phantom_av
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| So damn hard deciding which tube preamp to buy! What are you looking for in terms of sound, something very colored and syrupy or something that true to the source with speed, musicality and sheer dynamics?My first recommendation will be Atma-Sphere MP-1 Pre-amp Fully Loaded with all dam options... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! Pre-amp is usually the heart of the audio system, every component is connected to it except the speaker. This usually can make or break a setup if not done correctly. The pre-amp will drive the amp correctly if it matches well. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I used to own the Black Beauty, It ran very difficult speakers and can handle difficult loads, Unfortunately Bob carver setup Distributors globally and got everyone to buy and market the amps for some time and then dropped all the distributors wi... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Funny someone said no one upgrades from VAC to Anything except VAC :-) wish that was true. I moved from VAC to Atma-Sphere. I actually do very much like VAC Gear cant really fault it much.Many companies have their own proprietary circuitry. Noth... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Or you could get the MP-3 Fully Optioned with the Caddock Volume. | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Iv owned VAC Pre-amps for 6 years, enjoyed it very much never thought il ever upgrade to another pre-amp.They can be had for cheap on the secondhand market, but once i heard a Fully Loaded Atma-Sphere MP-1 Pre-amp i sold off my VAC and never looke... | |
| warmest speaker cables you've heard? You might like the Purist Audio Neptune Liquid Fluid Damped Cable. They are fatigue free | |
| SET vs OTL Sorry Charles you probably have more experience then i do but being an audiophile for over 25 years and the budget to spend as much as i like on this hobby. Years of buying and selling has tought me many lessons, i would say an evolution in train... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers I think my life long Audio journey experience has lead me to believe now OTL are the most superior to my opinion against Any SET amplifier or Solid State amplifier as long as you Match the OTL Amps to a 16-ohms Speaker!!!Owning 845, 211, 805, 45s ... | |
| SET vs OTL I own both SET and OTL, but most of the time i kinda just use the OTL Amps more often than SET Amps. | |
| SET vs OTL The only thing i can input from personal experience is No SET has come as close to the Speed, Dynamics of an OTL. Owning both i like both SET and OTL and sort of kinda prefer the OTL on every genre of music. Hip Hop, RnB, Dance, Trance, Drum And B... | |
| Considering an integrated Line Magnetic 845 Premium | |
| Fraud and scam, how many of you are victims? On which site? | |
| eBay / PayPal: Beware - enough is never enough. eBay is getting worse and worse as a platform to sell on, the double fee charged, Ebays Commission and then Paypal. | |
| Biggest audio hoaxes All these Uber Expensive Audio Gears are being heavily marketed online by Reviewers who are paid well to do so. The Industry is just one big paid advertisement Actual Honest Reviews are now rare! |