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| Best 6NS7 Preamp for a Pass Labs XA25 amp You're not going to find a better 6SN7 preamp than the SP14 from VTA. You can buy it either as a kit, or preassembled and fully tested. You can even get custom builds for a bit more cash.Complete kit is $950Fully assembled & tested is $1450h... | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. Trane is an acquired taste. Don’t listen to him because others tell you he’s a genius. His later albums reflected the great physical pain he was in from his cancer. Very hard to listen to.Have you listened to much jazz? There are so many great pla... | |
| Audio Rack Selection Most all of the racks you see in these audiophile pages are overpriced and take up too much space. They also make lousy platforms for turntables. Any vibrations or floor motion gets amplified at the top of the rack. Just horrible.The very best ... | |
| Need under $1500 preamp for my system Your very best value in a preamp is the SP14 from VTA.http://www.tubes4hifi.com/SP14.htmYou buy it either as a kit or fully assembled and tested. They also offer it as a custom build in a wooden cabinet. Price depends on your choice.kit, w/tu... | |
| What Would You Do with a Sealed, 1st Press Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"? Try to find a sucker to pay you far, far too much for it. P.T. Barnum was right you know. | |
| There's a lot more bass in a 6.5" driver than most of you think There's no replacement for displacement.You can get some very good low end with small drivers in a transmission line enclosure. But you can't get level and transient response. Can't do it. Which is why you want sub-woofers. And not just one o... | |
| BEST SPEAKERS AT A REASONABLE PRICE There are many issues to consider. - What kind of music do you listen to?- How loud do you want to listen?- How big is your room?- WAFOne of my all-time favorite systems belongs to a buddy who runs a pair of late 70's vintage KEF Calinda loudspe... | |
| Types of speakers to create nightclub style sound? Night club systems are PA systems, not audiophile systems. That being said, the most musical sounding PA gear I've ever heard come from Bag End. Buy their stuff. Will easily fit your budget. | |
| Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers This deal at $11,500 is a great example of a terrific loudspeaker, at the vintage you speak of, that is a killer deal compared to anything new at that price point.https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649506284-avalon-eidolon-speakers-msrp-21500/ | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? @cd318 The Linkwitz LX521 is showing up on the used market now that it's been around for a while, as are his earlier Orion design. The problem for most of those is shipping.The hardest part of building any loudspeaker is making it look good. Th... | |
| How much discount typically for a new MC275 to expect from a dealer? If you're worried about price, why don't you just buy a Bob Latino M125 monoblock (120 watts each) pair for more than $1500 less than it would cost you for the Mac? And you can save another $700 or so if you buy it in kit form and build it yours... | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? Your best value will always be a good DIY design. It's not even close. No commercial loudspeaker can ever come close to what you can build yourself. There are any number of truly excellent designs out there. And if you don't have the ability ... | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers A buddy of mine runs a pair of late 70's KEF Calinda loudspeakers being driven by a Marantz 8B power amp. This is absolutely magical. More than any other loudspeaker I've heard. the Calinda is very revealing of the sonic character of your amp. ... | |
| Anyone else attend the California Audio Show in Oakland? I also liked the Sound Kaos system. I thought the loudspeaker design was interesting in that the crossover points were at 200 hz and 10,000 hz. This solves a LOT of problems.What's also interesting in this $6700 loudspeaker pair is that this ma... | |
| Best budget preamp for my entry level system? This is easy. One of your very best values in budget gear are the Hafler line. For a preamp, look for a DH110. In fact, there's a Hafler DH110 on EBay right now for $169. Snap it up.https://www.ebay.com/itm/113833599853 |