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| Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it? I’ve run various tube preamps into Class D amps and consider Class D just like any other solid state amp wrt compatibility with a tube preamp or linestage. I had the matching set of battery powered pre and power amps from Veloce Audio (LS-1 pre a... | |
| Anybody having trouble getting near-your-asking-price for used gear ? (Plz. no hype) I'm seeing the same thing as the OP. I used to be able to buy something used, play with it for a year, then sell it for about 10% less than I paid for it. So I'd be out the shipping cost and a couple hundred dollars, which was a reasonable price t... | |
| Amp suggestion for Merlin TSM speakers Audio Mirror SET45 monoblocks with 45w/channel from the 6c33c tube sounded great with my TSM BME. That extra bit of power compared to the Filarmonia is put to very good use on the TSM. | |
| REL Carbon Special Subwoofers or the REL G1 Gibraltar Reference Subwoo I own a pair of Carbon Specials and they sound fantastic. I've used them with multiple pairs of speakers, fullrange, bookshelf, fullrange drivers, open baffles, and I've never 'heard the passive radiator'!! I don't even know what that means. If yo... | |
| Synthesis A 50t What speakers are you using, what's their sensitivity? It's not uncommon to hear some audible hiss, particularly if your speakers are sensitive - say 94dB or higher, perhaps. You might be able to find quieter input tubes. I have the Titan A100 a... | |
| Can you damage your speakers by plugging bass port vent? I have ProAc D40R and plug the bass ports. I used a couple sheets of bubblewrap, folded over and taped. It works great to control a little bass boom, which is a function of the speakers position in the room and my seating position relative to the ... | |
| Lamm or Allnic Preamp I owned an Allnic L-5000 DHT a few years ago and it was excellent. Transparent, detailed, cohesive and extended on both ends. I replaced it with an Emotive Audio Epifania, which took detail and transparency up a notch or two, but sacrificed a remo... | |
| In need of a preamp with a prominent display My Don Sachs D2 pre has a big gaudy display that you can see from a mile away. Fortunately you can turn it off. | |
| Are Lampizator DACs uniquely analog sounding? This impinges on the old debate of digital versus analog. The dCS gear you have is top notch. There are DACs around that sound warmer and fleshier, if that's your thing. I had a Holo Audio May KTE R2R DAC that sounded warm and 'analog', I replaced... | |
| Breaking news! Jays Audio is moving to Texas and takes interest in McIntosh I live under a rock so someone please help me catch up- Jay’s audio… is this the bloke who makes the CD transports or is it the big dude with the bald head who reviews gear on YouTube, or are they one and the same?? And what was the topic of the... | |
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? @immatthewj From memory the V12R was rated at 100w /channel. Yes, a lot of tubes, but a very cute looking amp in its deep red finish... | |
| My wife weighed in…she wants piano white tower/bookshelf Totem Acoustics Tribe Towers. | |
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? I've got a bunch of stuff here that needs repairing, most of it tube. My worst experience was lending a local audio club member a pair of beautiful Cary Audio V12R monoblocks and having them returned to me with one side not working. It needed a n... | |
| Ken Fritz's $1M Dream System update @veerossi I attended the auction preview (prior to anything having been sold via auction) and a lot of the equipment and media you see in his original video had already gone. I spoke with the auctioneer and his daughter and was given a value of wh... | |
| Ken Fritz's $1M Dream System update So much misinformation about this poor fellow. Not least of which - much of the high value gear/media was sold before the auction even started, hence didn't reflect in the auction totals.. |