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| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? I'm partial to the older Mac tube gear. A properly serviced C22 preamp is one of the best preamps money can buy. They also hold their value and even appreciate in value over time.A buddy of mine used to be the Mac repair tech at San Francisco'... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? P.T. Barnum was right... | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp This is what you want. Monobloc pair at $125 watts each.http://www.tubes4hifi.com/bob.htm#M125You can buy it as a kit and build yourself, saving a fair amount, or buy it fully assembled and tested.kit - no tubes: $1778kit - with tubes: $2213Wir... | |
| Affordable alternativ to the PS Audio DirectStream DAC A few months ago a friend brought over his PS Audio DirectStream DAC and a Schitt Yggdrasil. I run an old Peachtree DAC-iT, which I paid $500 for some years ago. The follow-on model is now available from Peachtree for $250. You can find my uni... | |
| Vintage Speaker Choice For that money, look for a pair of the late 70’s KEF Calinda or Cantata loudspeakers. As we used to say about the Large Advent, they have that "hole-in-the-middle". It wasn’t a great speaker when it was new and certainly hasn’t gotten better over ... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? If you carefully read the pages on the Don Sachs website, his custom phono preamp, line stage preamp and 60 wpc power amp are all based on the circuit boards he gets from VTA - http://tubes4hifi.com/You can buy all of these things as kits from V... | |
| Is There a Speaker for Me/Impossible Requirements? (budget: $2000) With $2000, what I'd do is score a pair of late 1970's vintage KEF Calinda loudspeakers and then pair it with a VTA ST-120 power amp. A buddy of mine has a Calinda pair he drives with a Marantz 8B power amp. Absolute magic! Will make you forget... | |
| I want to be moved and have the music touch my soul! Then you need to get familiar with Wesla Whitfield. First, listen to these three full CD rez tracks:http://russbutton.com/tmp/over_the_rainbow.wavhttp://russbutton.com/tmp/Lucky_to_be_me.wavhttp://russbutton.com/tmp/Rhode_Island_Is_Famous_For_You.... | |
| Looking for suggestions on best small footprint speaker under $4K If you're hell bent on dropping $4k, I can't readily help you. But if you're willing to spend a lot less than that and be willing to live with some real magic, then here's a completely different thought.One of the most wonderful systems I've ever... | |
| Are DAC's overpriced? I run a Peachtree DAC iT, which is their older model. Picked it up about 5 years ago and paid full-ticket of about $500. Sounds awesome and you can find them on EBay for about $125 or so. The newer iTx model does 192 khz whereas my older beast ... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) @cd318 I’ve run a set of version 3.3 Orions for about 10 years now and have had more than one visitor complement them as being of reference quality. The current version, with the SEAS bass drivers is even better, but I’m OK to stay with what I hav... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) Your very best value will be either the Linkwitz LX521 or Orion systems if you build them yourself. And if you're not a wood worker, hire a local cabinet maker to build the enclosures. It'll cost you a lot less than you think. Building the LX52... | |
| Audio research This is what you need.http://tubes4hifi.com/pre11.htm#PH16 | |
| 3 best 10k speakers now imho If you really want value, build yourself a set of Linkwitz LX521 or Linkwitz Orions.http://linkwitzlab.com/You can do either project, with amplification, for $6k or less, and have something beyond extraordinary. | |
| Schitt turntable anyone? "Giant Killer". That's what they said about Rega tables when they first appeared. People are going to value things largely upon what they cost. It's just perception. Nobody is going to dump their $5000 VPI Wonder and go buy a Schitt table. N... |