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Responses from pubul57
| active or passive preamp for active speakers While for my taste a passive like the Lightspeed Attenuator (I have tried many others) is better than any active, as Al says it has to be in the right system. It seems that you system may not be ideal, not only because of cable lenghts, but I susp... | |
| Redgum amplifiers Thanks for raising the question. I was not familiar with the brand, thought it has apparently been around for quite a while. Your question led me to read some of the reviews over the years and it seems like a very interesting product line indeed. ... | |
| What component is responsible for dynamics ? Going back to what Jafox said, after your speakers, I've never heard gear provide dynamics in the way the CAT gear does, now I had the preamp/amp so I don't know which was responsible, or more so, but I would describe dynamics as the special quali... | |
| First Tube Amp: Advice? Keep spare tubes on hand? Jim McShane is really excellent for buying current production tubes well matched. Brent Jesse and Andy at Vintage Tube Services are excellent for NOS - I mean when you get your amp back a decide whether or not you like it.TVAD, on the resistor-as-... | |
| Budget Chinese Tube amps - any good? There is a used pair of Quicksilver Mini-Mite up for sale right now for $725, they might last another 30 years (except for tubes). If 25 watts are enough, these are killer and at the price, forgetaboutit | |
| Yamaha A-S 1000 & 2000 --- How Good? "The audible differences are less pronounced between the cd players (1000 and 2000) however, as I could not detect anything difference worth mentioning." It is interesting how often I find this to be the case with CD players by any given manufactu... | |
| Yamaha A-S 1000 & 2000 --- How Good? I don't there is a difference, what I caution is against hyperbole which makes minor difference seem monumental. I've seen seasoned audiophile who could not consistent determine if a 30 watt tube amp or a 200 watt SS amp was playing - no two amps ... | |
| Yamaha A-S 1000 & 2000 --- How Good? I don't know. Similar power and current. I don't think you would be dissapointed in the quality of the AS-2000, but I would be suprised if it were an "wide margin" difference where you would easily know the difference in an A/B listening session a... | |
| How do we remember 1970s amplifiers? "It's quite possible that some highly regarded "high end" amps are essentially "Haflers" or "Dynacos" with different parts." Amen. | |
| Passive preamp recommendation to my system You might be interested in the thread on LSA and other passives, etc: [http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1276356977&openmine&zzPubul57&4&5#Pubul57] | |
| Thoughts from Joule preamp owners? It does seem many have concluded the MKI was a dud, not typical Jud. The MKII was wonderful, and the SE version even a bit better, but not sure I would bother with that upgrade, unless I simply had the itch, the MKII pretty darn good in its own ri... | |
| Thoughts from Joule preamp owners? Yup. I think their low setting is 400ohms OI, which should work with just about any SS amp, at least in terms of impedance. Would love to hear the 450, well, maybe at a show in the Merlin room. | |
| Best Integrated, period. You don't even have to listen music to decide what amp sounds best, makes life much easier. | |
| Passive preamp recommendation to my system I think it would work, but I also prefer passives with tube amps over SS as a general rule. With a Krell amp it might not be ideal, to say that passives in general are a waste of time of money -- well I don't know what to do that, not my experienc... | |
| Passive preamp recommendation to my system That should be NO problem in and of itself with just about any cable maker. I think Anthony (Clio9) main concern is the input impedance of the KRELL, if it is 47kohm, that should be fine and the output impedance of CD/DVD player. If you want to tr... |