pdreher
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| 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... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR I was able to find a quad of gently used KR 300B's to try in my VAC REN amp... so I'm out of the running for the mysterious megabuck Takatsuki's. A part of me is sad that I won't get to try them, but the money saved by going with the KR's makes it... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR I need a quad... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR I've been beating the bushes for the last few weeks trying to find either new stock EAT 300B's or KR300B's with no luck. Thought I had found a pair of EAT's at Elusive Disc, only to be told at the last minute that there is zero availability from t... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR I may pull the trigger today on a quad of Tatatsuki's. I cringe at the price, but figure it to be a once in a lifetime purchase. Hope they live up to the hype! | |
| Tube preamp recommendation ... I've used Plinius SA-102 with Aesthetix Calypso to good effect in the past. The two can be had for approx. $2,500 each. | |
| 300 B Shuguang Black Bottle tubes Melville - how many hours do you have on the BT's? I may be interested in them if you decide to unload them. |