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| Cheapest but good cables…. I recently purchased and am running a Don Sachs II preamp. Love it. Dons' pre amps do not run a balanced out put so I need a RCA interconnect. Don recommended a cable called Ice Age Audio. As a cable snob, I reluctantly ordered a four foot RCA... | |
| Tube Integrated Under 1,500 +1 on the Willsenton R8. I too wanted to experiment with an all tube integrated and after a thorough search of reviews, forums and comparative findings, chose the R8. The build quality is absolutely top notch, which is unanimously pointed out in... | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 Surprised nobody has suggested the Modwright LS100. I have owned and run McIntosh C2300, C500T and the Aesthetix Calypso Sig and I prefer the LS100. I run NOS Melz 1578(6SN7) tubes and NOS Mullard GZ37 Fat Bottle and the sound is magical. Curre... | |
| Simplifying my main rig and looking for cable suggestions I have built a second system that I seem to be spending more time with. Much simpler and cost effective, but in a much larger room that presents everything in better scale. My McIntosh rig is in a highly treated but very small (15'6" x 10' 6") r... | |
| 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... |