pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| EICHMANN CABLES ANYONE? I prefer gold based IC's from Jade & KCI. | |
| McIntosh MA2275 int tube Amp...OPINIONS PLEASE I've had very good experiences with Brent Jessee as well. Good service and good tubes at a fair price. | |
| Dyneaudio Confidence C2 II and Naim I'd sell my speakers before I'd go back to solid state. keep the Octave and try a different, more compatible flavor of speaker.. | |
| Aesthetix stellar customer service I've had similar favorable experiences with Jim & Glenn. Great service and great products. I regretted selling my Calypso so much that I purchased another one, but stepped up to the Signature edition. | |
| Pubul57- audiophile, philosopher, and friend I did not know Paul, but read many of his posts. He always came across as knowledgeable, intelligent and respectful. He will be missed. My condolences to his friends and family. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State Once you try a good tube amp, my bet will be that you will never go back to solid state. | |
| Can my room support the Dynaudio C4s? I think you are pushing it. At the very least, I'd recommend extensive room conditioning treatments. I had mine in a 15' x 21' x 7 room and found them very fatiquing until I added eight GIK 244 panels to my room. I've since moved on to speakers be... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Al - yes, the readings on the bases of the VAC / Chinese tubes read 45 & 5.4. | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Swampwalker - I am far from technically savvy when it comes to tubes... but I assumed that "mA" refers to milliamperes. If that's the case, my VAC REN 70/70 Signature amp has a milliamperes dial on it and it measures milliamperes for each tube. In... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR 80 mA. | |
| Quicksilver V4 vs Manley Snappers I have zero experience with either brand, however, I'd pick the Quicksilver's over the Manley's based upon Quicksilver's strong reputation for customer service, even for 2nd hand gear. Since I buy most of my gear used, this provides piece of mind,... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Pretty certain carbon plate (not mesh) is the way you need to go for REN's. Keep in mind, Wavetrader had REN 140's and the standard Sophia Princess carbon plates had three or four of the 16 tubes fail within 2 years (outside the warranty period). | |
| Harbeth SHL5 for Shindo Montille? Dave b - Try the decaf.Adam - I had the larger M-40.1's and drove them with a VAC 30/30 (32 wpc). My guess is you may be fine with with this pairing unless you like to listen to complex music (classic rock, pop, full scale orchestral) at high volu... | |
| Speaker Match MC275 Great amp. I owned one for a while and loved it. I'd recommend you hold off for a bit until you can increase your budget for speakers. Used Spendor SP100's and Harbeth SHL5's would be great with that amp. | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Swampwalker & Markus - Let me know if you end up trying the Takatsuki's in your VAC REN amps. Audiogoner "Wavetrader" tried Sophia carbonplates (not RP) in his 70/70 and, if I remember correctly he had at least three of them fail over a 2 year... |