rwbadley
Responses from rwbadley
| Help CDP over vinyl upgrade advice please Thanks for the great feedback. I don't really have the mod capabilities- so that's out. A tube unit may be worth a try.I guess there's a butt for every cushion. The black background of cd is OK, but it needs the rest of the aural scene. Most of my... | |
| Harbinger of the future of 2-channel? Earbud.I dunno- all that comes to mind is some Orson Welles movie ;-) | |
| Best 300b single-ended Tube amp. for the $ I think I may have it here.Recently off ebay I found a Spark/Cayin 300b single ended from about 1997 design , but this appears to have been a model year 2000 unit. I retubed it with a set of VAlvo e188cc vintage and a set of Sylvania 6sn7. The 300... | |
| Any opinions on retubeing W/winged c or mullard re I also have had poor luck with the Mullard reissues. One of four went bad and then another one of four- all this with less than 100 hrs. I'm using EI fat bottle and they have not had a failure- knock on wood. They sound pretty good too. | |
| Upgrade from Cayin TA-30? I'm still on my TAD modified ta-30 for going on the third year. I have rolled a few integrated and power amps through just for fun (Sansui au717, Pioneer 980, Bedini 25/25, Denon 2000, also four others I would rather not say as the mfr are a curre... | |
| High Efficiency System- Noise Floor Reality Check? 'reading while listening' that'll make the music sound better I like to listen while reading... it makes the book better too;-) | |
| A decent preamp for Altec 604 speakers I have the 604 D and have found tubes really sweet with these speakers. While not knowing a SS amp to recommend, I would suggest a nice integrated, maybe like the sli-80. Don't need much power, you could go all the way down to a 7 watt set and sti... | |
| Marantz PM7200 vs. Denon PMA2000IVR I have not tried the Marantz, but I owned the 2000 for a while. It was quite good, excellent power, and dynamic. I thought the soundstage was rather two dimensional in my system, it would not show details at lower volume levels, and the amp always... | |
| Most neutral, high-resolution 12AU7? I think it depends on the rest of the circuit. A tube that might be overly bright or even brittle in one circuit can bring another to life.Which direction do you need to go with it? I have really liked several. RCA cleartop side getter is one of m... | |
| Newbie Tubie just wants insight and direction.... ""Having "correct" polarity coming off of a tube amp requires YOU inverting the polarity (in other words, either on the amplifier OR on the speaker you have to have + on the - and - on the +)."" I have not heard this, care to elaborate? Or is this... | |
| Question re: Power conditioner I went back to the store this AM and found I had just missed the Monster 7000. I think it went for about $400. BUT, I did get an AC line analyzer that plugs into the wall socket and allows you to listen for noise and check EMI. (scored this for $2... | |
| TAD 150 I recently recieved the tad150 and have been using it for the last few days or so. It still has very few hours on it, so I am sure will continue to improve further. Last night I was finally able to sit down for some serious listening and am quite ... | |
| TAD-60 vs Prima Luna rj@sfrr- I am a little curious if you have done a side by side of the ta-30 and the tad-60. I have quite enjoyed the ta-30 and am aware of it's strength and limitations, I just received the tad 150 and have yet to break it in for evaluation, but w... | |
| from solid state to tube A recent rotation of various speakers through my system has been an eye opener re: power needed and voice in relation to SS vs Tube. A small pair of power hungry monitors can sound excellent with tubes, while the SS amp will cause them to sing wit... | |
| Tube Rolling for TAD-150 How has the 150 been working for you? Still good? I have been considering one myself... |