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| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) +1 Modwright LS100. You can pick up one with optional tube phono stage for 1/2 your budget. I run a McIntosh C500T in my main rig and I am shocked at how well the Modwright 100 performs in my second rig. | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions Yikes! By the time you spend the money on a decent DAC and decent power cable, you could purchase a Lumin and get an audiophile grade streamer and be done with it! | |
| Tube vendors. I've dealt with Brett Jesse, Kevin Deal, Andy and Viva tubes on multiple occasions and have had great success. I have also purchased 30 or 40 tubes from a local dealer in PHX that has been very good. Dave at Arizona tube supply. Very good. I w... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover Class D has improved dramatically. Check out "D Sonics". Great reviews online. On a whim I purchased their top monoblocks 3Ma-1500. Less than $3K new. On my Sonus Faber Guarneri's they held their own vs my McIntosh MC601's at 1/5 of the cost,... | |
| Need preamp suggestion I have tried many of the pre's listed above, as well as Aesthetics Calypso. I settled on a used Modwright LS100 tube pre. Two 6SN7's and tube rectifed as well. Way under the radar and a top performer. Blew away most everything else. Under $2K... | |
| Perfect Pop Songs Check out Chlara ,"You really shouldn't have". Definitely Pop, well recorded. Stays on my playlist. | |
| Class D I have run D-Sonics Class D M3a-1500M monoblocks with Maggie 3.7i's for about a year now. They are very good. I have tried McIntosh, Bryston and these are far better. Way better than I would expect for under $3000. monoblocks. I even ran them ... | |
| Whats your favourite track to play to the non hi-fi visitor? I like to play something I know they've most likely heard 1000 times but never on a great system. One of my favs is Chris Issac, "Wicked Games"from the Heart Shaped World" CD. A fine system unpacks this song and it is amazing. Never fails to am... | |
| Tubed Preamp recommendations? + 1 for Modwright LS-100. Great 6SN7 based preamp. | |
| Magnepan dealers I purchased my 3.7i's less than a year ago from Natural Sound in the Boston area. They were great to deal with. | |
| The Best Isolation/ Vibration Footers per component - what's your experience? I've experimented with several...Symposium Roller Block Jr, Rollerblock 2 +, Ingress Engineering (Canada), Voo Doo Iso Blocks, Still Points and Synergistic Research MIG's. All components on 2" or 3" solid maple racks or stands, all with Symposium... | |
| Newb Tube question I am about your age and a relatively recent tube-a-holic! I think I love them because some are older than I or at least the correct generation. I found the following write up / review to be very helpful although I do not agree in any way with hi... | |
| Magico Mini 2 I had the SF Cremona Auditor M's for several years and comparing to the original Auditors, far more detailed and very highly resolving. At $6K with stands, still a great "under the radar" performer IMO. I too had the upgrade bug 2 or 3 years ago... | |
| Lumin or Aurender + 1 for Lumin....I own the A1 with upgraded power supply....bought a D2 for a second system. The A1 has a reputation for being one of the most "analog" sounding streamers out there. The app is extremely easy to run, very intuitive. I also run t... | |
| Need speaker cable The new Synergistic Research Foundation series get huge reviews...call David Weinhart. |