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| What 300B tubes are you using in your VAC amps? Hi Roger, I went with the WE 300B's for the following reasons:1) They (WE) made the original 300B tube & to my ears & system still sound better than any other 300B I've ever heard.2) Pro-rated 5 year warrantee - Not 30 - 60 or 90 days like... | |
| What 300B tubes are you using in your VAC amps? I also have the VAC Ren. Sig. Mk. III 140's & tried very hard to find 16 Golden Dragon 300B tubes.After about 5 months of only finding a total of 4 NOS Golden Dragons - I opted for 2 matched octet sets of WE 300B's @ $5,800 ($10K List) & a... | |
| Man Cave or No? We have a 5.1 HT in the family room.I have my 2 channel rig in my new finished basement.Neither of us ever use the living room. | |
| Where to get FM/AM antenna? What you want is a dipole antenna - Try any Radio Shack | |
| Built-in phono stages VAC Renaissance Signature Mk. II | |
| Da Vinci Grandezza Hi Mike, I use my 12" Grandezza on a Verdier La Platin with fantastic results - "Best tonearm in the world" IMHO.I was told that the Da Vinci Grandezza arm was origionally built for Verdier & the La Platin turntable when Da Vinci Audio was the... | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? In all my 150+ dealings here on the gon - I had only one (1) woman call me & she wound up buying (a local pick up) my Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 6's about 3 years ago.I do consider my wife a "audiophillette" as she really loves the sound of my 2 ... | |
| compliments Can happen, but the better 300B usually lasts about 5 years or 8,000 hours in my systems @ 5 hours a day.If you have WE 300B's you have a 5 year pro-rated warrantee. | |
| Afro-Cuban Jazz Herbie Mann! | |
| Reel to reel tape I paid $175 for mine here on agon about 2 years ago.Cost me another $40 to tweak it & it is working 100%.Hope this helps | |
| Why spend megabucks on a tuner? That's a 2 part Question:Part 1: Why? Why is the sky blue? Why do babies cry? Why can't I get my amps, pre amps, tuner, CD player or anything else to work properly?Part 2: Spend megabucks on a tuner? Of course, sure, why not, it couldn't hurt as l... | |
| Shipping Expensive Speakers? WATCH OUT Manufacturers & dealers usually have their own private insurance & can always replace a "NIB" production speaker.For the most part - "WE" whom try to sell our items here have very few to no choices.I have outlined most of the pitfalls in t... | |
| Sonus Faber Elipsa I have had/owned the Amati's & now own the Stradavari's.I have only heard the Elispa's once & they fall somewhere in-between - but I heard them in another mans system & I cannot compare them to my own.The Amati Anniversario is a glorif... | |
| Dedicated power and outlets Use 2 dedicated lines (30 amp) for each system - 1 for amps & 1 for digital.Wouldn't hurt to do the same for your H/T setup.You can also bridge each dedicated line with 2 or more outlets depending on the power of the amps. | |
| Sonus Faber Elipsa Unless you are strictly into rock, acid rock or rap - They should do all you want & more!They do have the speed, bass, soundstage & dynamics to produce real music @ moderate to high listening levels.If you are into classical, jazz & vo... |