retiredfarmer
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| Vacuum Tube Preamp for Solid State Power Amp Pairing My advice would be first and foremost you have a high quality amplifier. Stay in the same league or higher. Don't buy a piece of shiit. Don't be afraid of an older high end unit the Hovland was considered one of the best preamplifier s made at the... | |
| Western Electric 300B problem I would pay attention to what @ghdprentice said as I would bet he has tried almost all of them. | |
| Will Accuphase E-800 be enough to power Klipsch La Scala speakers? Plus 1 to every comment above | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? @thecarpathian tiny! | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? @thecarpathian lol short quote written like a person who loves to skew the facts for there feelings of self worth. | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? Anytime one of these wire threads come up I am always amazed at the non believing responses as they are derived from ignorance and or financial jealousy. It seems like many are afraid that anything that might be better is a reflection of the size ... | |
| Moving from a stereo amp to a dual mono set up @61falcon yes you are correct thar makes big difference more than just ground loops. I would also suggest 12 3 wire not just 14 3 wire. As long as it is being rewired heavy wire is a good thing. Make the wires in the wall identical length ... | |
| Are new Mark Levinson Preamps better than old? I have a pair of 33h amps and personally I liked the Ayre k1xe better than the levinson pre. I have a tube front end and I have been thinking about a pathos synapse preamplifier. But just thinking as I am happy where I am at currently. | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp @snookhaus I will go with his recommendation of a set of neat speakers. I have a set up the line a bit in a home theater that is a 50wpc nad receiver I am sure your 20 watt tube amp would run hard against a 50 watt solid state amp. Also mor... | |
| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? I have a pair of triode labs parallel 300b amps. Made in Japan. I love each system I have for different reasons. The voice is to die for. It is quick and musical base is there but I have other systems that are better in that department | |
| Issue with Krell KSA-250 @jayctoy Jayctoy more good ideas eliminate the cheap easy things first. Sometimes it does get the problem but many times you can find an improvement non the less | |
| Issue with Krell KSA-250 I upgraded the power service into my house to a 200 amp service. Anyhow every system in the house gained both sound quality and a hum. I got rid of the old wore and went copper all the way. Had the electrician come again and had him check a... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Get up and go in another room. Lol just like a hifi store walk out. Lol | |
| Integrated Amps Look for an Ayre | |
| KR Audio KT88 Vacuum Tubes No experience with the kr tubes but I have gold lions and sohpia electric tubes the sohpia blue bottle kt88s are a step above the gold lions. |