pjpoland
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| Bryston 4B or B&K Reference 4420 I've owned three B&K's over the last 15 years and have been happy with their overall tone and image. Very smooth and very sweet sounding. I used them for magnapan 1.6's, B&W NT6 and soliloquy 5.3's. The first two are power hungry speakers ... | |
| Tubes plus a sub? a powered sub is a good solution, finding one that is designed for music and not home theater special effects will be an excellent adventure. staying with a 10" driver, try to find something like a REL or Soliloquy. (I have listened to some small ... | |
| Best Subwoofer for around $1500.00 REL Stratus II- $1250. From a company that is dedicated to musical subwoofers. They are quick with a very tight timber. I have heard it playing with both pro ac and mangepan 1.6qr's and it was indistiquishable from either. And those two speakers a... | |
| Please recommend Tube pre-amp(s) from what i've learned in my search for a good preamp under $1500, the suggestions above are all very interesting, and accurate. It seems the missing ingredient is the tubes you use. i have settled on a CJ PV10a. It is wonderful with NOS Mullard's... | |
| CD with volume control/ no preamp. Carl, I was very curious about balanced outputs into my NAD amp, but at the last moment opted for the preamp (a cj pv10) and a second par of interconnects. May be a design consideration, but the Theta bypasses the volume control at full open and t... | |
| CD with volume control/ no preamp. I own a Theta Digital Miles and Magnepan 1.6qr's. The trade-off here is not is the image better and more coherrent with or without a preamp. You've found the same thing I have, It is Better! To me the question is, "Is it worth the gain in soundsta... | |
| joseph vs maggie vs proac vs spark Room Size? The Proacs are gorgious sounding speakers with no low end whatsoever. In a small room they have image space and warmth that is second to none (and they can be driven by some wonderful low power tubes to make them even better!). In a med... |