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| Amplifier upgrade advice under $2000 Save yourself some money and get one of these amps.Sumo AndromedaBryston 4BOr if you're brave (but probably you aren't), you could build a pair of VTA M125 monoblock tube amps (120 watts each). | |
| Used Speaker in the 15k range Get this set.Avalon Eidolon Diamond | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) You will see a number of people singing the praises of the Don Sachs preamp. They are hand made, custom built, dressed up versions of the VTA SP14 kit. The Don Sachs preamp will run you about $2500. The base SP14 kit will run you $1090. Fully... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? You will see a number of people singing the praises of the Don Sachs preamp. They are hand made, custom built, dressed up versions of the VTA SP14 kit. The Don Sachs preamp will run you about $2500. The base SP14 kit will run you $1090. Fully... | |
| which speaker to buy If your son wants his music that loud, then you're going in the totally wrong direction. Home audio hi-fi speakers can play only so loud. What your son needs is pro sound gear, which is engineered to play at much higher sound levels. If you're... | |
| Desire to try tubes I can't believe nobody has yet pointed you at the VTA website.Their SP14 preamp is the equal of any $5k preamp you'll find on Audiogon. You can build it as a kit for $1090, or you can get it fully assembled and tested for $1490. 90% of their buy... | |
| why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable??? I have more than a dozen recordings, originally done before digital mastering, on both vinyl and digital. While there are real differences between them, I find neither to be superior. There are things I like about each that are better than the o... | |
| Sam here and l just made a new discovry. As we say in the world of Linux, you can tune a file system, but you can't tune a fish. | |
| Danny Richie "fixes" the Linkwitz Arion loudspeaker @bdp24 I’ve been running a set of custom built Linkwitz Orions for about 14 years now. They started out as version 3.1 and then did the update to version 3.3. I’m very much in love with them. Every so often I get the urge to do something different... | |
| Tubes? If what you want is a tube amp with some muscle, a solid low end, that are well within your price range, take a look at the Bob Latino M125 monoblock amps from VTA. Available in kit form at $2233/pair or fully assembled & tested at $2955/pair.... | |
| Who puts their speakers right up against the back wall and why? I've heard the Larsen loudspeakers, which are engineered to be put up against a wall. They're intended for those with room decoration issues that require this.They sound pretty good, but be aware that their imaging is a little 2 dimensional. I... | |
| Preamp suggestions, yes again The Don Sachs preamp is just the VTA SP14 built on a custom chassis. The SP14, with a remote, is available in kit form for $1390 and fully assembled & tested for $1790. The kit is no more difficult to build than any Dynaco piece and comes wi... | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 Your best move is to a Bob Latino amp. Either his 35 wpc ST-70 or the 60 wpc ST-120. The 125 watt M125 mono block amps would be serious overkill for you unless you wanted to run them in 65 watt triode mode. The ST-120 is a Mac 275 killer.You c... | |
| 700.00 speakers new or used At that price point, I have a couple recommendations. The KEF loudspeakers from the late 1970s are wonderful. The tweeter they used back then got used by a lot of people and was certainly one of the very best of the day. A buddy of mine runs a... | |
| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming The bandwidth requirement for streaming media, either TV or music, are surprisingly small. If you read the linked page mentioned here earlier, the highest quality stream, 24 bit/192 khz, only required 10 mbs of bandwidth and you've got well over... |