pubul57
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| $3500 to spend on a tube preamp....ideas? Mechans, that is why I think I would love the DeHavilland as well, it sounded great at RMAF. Now that I think about it, my Atma-sphere preamp also makes use of the 6sn7, but as you say, everyone has their preferences.... | |
| $3500 to spend on a tube preamp....ideas? I beleive it would have to be a Joule LA 150 MKII if wanted to upgrade to the SE version at a later date - taking an great preamp to start with and making it even better, most noticeably in bass performance, which is already first rate, which I pr... | |
| How close to the real thing? Happy Holidays!!!! | |
| $3500 to spend on a tube preamp....ideas? I prefer the Lightspeed to my most recent tube linestages - CAT, Lamm, ARC, Dodd, and the excellent Joule LA150 Signature Edition - I would save the $3000. That being said, the Mapletree 2A SE $800 with the Blackgate Capacitor upgrade is very, ver... | |
| How close to the real thing? "Isn't it amazing though; just how much a great system can fool you into thinking it can reproduce the sound of a piano, until you actually have one in the room? Then, you're right, not even close." Precisely -- on all counts. What %, who knows, t... | |
| warm sounding amp suggestions??????? How much wattage do you need for the Alons? Certainly Pass Alephs are warm for SS - might find them in the price range, if 30 watts is enough. | |
| Proper use volume control? You might need to bring that into the shop. | |
| Proper use volume control? there is an ideal speed where the car just locks into the road, smooth and powerful, yet quiet and controlled - a little too soft and the excitement lifts away, too hard and you start to shimmy. | |
| How close to the real thing? Most performing musicians seem to spend as much time and money on home stereo as your friend, they tend not to be audiophiles - hmmmm. | |
| Proper use volume control? Direct connection between 2v source and amp would tear up your speaker drivers at some point in the music, proper funtion of a volume control is to attenuate the signal. | |
| Proper use volume control? "The wider the range of the volume you can listen, the better preamp you probably have." - other equipment as well. | |
| Proper use volume control? Brf might be on to something. | |
| Best Integrated, period. That would be delightful if we could arrange it. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Well, today my wife bought me the Monk bio by Robin Kelley (great writing), so of course I immediately put on Monk's The London Collection: Vol II with McKibbon and Blakey.... | |
| Best Integrated, period. What do you think of the DA30 versus DA60 assuming 30 watts is more than sufficient to drive a speaker? |