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| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? Great discussion with some really nice points made.What I've found is, rather than anchor on a specific amp or speaker per se...for me it's turned into a particular sound-style and experience that I've "anchored" on. Seems like others above are ... | |
| Help for an Old School Audiophile BTW, if you have a computer that you can hook up to your integrated amps via RCA (through a headphone out jack for starters), or via USB to an external DAC for better sound, I agree with shadorne that a demo of Roon and Tidal together is a great f... | |
| 2.1 tube pre with ht bypass? Keep your eyes open for one--I think you may have just missed one or two here. They are relatively inexpensive for what you get, so maybe worth buying new anyway. See if you can demo one from a dealer. | |
| Help for an Old School Audiophile Lou...there is some very good advice here, and this can be somewhat overwhelming even for those of us very committed to these solutions. Many of us have tried many of these solutions, so the good news is there is lots of good advice available.Som... | |
| 2.1 tube pre with ht bypass? I think this one would work extremely well unless I’m missing your requirements somehow. I have the integrated version and I love it. Perhaps your "bass management" is what has me confused, but you can run your subs off of this even in HT bypass ... | |
| Zu def 4 are they the best speaker made? This thread is a good micro summary of the history of postings on Zu speakers, IMO. Some people clearly love them, and some clearly hate them. Perhaps less sit in the middle, although there seem to be some owners or previous owners in that camp ... | |
| Zu Soul Supreme Recap -- Owners, what are your preferred system pairings with them? OK, so I bought a Melody AN845 and the MicroZotl pre-amp/1w amp with NOS tubes and the external power supply. Both sound fantastic. The MicroZotl as a pre with the Thoress 845 monos is superb--better than the MicroZotl as an intergrated, but I'm... | |
| Best 845 tube out there? This is/was a great thread. What are the latest 845 tube impressions people have? Might as well keep this info in the same thread so it's all together.I've got some Elrogs en route this week. I've been enjoying 845Bs in both my Thoress 845 mono... | |
| Line Magnetic 219ia vs Mc225 Pixelplay--Could you post your experience with the Elrog 845s vs. your Psvane WE845s? | |
| The New Western Electric 845 Replicas Sorry to bump an old thread, but any feedback on these tubes after 9 months of usage? | |
| $35K to spend, how will you build a system? I like the literal exercise.Here is precisely the system I would build, using used equipment where you could find it (you'd have to, otherwise the new prices would be +$20k) . I would target a super highly efficient speaker with a ton of dynamic ... | |
| Best 300B SET Ha, my bad...thought I had sorted by recent in my search for 300b threads! Hopefully someone else searching recently will get some value anyway. And Joe, agree on your Classic Audio recommendations...phenomenal speakers...while we're extending o... | |
| Best 300B SET If you are set on the Shindo pair-up (which would certainly be a route I would highly consider if I was loving the Shindo pre-amp "sound")...then I would audition the higher-end Auditorium 23 speaker lines that have the same US importer (I know yo... | |
| Small Speakers for Berning Microzotl? I'm using the MicroZOTL by itself right now with my Zu Soul Supremes, and I'm shocked at how good it is with just 1w. I've used a number of Transcendent OTL amps with 2-5w and the scale that the MicroZOTL is able to produce vs. those is incredibl... | |
| Shindo Labs Amps and Preamps I never got to hear any of the other combos at the one dealer (as I switched the speakers to the Auditorium 23 lines to listen with Shindo and never got to go back to the Devores), but it was recommended that if I was serious about the O/96s, I sh... |