rockadanny
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| Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money? My Mapletree Audio 2A/SE preamp (6SN7/12SN7, tube rectified, custom gains per input). Upgraded version (Blackgate caps), new, was less than $1k. Have had it for years and have no intention of swapping it out. Terrific value (and sound). The stupid... | |
| Tube Preamp Recommendations? +1 Mapletree Audio! | |
| James Cotton dead at 81 He was terrific - one of the originals. Saw him several times. He'll definitely be missed. | |
| Where to put budget Treat your room. Go to this link for more info: http://www.gikacoustics.com/ | |
| Why no tube loaner/testdrives--It's hard being an audiophile I purchased my tube preamp (only 1 tube per channel, 1 rectifier tube) and power amps (monoblocks with only 2 power tubes, 1 input tube, 1 driver tube each) based not only on sound quality but also on minimal number of tubes to minimize the expens... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? It proved to me that the differences between analog and digital aren't solely at the front end. Synergy of the system is what makes one better than the other. Precisely! | |
| Cable elevators For less than $2 a piece I use ceramic light sockets with the terminals removed. | |
| How often is your system "good"? Each time I fire it up ... after about a couple of hours. | |
| Most coherent low volume speaker with very fast bass under 10k used? It's right there in your name: Zu. Get the best Zu speaker you can afford and a DECware amp to drive it. Very good at low volumes and fast. | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? If you believe vinyl sounds better and live in Atlanta I'd love to be persuaded. (Actually, probably would hate to be persuaded, considering what it would cost to replace my 1,676 CDs with vinyl, and purchasing a decent table as well. Egads.) Let'... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? I have had more than the last 30 years to compare, no ambiguity on my partSame with me. Perhaps I just got lucky with my choice of components. | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? I've realized that the premise is not necessarily true. I’ve listened to lots of vinyl for decades and now use a CD player as my only source. I believe you can assemble (craft) an audio playback system so CDs will sound just as good or better than... | |
| Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation Lots of good suggestions thus far. I just heard a pair of Prana Fidelity Fifty90. Excellent speakers - not harsh at all. Dip down into the upper 30sHz range. Easy to drive - heard them with a 25watt tube amp playing rock music - no problem. Seriou... | |
| Would you sell to someone with no feedback? I would not sell if person was not located in my country.I would ask if they had any feedback from other sites which I could view.I would need to speak with them on the phone a couple of times first, to get a sense of their genuine interest and va... | |
| Tubeyist sounding Pre-amp? I can make my all-tube Mapletree Audio preamp sound all sorts of "tubey" depending on which pair of tubes I roll in. Very tube dependant sound. |