rongold
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| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 I have enjoyed an Audible Illusions PA with a CJ Premier 11A for years, either new or used. Excellent PA | |
| Best Sounding Speaker Cables? All this Storm & Drang re:varied cables, and which are best. Yet, ‘wireless’ cables, ie usb seem on the ascendant, how come? | |
| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) Audible Illusions used. Affordable & sounds tube great. Worth a shot! | |
| Tubed Preamp recommendations? You are right, there are a lot of fine Preamps out there. I had a used Audible Illusions for 15 years with No trouble. I upgraded to a new Audible Illusions L3 last May and have been exstatic with it. Audible Illusions is an older brand and not i... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? DadbehshAudible Illusion Line-stage 3-B. Check out Audible Illusions websight | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? Mofimadness: I DO have a new AI L3B. I am ecstatic about it. Check my other posts for assoc. equip. I had an older line stage ~ 25 years old. It developed a problem not able to be fixed. AI made me an offer to good to refuse for a new one & I ... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? I, too, listen to Eva Cassidy via a new Audible Illusions line stage and it sounds GREAT. AI is an old line preamp, still made in Fla. They make as they sell ‘em. But a # are available used. When I first installed my first one used, some 15 years ... | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. Eric, lot of good advice here. I started to think, can’t much of the discussion be applied to classical music as well as jazz? 20 years ago I could not ‘get’ Mahler or Shostakovich, but as I listen now, with a 20 year more educated (experienced?) ... | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? I was fortunate to buy a fully intact JBL Metregon @ a house sale for $100. They sounded great and was surely a GREAT conversation piece‼️ | |
| Considering switching to Tubes If you are happy with your ss amp, stay with it and replace the preamp, you will get most of the warmer ‘tube’ sound. I started with an Used Audible Illusion line stage and was blown away with the sound, will never go back to ss gear. There is a l... | |
| Diving into the world of tubes...help needed! Brandon, I was somewhat in your shoes 15 years ago. I decided to leap into tubes as well. I elected to keep my ss amp(an Adcom 555ii and added a tube PreAmp. I chose a used Audible Illusions line stage. Wow! What a difference! I enjoyed the AI fo... | |
| Used Tube Preamp Suggestions I started 15 years ago with a used Audible Illusion preamp and was and still am very pleased. There are several used on the market. | |
| Has anyone tried an Audioquest DAC between CD Player & PreAmp? I think I’ll just have to try it! | |
| Has anyone tried an Audioquest DAC between CD Player & PreAmp? Hi Glenne: thanks for the comeback. I think you & I have connected B4. I use an Audioquest Dragonfly Red between my laptop and preamp. I think it sounds great. I replaced the Black with the Red, so I have been wondering if I could the Black fo... | |
| Has anyone tried an Audioquest DAC between CD Player & PreAmp? I have a unused Audioquest Dragonfly Black and want to try it between my CD player & PreAmp. Do you think it will help sound quality? Anyone ever tried it? |