OP. My listening room is 13x12x8. I have a PS Audio BHK250, which is a hybrid class A amp with a tube input stage and SS output stage. My speakers are 89db Tannoy DC8Ti speakers. It pushes them with ease. I confident it will push your speaker... | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? War in Munich, Germany in mid 70's. Best band I've ever heard. Lee Osker, Papa D Allen, BB Dickerson and the boys can really throw down. There must have been 15 musicians on stage. Lee Osker wore a belt that had numerous harmonica's. He'd p... | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? Aretha Franklin Randy CrawfordRoberta Flack | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? DACAudio Mirror Tubadour III ($1500) is quite good; Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE ($2500) is even better | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? DAC - Audio Mirror Tubadour III is good, Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE is better | |
| I was going to give my son a system, with brand new Solid Steel rack but he has AirPods??? I have two sons. One lives in CA the other about 10 minutes from my house here in MD. I have a ton of vintage gear that I've been giving away to family and god children, and had planned to buy each of my sons a decent 2-channel system. My CA so... | |
| Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res I A/B listened to Qobuz HighRes and Tidal MQA. I didn't hear much of a difference. In some cases, a track would sound better on one than the other, but neither was a clear winner in that department. When it came to CD quality tracks, there was n... | |
| Tannoy Speaker Owners I understand 😀. And I have read nothing but good things about your amps. | |
| Tannoy Speaker Owners @stringreen I realize the NAD M22v2 is the weakest link in my system. Overall however, it is a nice sounding amp. If it were not, I would have replaced it long before now.I am looking for a warmer amp that has better speaker control, particularl... | |
| Tannoy Speaker Owners A lot has changed in my system since my last post. I never did audition the BC power amps. As much as I liked the ZTOL40, I’m now giving serious consideration to the PS Audio BHK 250 because I recently purchased the BHK Reference pre amp, Direct... |