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| How many pair of speakers do you own? 1) 1 pair Cain Abby (main speakers)2) 2 Mission 731i, 70C, Sony Surrounds ("Home theater")3) Tivoli Model One4) maybe a pair of Quad ELS57Total 8-10 speakers sitting around. | |
| CAIN ABBY OWNERS - AMP ADVICE PLEASE Darkmoebius, great you responded to this thread - I remembered someone telling me about the Abby/Almarro combination, but could not remember who.Gfields, I am not sure how much you are planning to spend, but if you will consider separates you migh... | |
| effect of tubes in cd players This type of dual output CDP is really the only way to discern the differences between the two types.The differences you are hearing are more to the particular implementation of the tube or ss output stage. Both tube and ss CDPs are all over the p... | |
| SPICA revival and modification The only thing that was missing when I opned the box was the hefty bill I had been expecting, so I called Spica again to ask how much I owed them and their reply was - ZERO - they didn't even charge me for the return shipping !!!How about that for... | |
| best bang for the buck tube preamp? Hartweger, great suggestion on the Mapletree audio. And they are in Canada! Don't know how that escaped me....I already like the red ones, although I think the red clashes with the red of my Abbys ;)Rene | |
| CAIN ABBY OWNERS - AMP ADVICE PLEASE There is an affordable good SET amp that works with the Abbys: The Fi X integrated. I have a Fi Y with Super X amp (the next step up) and have not found an amp that works better with the Abbys. Tight bass, sweet mids, great stable images, with a s... | |
| best bang for the buck tube preamp? Koiman, thanks for the correction - the foreplay is the pre and of course the seduction is the phono-amp :)Rene | |
| best bang for the buck tube preamp? The Bottlehead Seduction preamp would be a great amp for the money. On the side you learn some DIY. And if not interested in DIY at all, you can find them used on Agon sometime.The Quicksilver pre runs around $550 and gets some great comments as w... | |
| How does Throens TD160 stand up? One more comments, I have a TD 150 running at my other place and it is a great table for the $100-400. More solidly built than the TD166, but not quite as nice in condition. The TD 150 is fairly close in built to the much larger TD125. Nice table ... | |
| How does Throens TD160 stand up? Still looking for that turntable for your dad?Well, if I can find the damn 2mm Thorens screws, I could mount my Denon DL160 on the stock Thorens 166 that I picked up last week in excellent condition.If I do, I can tell you more about this combo in... | |
| Integrated amp up grade? Warren, a manufacturer you should check out is Don Garber of Fi. The Fi X would be a very affordable amp ($1300 with Magnequest transformers) and you could try 2A3 and 45 tubes with it. They are hand made in Brooklyn, NY and look stunning - more a... | |
| 5 tables one choice, opinions please Bill (Audiofeil), The Spacedeck ($3000) is almost twice the price of the Scout ($1600). The Horizon is much closer in price to the Scout. Of course, the Spacedeck is a far better table than any of the VPIs, I heard to date (including the VPI Junio... | |
| 5 tables one choice, opinions please One more suggestion; Why not get an older style Thorens 125, 126, 150 or 160? I am sure your dad might appreciate the semi-automatic Thorens tables.In fact, I just picked up a Thorens TD166MKII for a great price and will let it run against the Sco... | |
| 5 tables one choice, opinions please Nottingham untill I found out it has a very low torque motor and my dad is old school and likes to clean his records on the platter which most likely won't work without him spinning the platter.No, the Nottingham won't work - if you apply too much... | |
| MC head amp or stepup trasformer?? Take a peak into Audioasylum and search for Garth's post on hi step-up ratio Cinemag transformers and loading a cartridge at its internal impedance.Worth checking out as alternative to your ortofon trannies. |