pdreher
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| Sound of SED Winged C KT88 vs. SED Winged C 6550's Newbee - just for clarification, I never got thru to Kevin Deal, as one of his helpers would not let me talk to him... so it was one of Kevin's employees that said there was no sonic differences between the two tubes.Thanks for the useful info... ... | |
| What upgrade? The greatest thrill (and sometimes disappointment) in this hobby is trying new things & combinations. Enjoy the journey! | |
| What upgrade? I once owned the BAT VK-200 paired with the VK-30. It did not a fulfilling combo for me. YMMV. | |
| What upgrade? I think your amp is the weakest link in your system. Changing out the Rogue pre for the BAT pre's listed is a lateral move at best... maybe a step back. Your cdp and speakers have good reputations, so additional improvements would come at a high c... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mk IV or V with Harbeth M-40.1? Ryder - Thanks for the kind sentiments. I know you've been experimenting with various amplification for your SHL-5's. I highly suggest you buy an MC 275 MK V. I'm still listening with the stock tubes and Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" redbook CD has n... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mk IV or V with Harbeth M-40.1? Toetap - Before making the plunge, I too was concerned that the Harbeth / McIntosh tube amp combo could be "too much of a good thing"... but IME, the two really sound great together. I know your not a fan of either Harbeth or McIntosh, but I recen... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mk IV or V with Harbeth M-40.1? The drop in power suits the M-40.1's just fine. I do have to turn up my preamp about 5 more db's to get the same volume, but the speakers are not lacking any grunt. If anything, the sound is more full & robust moving from ss to tubes, at least... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mk IV or V with Harbeth M-40.1? Tom - so far, so good. I'm currently listening with all of the stock tubes to get a feel for things, but have the NOS RCA 5751's & Sylvania 12AT7's ready to roll. Surprisingly, the amp sounds really, really good with just the stock tubes... a ... | |
| Mcintosh C-2300 first impressions Like others have said... You can't expect to optimize the sound of a tube preamp without excellent NOS tubes. Selecting & installing the right NOS tubes made a night & day difference in my Aesthetixs Calypso. You will be selling yourself w... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mk IV or V with Harbeth M-40.1? Rick - On Neil's (Nsgarch's) advice, I plan on sticking with the stock Svetlana KT88's for now (due to limited funds), but have NOS RCA triple mica black plate 5751's and Sylvania tmbp 6201's I purchased from Neil that I will experiment with this ... | |
| kt 88 vs kt88 Is everyone referring to the Gold Lion "re-issues"... or NOS? Big difference in price and availability. Please clarify, as I may be in the market for inexpensive re-issues for my Mac MC275. | |
| Conrad-Johnson ET-2 vs Aesthetix Calypso The stock version of the Calypso is not very impressive in my experience. You have to hear it with the right NOS tubes to know what it's capable of. Assume you'll need to spend $400 or so on NOS tubes if you go with the Calypso. The same can proba... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mk IV or V with Harbeth M-40.1? Stuck a deal for a MC275 MK V. Really looking forward to rolling tubes in my 1st tube amp! | |
| Harbeth Radial Driver - How Good? Ditto the advice from Nolitan. Your 12' x 14' room should accomodate either speaker wihout a problem. A 200 WPC Linn amp is overkill, but will work fine. I recently downsized from the $20K Dynaudio C4 to the $13K Harbeth M-40.1's and have not look... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mk IV or V with Harbeth M-40.1? Lewinskih - Yes I will be using RCA cables, so you advise is pertinent... thank you. One question though.... when you said add "V1" tube to the signal path, what do you mean by V1?Thanks,Paul |