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| Mcintosh 601's vs Classe CA-M600's Don't those Mac 2301's put out a a lot of heat?I live in the Southern Calif desert area. We get hotter than you but you have the humidity on us.Even with "our" heat, I'd recommend the big Pass. I use the XA100.5 monos and yes they put out some hea... | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 17LS preamp shuts off Couple thoughts:Either you or your repair shop email CJ and ask them.When is the last time you replaced the tubes?How stable is your a/c delivery? It only takes a fraction of a second to cause problems with the microchip circuitry. Nice preamp. Ho... | |
| What frequency do I crossover subs Making sense at 60 hz: Maybe....your speakers are rated at 45 but how many db down....3,6, 10 db? Some manufacturers stretch the lower reading.Scientifically: Your ears are the best instruments. Imagine someone looking at a row of TV's and asking ... | |
| What is the single best pre amp you have ever hear Mbovaird>>>>McIntosh 2301's are the best I've heard so far.<<<<Is this a whoops? Thread is about preamps. Did you mean 2300? | |
| Threshold SA/3 versus Krell KSA 50S I preferred the SA/3 over the Krell. Seemed more natural. | |
| Top Speaker Cables for SET System- under $5k used I use silver conductors with a teflon coating in my SET system. I believe a big part of it is the teflon coating. I would not recommend silver without it. The cables I use are custom made ones so no name brand for them. Kimber might have some, I'v... | |
| What are used SOVTEK 6H30P Tubes worth? My guess would be you'd have to pretty much give them away. I wouldn't take a chance even at 10 when I could buy brand new with a warranty for 25.Now....if you offer some sort of warranty that is attractive and can back it up, you might get 15.Jus... | |
| What is the single best pre amp you have ever hear Conrad Johnson ART is my best so far. Their ACT 2.2 is close.A big factor in trying to name "a" best is the road that leads from that preamp i.e. amp>speakers>room>ears. I've used these pres with ss,tubes,tripath chip type amps and with M... | |
| Maggie 3.6 Interconenct Upgrade Dsper," I use thicker than lamp cord stranded copper wire for my speaker leads "Try using the same for your x/o boxes and see what that does for you. | |
| Vandersteen 2ce questions I had the 2ce 's back in the 90's. I don't remember them being bass shy and I had them a ways from corners.Double check your speaker cable wiring on both the amp and speakers and make sure you have all + to + and - to -. It's easy to make a mistak... | |
| Small Room Help Rooms sound different. How much time have you spent in your new "size"?Get some blankets and a mirror. Have someone place the mirror on the l and r side wall to where you can see the speaker in it from your listening position then attach a blanket... | |
| 300B tubes for Push Pull amplifiers I've been using a quad of the Genalex Gold Lion 300b's in my pp 300b. I like them very much. I've been happy with the Sophia (TJ) Mesh in them also.Some amps will sound better with certain tubes and there is your own taste that ultimately matters.... | |
| Upscale audio advice I've been rolling 6922's in my CJ ART preamp for yrs. They came with EH's (6h23's). Decent tube but I found some I liked better. The JJ's had a nice tone and were very cheap but some would come to their end way too soon. I'm trying and liking the ... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 or ARC VS115 is better Charles1dad,A lot depends on the speaker and who's class A amp and who's pentode amp. I was being specific to the op's amps, I favor that ss over that tube amp "big" time. Been a fan of Nelson Pass for a long time. I think he's done extremely well... | |
| Preamp suggestions for Pass Labs XA100.5 Apdoc2004,I haven't heard the ET3's but would venture a guess that there would be nice synergy. Many nice things have been said about them. Another CJ pre that I bet would be nice is their earlier Premiere 16's, often called the "mini ART". |