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| Tube Preamps? How about the Van Alstine T8 posted here on Agon? | |
| Tube Preamp with TAD Hibachi's I've owned a few tube preamps. The TAD 150 Signature is one of them. It's a nice preamp, warm, musical. It just sounds right. For its price point it's hard to beat. I now have a VTL 2.5 which is also a good preamp within your price range. There's ... | |
| sansui au 717 integrate amp Hello,Agoner - Ezekiel did a complete service to my friends Sansui receiver. He aligned the tuner and went through the unit with fine tooth comb. Control and switches were cleaned. All caps were replaced with fancy types - Panasonic...... so forth... | |
| Modded Jolida JD100 versus SB Titanium HD computer Hello,I have a Jolida lvl 1 modded player, plus has some additional mods - teflons caps... Currently has Mullard tubes. Although not the most current technology I have no desire to change. I recently did a comparison to my friends Marantz 8004 pla... | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows I attended a Aussie Floyd show a few years ago. Behind me sat 2 couples that I'd guess were in their early 20s. The 2 men were into the show and focused on the music. The 2 ladies spent the ENTIRE time talking (loudly over the music), laughing, an... | |
| Building a System around Magnepan Speakers... My best friend just upgraded from the MMGs to the 1.6s. Fuller sound, and obviously better bottom end.They do like power. He purchased a factory direct Emotiva ??? big amp for about $800 shipped.Sounds very nice - detailed, musical..... tight bass... | |
| Counterpoint SA20 I've owned numerous Counterpoint amps, preamps including a SA-220 which is a more current version of the SA-20.I've moved on from this gear.The Counterpoint amps were known for mosfet failure of which the replacement parts are no longer available.... | |
| Please Advise me on Building a System on a Budget Hello,My friends set up sounds darn nice and was a great bang for the buck IMO. B&K Pro 10 preamp (has very nice phono section too). I've read that Sumo also made some nice pre's with good phono sections. Some of these Sumo's and B&K pres ... | |
| Your Worst Audio Breakdown My worst experience relates to a Sonic Frontiers Power 2 amp that developed a hum in the left channel. I contacted Chris Johnson who was very helpful in guiding me to isolate the problem as a bad selector switch on the back side of the amp for the... | |
| B and K 200.2 Hello,A fellow audio nut and good friend has a B&K Pro 10 preamp and did have a B&K 2220 (not positive on the model #).He sold the amp and now has an Emotiva ?? model ??, a big amp with LEDs on the front side. Weights about 80 lbs.He acqui... | |
| How Many Audiophiles Have Do You Know? I met my best friend and another friend by way of audio transactions. So nice to meet good people with similar interests. My 30 years in this hobby allowed me to meet some great, intereseting people | |
| Emotiva amplifiers review/experience? My friend traded up from a B&K up to the Emotiva amp. More detail and better bass control, depth. Rest of system is a B&K Pro 10 preamp, Maggie speakers, and a Marantz 8004 sacd player. Sounds darn good for the money he's invested in this ... | |
| What is the best way to hook up a subwoofer I use the second set of Preamp RCA outputs to the subwoofer. | |
| Hurricane Irene Currently getting hammered here in Bristol Connecticut, mostly by heavy rains. Wind not so bad so far. 200 plus thousand out of power. So, far no water in my house and audio gear is unplugged and placed off the floor.I think another 6 > 10 hour... | |
| which budget preamp? Hello,,As an alternative how about an older preamp with a decent phono stage built in. The B&K MC101, Pro10 models have a very respectable phono stage for their price point. They do require swapping out resistors (no soldering though) to allow... |