pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| Experience with Black Cat and/or Triode lab Wires I had A23 speaker cables prior to making the switch to Duelund 12 gage. The A23's have strong resale value, but I prefer the sound of considerably less expensive Duelund, with the only downside being an extensive break in period of 150-200 hours... | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up Agree with @tablejockey when it comes to tube gear, DAC's and digital components. I do feel like solid state amps benefit from a 1 hour warm up period to sound optimal. | |
| Experience with Black Cat and/or Triode lab Wires Ditto @jerrybj on the Black Cat Silverstar digital cable. Not to muddy the waters, but I'm a fan of Duelund speaker cables and IC's. Pretty low cost and high value in my experience... and both the IC's and speaker cables can be had within you... | |
| Need your thoughts - LTA 40+ vs Pathos Inpol Integrated amp on 98db speakers. Which model LTA do you plan on buying? What speakers do you have? Please give updates on your experience, as I have speakers of similar sensitivity (Altec Lansing Model 19's) and I've been eyeing LTA offerings as a possible future amp or integ... | |
| Recommend a good tube power amp in the 100 wpc range for under $4k @lou_setriodes per Stereophile, the differences between the original RM-9 and the RM-9 MK II: Let’s take a closer look at the Mk.II. The output power has been nudged from 100 to 125Wpc—[an increase of 1dBW—Ed.]—the new wood frame is more visually... | |
| Recommend a good tube power amp in the 100 wpc range for under $4k @mike4597 I'm considering listing my Music Reference RM9 MK II with newer Siemens (RFT) EL34's, refurbished for me by Roger Modjeski in 2017. Let me know if interested. It's a classic amp that runs under the radar. Also allows tube rolling of m... | |
| Need your thoughts - LTA 40+ vs Pathos Inpol Integrated amp on 98db speakers. I'd be leaning heavily towards LTA, largely based upon @dodgealum comments above. However... if you are considering Pathos, I'd add their TT Anniversary integrated to the list of considerations, as I had the standard TT model about 15 years ago a... | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? Simaudio W-6 monoblocks Conrad Johnson Premier 140 tube amp Musical Fidelity Nuvista M3 integrated amp VAC Phi 200 tube amp Bryston 4BST SS amp Dynaudio Confidence C2 Harbeth Super HL5 | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? Yes... cables do make a difference... however price is not necessarily indicative of performance. | |
| LTA microZOTL or Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.3? I agree with @jasonbourne52. The EAR 868 is well regarded. The preamps you listed are likely a lateral move. If you want to take it up a notch, consider Audio Research REF 5SE... supposedly ARC pre's pair well with PASS amps. | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp I have excellent results using a Weiss 202 DAC with volume control direct to my tube amp. | |
| Space Tech Preamplifier I had never heard of them until yesterday. It appears they’ve been around for a long time... somewhat similar to Decware, but just north of the border. Prices look reasonable and the website is well done with a nice selection of what appears to be... | |
| Aurender My problems with Aurender mimic'ed @cleeds and I had to cut my losses. I replaced an N10 with a Roon Nucleus with an IFi Zen Stream endpoint at a lower price point and am experiencing better sound quality, excellent stability/reliability and a b... | |
| KT88 for McIntosh MC275 mk.IV? Gold Lions. I used them when I owned an MC275 MKV. | |
| Need recommendation similar to my Black Cat Cables https://www.partsconnexion.com/DUELUND-87080.html Low cost, high value solution. No need to add terminations as the strands are tinned to minimize oxidation. I use this cable in both of my systems and it replaced significantly higher cost opti... |