pmboyd
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| Best tube integrated with Merlin TSM-MMI? Who takes the "best" question literally!? It's shorthand, folks. For pity's sake, let's not keep reinventing the wheel... over and over and over. | |
| Your favorite 5687 tube in the Modwright 9.0 SE? What about the Sylvania 5687? Both Gold Brand with gold pins and Gold Brand with steel pins? | |
| SS amps for merlin vsm Third the TAD Hibachi monoblocks. Simply astounding performance for the money. Sweet, detailed and dynamic. | |
| Which components are "stupid good"? The Tube Audio Design TAD-150 tubed preamp is one hell of a preamp for the money, so versatile in as much as it will take 12AU7, 12AX7 and 12AT7s, but mostly SO VERY MUSICAL. | |
| Metal-base and non metal-base 5AR4/GZ34? Sonically, whats the difference between the Phillips and Mullard 5AR4/GZ34? | |
| Your favorite 5687 tube in the Modwright 9.0 SE? Mofimadness, Which Mullard 5AR4? F31? F32? Metal base? Brown base? Etc. Does it make a difference? | |
| Your favorite 5687 tube in the Modwright 9.0 SE? 7119 with steel or gold pins? | |
| Your favorite 5687 tube in the Modwright 9.0 SE? Mofimadness, But what did you like about the Amperex 7719 that you did't get with other 5687s? And why the Mullard 5AR4 as opposed to, say, Sovtek, or other brands? | |
| Which components are "stupid good"? Exceptions don't render generalities irrelevant. | |
| Which components are "stupid good"? There are certainly many outstanding components whose performance belies their cost, yet only qualify as "stupid good" because of their exceptional and uncommon price/performance differential. | |
| Tube preamp with the "most" for 1k used, 2k new? DeHavilland Ultraverve 3 or Joule-Electra L-150 Mk2? | |
| Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent Seabreeze, I'm not familiar with your Cambridge Audio CD player, but, considering that it could be your no-name IC that's making your CD player sound bright, not the player itself, you may want to audition what is generally regarded as a neutral c... | |
| Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent Seabreeze, See the new thread "Golden Reference or Golden Cross?" | |
| Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent Seabreeze, You need to indicate what you're willing to spend on the IC. Choices are limited, if little.If around $500, my advice is to use that to buy a used Rega Apollo CD player, or another brand known for being smooth and natural sounding.Carda... | |
| Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent Seabreeze, What ICs do you use now? |