paulcreed
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| What DAC to buy? Denafrips Ares or RME adi2, Ares has a little better soundstage but RME is on the warm side, very transparent and a Swiss Army knife dac. I borrowed the Ares from a friend and owned the RME for a while. Between the 2 I would have to go RME for lon... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions I haven’t read every post but the op decided not to buy an amp. He’s going to buy speakers. | |
| Conrad Johnson CAV45-S2 8 ohm? 4 ohm? Other? Sorry I was thinking Warnie7 was OP. OP you can open up amp and change ohms. I run 6 and 8 ohm speakers on 4 ohm tap and never felt a problem. I believe you need to know how to solder but don’t quote me on that. I was ready to solder mine but ne... | |
| Conrad Johnson CAV45-S2 8 ohm? 4 ohm? Other? Hi, you have Mullard new production tubes. I have a CJ cav45 S2 and mine came with the same Mullard tubes. I also have some Mullard xf2 Blackburn plant el34’s. The xf2’s are better but they should be at $200 each. What surprised me was how nice... | |
| Help me choose an Audio Research preamp/line stage (Please?) You mentioned Vandersteen likes Audio Research which I’ve heard too but they also like MCormack. I had Vandersteens and McCormack rev a mono blocks and that is a system I still miss. Very warm and natural a little different than the Audio Research. | |
| Suggestions please. Your favorite 3, 12ax7 tubes Okay perkadin, will do | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" Had Don Sachs Kootenay. Drove a couple hours to pick it up. When I went to lift it to carry to the car was a little shocked. Money had passed hands. If I drop it it’s not going to be a good day. Had a fairly long walk through a big house down a wa... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Linear Tube Audio 40 Reference Amps Cellorover I’m running Mullard xf2’s which makes a huge difference. Gives that amp it’s clarity and a sophisticated sound it needs kind of like mellow Teflon caps or a little upgrade. Luckily I have a stash of very nice 6922’s and 7308’s. That 692... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Linear Tube Audio 40 Reference Amps I don’t know if this helps but I have the Audio Hungary a50i and Conrad Johnson cav45 S2. I don’t know how much the LTA changes the character of your AH or much about LTA. I think the SE version they upgrade to Teflon caps, don’t quote me. That ma... | |
| A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components. I’ve found changing out caps can make a nice speaker sound much more enjoyable. I started out with Sonicaps there cheap and if no improvement it wouldn’t break the bank, there was a fair improvement. After a few months I pulled them out and rep... | |
| Integrated suggestions soix are nice recommendations, I owned the Octave and then Audio Hungary 20 watt class a amp both were very nice. Only reason I let Audio Hungary go was their US audio repair center was closing down and I would have to ship it to Hungary there and... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update I avoided the first update and now see there is a new one to try for Pontus. Has anyone tried the first update then gone back to original, then tried the new most current update and preferred it to original Pontus sound? If so what are you hearing... | |
| Vinshine/Alibaba..What to buy and where? I just got into streaming over a year ago. I started off with Qutest then RME with Teddy Pardo power supply. I preferred the RME over the Qutest I’m sure others feel the opposite. I then bought a used Pontus. I prefer the Pontus, more musical bet... | |
| RME adi2 DAC fs bass settings Outboard power supply | |
| FAVORITE POWER CABLE under $100 (1M) Duelund 12 gauge from Parts Connextion you can buy bulk wire and build one. They also have them already built on sale for $149.00. |