rcprince
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| What tubes are the best for the Jadis JPS 2 Preamp Depends on your tastes, but my JP80 and I like NOS Telefunken 12AX7s, as well as Teles in the power supply. Don't know if the JPS uses any other types of tubes. I find Mullards to be too bright and thin for my tastes in this circuit. The Ei 12AX7s... | |
| Cheap Crack I'll add to Tom's fine post that not only does each tube have its own character, but that the character will also depend on the circuit it's in. In my Audio Logic DAC, I prefer the sound of Telefunken 12AU7s to Mullard CV4003s as much more balance... | |
| NBS Omegas vs Monitor 4's ? I recently upgraded from Monitor 0 to the Omegas. You should take my comments as somewhat preliminary, as I'm still in the process of breaking in the cables, and one of the runs is REAL long (40 ft.--ouch!). They have been getting better and bette... | |
| Absolute Power Cords? Any opinions? David: There seems to be some support for the Asylum Power Cords, which I believe are based on a Bob Crump/TG Audio design and are fairly inexpensive. One thing you might try first is putting a low frequency ferrite clamp around your current cord ... | |
| Average age of audiophiles I will respond with a question--normal human years, or audiophile years? Sort of like dog years, but the opposite, such as when your significant other asks you "why are you selling that piece of equipment, you just bought it six months ago" (which... | |
| the unaccompanied voice Excellent suggestions. In addition, try Sacred Feast on dmp (hybrid SACD if you have a player) and the Rutter/Cambridge Singers series on Collegium, particularly Faire is the Heaven, There is Sweet Music (listen to Stanford's "The Blue Bird--you l... | |
| It's Been an Allison Kind of Month...... Hey Craig, now all you need are some Allison speakers and you've got the full set! Thanks for the recommendations, I think Allison Kraus' latest is on SACD, I may pick it up. | |
| NBS Monitor 4's? If the differences between Monitor 0 and the Omega interconnects are an indication (I made the upgrade and am VERY impressed at how good they are, and that's even before they've fully broken in), the Monitor series is a little warmer and less exte... | |
| Olympic tube amps: 1Jadis 2 Audio Aero 3 Kora On your last point, I don't think Jadis and Audio Matiere/Audio Aero are about power and cohones (although Jadis does have some very powerful amps), but rather are more about subtlety and refinement; that's why you don't see them in the "Tube Amps... | |
| getting a little obsessed with my first purchase I would join Frogman and Audiokenesis in recommending the Snell type As--they were among the finest speakers of their time, and hold up very well to modern competition. I auditioned them, Apogee Divas and Duntech Princesses as my finalists before ... | |
| Olympic tube amps: 1Jadis 2 Audio Aero 3 Kora Tweakerman, to find that thread just go to the bottom of the Audiophile forums page and put Jadis into the first box in the search engine, it shows up as one of the first 5 threads (Jadis Fidelity). The Jadis name is pretty well known in audiophil... | |
| Olympic tube amps: 1Jadis 2 Audio Aero 3 Kora Haven't heard the Kora, but the Jadis and the Audio Matiere/Audio Aero (pretty much the same design) are some of the finest sounding amps ever made, in my view. Definitely have their flaws, but they present music so naturally you don't mind. Check... | |
| Opinions on Jadis JS 1 Tube Dac and Jadis Transpor Jerry Ozment did indeed design the DAC; his Audio Logic is, in my view, a better unit (better quality parts and, with his most recent changes to it in the past few years, far better bass response) and a bargain in comparison, although it uses a so... | |
| Digital volume control, WADIA style The nice thing about the Wadia's digital volume control is that you can increase the player's base level output internally so that you never have to go below 70 on the control and lose any bits. | |
| Matching components. Rotel & Audible Illusions. I have heard the AI/Rotel combination (different model amp, but same company) and it sounds very good together; a very synergistic match. I'll leave it to the more technically inclined to tell me if I got this right, but my recollection is you'd l... |