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| what is an ideal tube amp "what is an ideal tube amp"?Based on the info in your post, maybe a pair of Cary 805AE monoblocks.1. You get 25/30 watts of pure SET Class A power and 50/70 in Class A2 for those Classical Music peaks.2. They have 4,8 and 16 ohm taps so you stay a... | |
| Does biamping w/ SS + tubes work? I agree with the people that told you it doesn't work well...emphasis on "well" not "work". It will work well at the outside freqs and likely not so much where they cross over. If you do go this way, choose a ss amp based on how much you like the ... | |
| DH Labs Power Plus and Audio Art Cable Power 1 Was just doing a search on DH Labs and saw no one had responded to your post so, even though it's old, for "searching" purposes.....The Power Plus is not shielded, the Power 1 is. The connectors are different if factory terminated.I own both of th... | |
| Review: DH Labs toslink Optical Cable Interconnect "Top marks to DH Labs for such a great cable at an amazing price!"That's what I'm finding with their cables. They just seem to perform way beyond their price point.I started with a pair of their Power Plus a/c cords and now have 7 of them. Bought ... | |
| Bedini Schematics for Class A Amp Models 802 & 803 John Bedini,I have one of your 45/45 amps. It is a very sweet sounding amp. I never found much info on it, can you tell me any details on it?It is a "very" early serial # and I did speak to you years ago regarding disabling the fan or slowing it d... | |
| What's Wrong With ROMEX?? I don't worry about the Romex in the walls. I do think about proximity effect. Like campfires: Put your feet in one, you'll be in a world of hurt.Sit right next to one, you can feel the warmth.20 feet away, what heat? So, I like the idea of the "l... | |
| Small Room Speakers "time to consider some smaller speakers."Not necessarily. Definitely try the 803's before making any judgement. You're going to hear more of the "room" than before so play with placement and experiment with damping some of the reflections (side wa... | |
| FM Radio is dead ....R.I.P Glad it's working for you.The "thump up/down" is the key to making a station. I remember when I first started with Pandora, music was going fine then a WTF? song would come on...instant thumb down. I also got more judicious about using the thumb u... | |
| Owners of Pass Labs XA30.5 Koestner,It's always a gamble when you take recommendations. Sometimes the odds are better than good. I think the odds are pretty good that you'd be real happy with the 30.5. I own one and use it with my Guarneri's in my home office but for awhile... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Charles1dad,How many hours would you say you have on each pair?To all re this thread: Wow. 6 pages/over 300 replies...no negativity. I'm seeing that as the exception not the rule. Nicely done. I always enjoy Charles1dad's posts. They are fair, bal... | |
| Owners of Pass Labs XA30.5 Curious, when you say, "Always the amp play in AB mode", are you drawing that conclusion because the meter is "always" bouncing around?I can't recommend a brand of speaker, that's going to be up to your ears. I can recommend some specs to look for... | |
| New way of dealing with Low Ballers? "Please make an offer only if you agree to my terms, otherwise I will give you negative feedback."Well, I see the word "terms" not just price. He makes a contract in his ad, he words it exactly the way he chooses, says NO exceptions, implies he ha... | |
| 20 amp power cords vs 15 amp power cords I'd look at it this way:Your line is 12 gauge, buy at least a 12 gauge cord. As far as the connectors, my 100 watt monos (Pass) draw 2.5 amps each, if yours is a stereo amp it probably draws 5 or 6 amps. 15 amp connectors should be fine.BTW, if yo... | |
| 300 B Shuguang Black Bottle tubes Jwm, you misunderstood why I quoted those paragraphs (the 2nd one is still part of the quote).Melville is preferring the EH, Charles1dad thinks the BT's are better. Conclusions: one of them is wrong or they are both right. I go with the latter.I p... | |
| Sub Integration Question / Recommendation Possibly the sub is out of phase with the main speakers causing some cancelation. Try reversing the L and R of both mains (or does the sub have a way to reverse phase?) and see what your reading is. |