rchau
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| Horns for SET: Low budget solutions Abdou,I understand your mindset. I was where you are now when I was in grad school and had almost the same thinking.The two most important thing you should do is ask yourself "what do I want?" and to do a lot of research before you make a decision... | |
| Preamps w/ best transparency/top end, no brightnes My personal favorite that meets your requirement is one of the Shindo preamps.Any of the Shindo preamps above the entry level Auriges-L has both line and phono.Ultimate tone and dynamics with a sound that has body. Not thin like a lot of other 'hi... | |
| Shindo and synergistic components The Shindo SPU is $3250 and a rebuild from an existing SPU-A s $2850.The Shindo SPU uses a standard Ortofon mount so any arm with an Ortofon bayonet should be able to mount the cartridge. You must bear in mind that the SPU-A mount is shorter than ... | |
| Shindo and synergistic components The A23 transformer is a phono step-up transformer. In this case, the one Aronsss uses is the one optimized for a Denon or EMT cartridge. The stock transformers in Shindo preamps are optimized for use with the Shindo modified SPU or other really l... | |
| Shindo and synergistic components It's probably not general knowledge yet but Shindo has a new high power amp coming out(could already be out). I've seen pictures of it and I think Jonathan Halpern at Tone Imports has one in New York. The amp is based on a KT88. Try contacting Jon... | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308 Part II I have one more reference that might prove interesting.Eric Barbour, formerly of Svetlana, wrote an article comparing different types of preamp tubes.Eric built a special preamp that could take almost any small signal triode (circuit is detailed i... | |
| Recommend Speakers For Yamamoto Rocky,While I don't know of any places to listen to the Yam/Zu combo, there are places in the Bay Area to listen to SETs and high efficiency speakers.There are several dealers in the area that have SET amps.try Pitch Perfect Audio in SF, Taurus Tu... | |
| Recommend Speakers For Yamamoto With jazz, pop and vocals, you might be able to get away with speakers in the low 90's if your room is not too big. You'll probably have some dynamic compression on loud or complex passages but it is workable.Ive never heard the B&Ws. The JM l... | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308, CCa, etc You guys might want to check out issue 7 of Vaccum tube Valley (VTV). An analysis of about 26 different versions plus a history of the development with pictures of versions from different eras.In VTV has done such test on a number of tube types. I... | |
| Open Baffle Phy HP KM 30 SAG update Using the KM30 in a Tannoy enclosure would be an interesting experiment. There are speakers using the KM30 that are not open baffles. My own Ocellia Kedros is a weird TL/open baffle combination and Hans Kortenbach makes the Auris 2 which uses a se... | |
| 300b, x45, 211, etc. Glassaud,You bring up a good point that can be extended to many 300B amps. In my opinion, many commercial 300B amps use the wrong driver which leads to the problems Glassaud describes. These problems contribute to the general opinion about 300B's ... | |
| 300b, x45, 211, etc. Bio-Yes, it is Taurus Audio in the bay area. You can usually find me there on Saturday or Sunday afternoons hanging out. That's why I have logged many hours with the Mastersound. I refer to Taurus Audio as the audio version of "Cheers". The phonos... | |
| 300b, x45, 211, etc. Thanks Joe for the kind words, but in all modesty I rarely use my title even in a professional setting. It's too prentious.For Joe,The PX-25 is a pre WW-II power triode developed in Europe. Real PX25's used an odd B4 base rather than the more comm... |