pdreher
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| Looking at a Mcintosh 275vi with upgraded gold lion tubes I'm a big fan of Gold Lion KT88's, preferring them over others in most KT88 amps that I've owned, with the only exception a McIntosh MC275 MKV... for whatever reason I preferred the stock McIntosh KT88's over the Gold Lions, which surprised me at ... | |
| 300B or 2a3 SET Class A for Heretic Model A? @alexberger I tried Coincident Frankenstein's with Altec Model 19's, thinking that the Altec's 99 dB efficiency would pair nicely, but unfortunately, the Frank's made the 19's sound under powered. It's possible that the 19's impedance curve is d... | |
| Sound Anchor Stands They have standard sizes for some speakers (like Harbeth and some others), or you can order custom speaker stands, amp stands and racks. I've owned at least two pairs over the years that I can remember... one custom, one for Harbeth's. Good prod... | |
| Verity Audio speaker manufacturer silent... I wonder if branching out into high end DAC's, amps and preamps contributed to their demise. I remember reading Stereophile reviews when they came out with electronics... they weren't well received if I recall correctly... I'm pretty sure John At... | |
| Spendor D7.2 Pairing - First Watt F8 Volti and Devore are safe bets if you are keeping your First Watt amp. You can add Audio Note and Klipsch into the mix if you need more options. | |
| Gary Fischer Horn Speakers?? You will need a reasonably large room for A7 or A5 clones. You should also consider horn speakers from Klipsch, Tannoy, Fyne, Volti and JBL, as all of them will likely have better resale value than Gary Fischer Altec clones. | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s @jerryrocks agree that combo is classic. | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s @decooney Couldn't agree more with running 6SN7 based preamps from Cary, deHavilland and Supratek. | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s @decooney While I didn't attempt to replace caps on the QS's, I did swap out the smaller tubes with ANOS Mullard CV4004's and CBS 12BH7 black plates... both of which yielded improvements over the stock tubes. I also preferred Gold Lion KT88's to ... | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s The Audio Research 150 SE would be a nice choice, but I've always been under the impression that AR amps sound best paired with AR preamps in balanced mode. | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s I have Altec 19’s... so somewhat similar to your JBL’s. Of the suggestions above, I’ve owned the Quicksilver KT Mono’s and the VAC 70/70 Signature. The VAC 70/70 Signature is one of the best amps I’ve owned with regards to sound quality and over... | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line Just make sure you have return privileges, as I had a helluva time getting my iPad to connect to my Aurender N10. After months of fussing with Aurender customs support and sending it to Aurender for a new hard drive, I sold it for a sizable loss... | |
| S/PDIF coax to BNC I've used a Black Cat Silverstar digital cable for many years. It comes with BNC to & RCA adaptors that work seamlessly. A great cable at a reasonable price, with the flexibility you are looking for. | |
| A listening test of two power amps I'm tapping out. | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? I just picked up a pair of vintage MC-30's from Audio Classics and find them to be one of the best / most enjoyable amps I've ever owned in 30+ years in this hobby. Amazing to me that gear from the 1950's can sound so damn good! Other Mac gear ... |