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| Pope Holland Tubes for Cary SLP98P I have fully upgraded 98P Popes are my favorite, i brought a quad from Upscale in 2016. I think Sylvania a very close 2nd. | |
| Help: Devore O/96 Integrated Amp + DAC suggestion I would suggest a tube pre-amp and Pass mono block amps for the very best of both worlds. There are so many beautiful tubed pre-amps to choose from. | |
| Correct Way to Invert Phase I have a phase inverting Cary 98P. I correct this at the speaker terminals. I also have a Feliks Euphoria head phone amp the is fed from the amplifiers second set of amplifier outputs to the Feliks amps inputs, how can I phase invert this? Could ... | |
| Cary Audio: Tube preamp (SLP-98) paired with (SA-200.2) solid state amplifier? I have an SLP 98 P with all factory upgrades and premium NOS tubes, Popes, Sylvania 6SN7 tubes Brimmar and Bugle boy small tubes into Pass Labs SS amps. I stopped looking for anything else. Tube pre, solid state SS is the very best of both worlds... | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes I had tubes go microphonic (x2 NOS Black bottle KenRad VT-232 and new Psvane bottle special edition) when i used to tube roll tubes in and out a lot. Since i stopped swapping tubes i have had none go microphonic. Over 4 years now. I am not sure if... | |
| Anyone Get a Degritter for Xmas? I have had a Degritter for a week. I was prepared for some improvement in my playback after reading the many reviews and watching many YouTube video. I was quite unprepared at how much better everything sounds after a run through the degritter. ... | |
| Reed 3P armboard mounting Hello, what is the total height of the 3P tonearm, above the turntable top surface, mounted on a Dr. Feikerts Woodpecker? I am having an acrylic dust cover made prior to my arm arriving. I will allow 4 or 5cm of clearance above the arm so a rough ... | |
| Best turntable and arm under 10k? Reed 3P on Dr Feikert Woodpecker. | |
| Nordost fans Hi Alejandro, Nordost make a 230-240V QB8 for the EU. You can buy the EU version from https://www.thecableco.com/contact them and they can get you one that will be suitable for your country. | |
| Do expensive cables/wires REALLY make a difference https://www.passdiy.com/project/articles/speaker-cables | |
| Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ? I recently had Pass restore/update a pair of Aleph 2 mono block amps. My experience with Pass Labs and Kent English has re-set the bar for fantastic customer service. These amps are spectacular. | |
| Getting Rid of Transformer Hum Magnetostriction. It’s usually another item in the home that will cause amp hum (not heard through the speakers) Most common items are:LED lights, Fan Speed controls, Some lamp dimmers, proportional temp controls on old range tops, coil heaters wi... | |
| Cary SLP-98 vs. other high end preamps--C-J, etc. I brought a used SLP98L and loved it. After a couple of years of happy listening I sent it back to Cary for a full upgrade (all possible factory upgrades including the Lundahl MC phono transformers.) It took a hundred hoursor so to break in after... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? How will a Cary SLP98 800k ohms - output work with a Pass Aleph 2 - 10kOhms input (unbalanced) I think it will be OK ? The Pass is over x10 the output of the Cary. | |
| How to match preamp and power amp? My Cary SLP98P is 800 ohms impedance output, the Pass Aleph 2 has 10 kohms input impedance, will this work. It’s seems so from what I have read?, But there are more knowledgeable folks on this forum who can advise? I was considering a 4m run of N... |