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| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? I wonder what kinds of amps are favored by the Eagles Defense? :-P | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob,Thanks. As I said, not a football fan, but I grew up in Philly and live in Texas, so if I root for anybody, it'll be the Eagles (which were the dogs of the NFL all throughout my childhood).As for tubes, there's another option. ANK is partn... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Enjoy your Thanksgiving, Charles. Not a big football fan (which, here in Texas, is heresy) but do enjoy your day and thanks for all your help and advice. :-) | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Ah, and one other interesting wrinkle. I see that Partsconnexion offers bundled upgrade kits for AN kits. For example, there's this Kit 1 tube upgrade bundle:300B-Z Shuguang Treasure 6SN7 (CV181, ECC32) Sylvania 5U4G/VT244 (NOS)5687 Tungsol (NOS)B... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Thanks for all the good wishes and feedback, folks.Corresponded with Brian again. (Very nice, very enthusiastic guy, by the way.)I was confused at first because the web site says that the kit comes standard with Mundorf gold/silver/oil caps. Brian... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Roxy 54,This is great to hear, thanks for chiming in!I am glad to hear as well that the 300b tubes are decent for a starter. I'm not sure what the brand of the caps is; in the invoice he describes it as "silver gold oil." So, we'll see.I had also ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob,I remember having so much fun building the Bottlehead Seduction phono preamp. I don't get to work with my hands in my "normal" life and I find it very relaxing. And thanks for the good wishes.Gsm,Never occurred to me that Amazon.com sells ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles,Thank you for the good wishes.Ultimately, there were several things that swayed me in this direction.First, I did want to buy from an established company that would give me good service and support down the road. in addition, Charles, your... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Ladies and gentlemen, We have a winner DRUMROLL It's The Audio Note Kit 1 with a Three Input Switch and Upgraded Capacitors!Thank you to everyone here for your help and for the marvelous education I have received from all of you!Rebbi | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles1dad,Did you mean Bottlehead or Audio Note in that last comment. | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles1dad,Spoke with David at Common Sense Audio about modding the 300b amp. He opined that the whole modding thing is bullish*t. He said that they did many prototypes and listened to many different parts and simply chose the ones that sounded t... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mdemaio,Bingo!Look, this hobby (and industry) are full of colorful characters all over the place, and his confidence that there is simply nothing better out there - "the best speaker ever made, the best amp ever made" - well, take it for what it's... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles,You have been extremely helpful, thank you!What do you think of the tube quality "issue" on the Audio Note kit?Sounds like you are very curious about that Audio Nirvana amp, yes? | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles,Last night, I was thinking that I should just get myself a Dynamo and be done with it and have a bunch of money left over for re-tubing. However, since the consensus here seems to be that the 300 B is something really special and that I sh... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Okay, Folks,Here's where this starts to get really interesting. :-)I spoke to Brian Smith over at Audio Note Kits. Very nice, very energetic guy. He was adamant that the Audio Note Kit 1 in its standard configuration would have no trouble at all d... |