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| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? How many audiophiles do you know under the age of 50? Even under the age of 60? The younguns aren't into it the way we are and hi-end has always been a vanishingly small market. | |
| Tube Preamp This is easy. Build or buy pre-assembled one of the top line models from tubes4hifi.comYou don't say whether or not you have a turntable. If you don't, then get the SP14. Preassembled and tested it is $1350 plus shipping, well within your budge... | |
| Recommended phono stage to go with McIntosh @knollbrent I assume your phono preamp uses 12AX7 tubes. The big names I've heard are: Mullard TelefunkenRCA Clear TopsA good place to begin looking for tubes is:https://www.thetubestore.com/search?keywords=12AX7I'd also recommend that you logi... | |
| Recommended phono stage to go with McIntosh One more thing @knollbrent You can make big changes to how any piece of tube gear sounds by changing out the tubes. They call it "tube rolling", and that would cost you a LOT less than buying other phono preamps.The phone section I heard on a v... | |
| Recommended phono stage to go with McIntosh @knollbrent If you're not getting enough gain through your Mac phono preamp, then I suggest you try through at least a couple of other standard phono preamps. What that will tell you is if your cartridge just has an unusually low output or if y... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? P.T. Barnum was right. | |
| Great Value in Used Phono Preamp’s? I think your best value is in one of the kits from http://tubes4hifi.com/ | |
| Phono Stage question Oh Gawd... Why would you want to? Your ARC preamp is a wonderful piece and the Denon is Best Buy grade. If you need a phono stage, there are any number of affordable pieces of a similar level of quality. I'm very fond of what you can get at ... | |
| Recommended phono stage to go with McIntosh I think you're out of your mind. The Mac phono stage in the C22 preamp is one of the best I've ever heard. The C2200 is their new tube unit, right? Should be essentially the same circuit. | |
| Getting into Tube Equipment Glad to see you're familiar with the VTA amps from Bob Latino. I run their SP-13 preamp because their board is just small enough to allow their PH-12 phono board in the same chassis. I have no place to work on something like that in my house, so... | |
| Audiophile LP's Last year I happened across a 1958 recording titled:"The Arrival of Victor Feldman"Feldman plays vibes and piano and is accompanied by the legendary Scott LaFaro on bass and Stan Levy on drums. It’s an extraordinary recording and worth looking for... | |
| Is Velodyne gone? I interviewed at Velodyne last fall for the Linux systems admin position they had at their LIDAR research facility. I'm still kicking myself for turning down their offer.At the time, they said they still had an audio manufacturer division, so I'd... | |
| Mono Blocks on a Budget, is it possible? Depends on your budget.http://www.tubes4hifi.com/bob.htm#M125 | |
| Good Speaker within a budget of USD10,000 For far less than $10,000, the Linkwitz LX521 will blow away everything listed here. Most build it as a DIY project, but you could just take the plans to a local cabinet maker and still spend far less than your $10,000 budget. http://linkwitzla... | |
| High End is Dead? Today's $10,000 wonder is tomorrow's $4000 white elephant. I've been saying that kind of thing since 1980. High end audio has never been a big market because the demographic of well-heeled obsessive-compulsive-neurotics who just HAVE to have the... |