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| mmg's or monitors? I have a Jolida 502B in my bedroom system but I have heard your unit. A tube upgrade is a must as mentioned abouve. | |
| NHT SuperOne owners: amp suggestions? I just got a pair of super ones yesterday as part of a new office system. I hooked them up to my Jolida 502B. They sound great. | |
| PS Audio Multiwave I run two PS Audio 300's. The one for my digital equipment is consistantly at 270 watts according to the display. The other for my analog varies but max's at 260. I have never had them cut out. My highest reading has been 280. | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Merriam-Webster: "brag: engage in self-glorification" There is no point in competeing with a master so I restrain my posts to the simple facts of my direct experience. | |
| integrated amps There have been several discussions on integrated amps over the last month on this site. You might want to check them out. | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Carl, for what is it worth, my wife and I have listened together to recorded music doing nothing else and in silence during the music for three to five hours at a stretch on most weekends for over 25 years. She used to joke that she married me for... | |
| Up & Over Sampling... Continued The audio stages do make a difference. The new MSB Platinum DAC has NO audio output stage in balanced mode and can drive my monoblocks directly. (It also rate converts and has selectable filters.)The lack of an audio stage is part of the reason th... | |
| Integrated amp decision, oh the headache On the Jolida 502, we are running matched Svetlana KT-88 with NOS selected by ear for the driver tubes. The speakers are old IMF Monitor IIIA transmission line speakers. The bass is astonishing. Our main system currently has new Melos Solist 400w ... | |
| Integrated amp decision, oh the headache My Jolida was damaged by UPS when I bought it used. The weight distribution makes it very tricky to ship. Fortunately in the Bay Area there is a wizard repair guy. BTW Deborah the Jolida has become my wife's amp since I travel so much. She is also... | |
| Integrated amp decision, oh the headache I have a Jolida 502 in my bedroom and an NAD 317 in my office. Both have great price performance and are avialable used for your price range. The Jolida sound marvelous retubed. The factory Chinese tubes do not do the design justice. A proper set ... | |
| MSB Platinum DAC I replaced by Theta Pro Gen Va upgraded to 96 with the MSB Platinum and love it. I just posted more info on the Pepsi Challenge Upsampling thread here. | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Check out the MSB site's description of their new Platinum DAC where they take a stab at describing the differences. BTW this is an excellent unit. I replaced by Theta Pro Gen Va upraded to 96k with the MSB Platinum unit. I directly compared the P... | |
| Heard Vandersteen Model 5's? I recently had a shoot of in these speakers vs the Dunlavy and the Revels. They are excellent speakers particularly when driven by ARC tube equipment. I bought Dunlavy SC-V but (my room is tuned with a combination of tube traps and SigTech DSP). H... | |
| How do I ground a system with mono block I run tube monoblocks with a dedicated star ground from each with the star meeting at the ground of my preamp. I have Two PS Audio Power plants that also ground to that point which is 8 gauge wire to two 16 foot copper rods dirven ito ground right... | |
| What does tube bias do for sound? You have one of the great tube amps but the VTL circuit design is specific for a slightly lower than normal 6550 bias in class AB. Your amp should also allow for true class A operation at half power. I would strongly recommend that you stick to th... |