s23chang
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| Tube vs. Solid State Phono Stage You should post this question in analog forum. As from my experience, tube phono is still way better too me. The only one I am very curious is the expressive SUT-1 step up device. It is hard to avoid lower noise of J-Fet vs tube in the MC head amp... | |
| Counterpoint SA 5000 vs SA 5.1 I had both SA2 and SA5000. I need both to work with my low output MC. The SA2 is okay but a bit noisy and not enough gain for my setup since the amp and speaker sensitivity is very low.I modified my SA5000 with all vitaminQ oil caps as it gives a ... | |
| What SS amp for ATC scm 19 ?? You may try high power tube amps. It works great with my ATC SCM10. You should get min 60Watt/ch for tube amps. | |
| Speaker Stands I use tangent reference stands and very happy with them.mintor speakers without proper stand or wall mount will sound lifeless. The better stands gives better bass extension as well as focus and imaging. | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear Dave_b, Things does require a journey for your realization : )Less might be more. That's why DHT SET amps had became a recent trend.Happy listening. | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear Sounds the the original poster is chasing a name brand every audiophile will applause to. Sorry that Mac in audio is not the same Mac as Iphone or Ipod.It is hard to define a "true audiophile" since everyone can have their own opinion about who sh... | |
| Pass amps with Tube pre-amps sure it will work with any tube preamp.I have auditioned Pass with vintage Marantz 7 tube preamp and it sounded great. | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear Vintage Mac gears were great.They were the best looking amp back then as well.Although they might not be the best sounding at that era but they're sure one of the reference amp in that era.The Monos like MC30/MC60The stereos like MC225/MC240/MC275... | |
| what's 'Active preamp' vs 'Passive preamp'? It really depends on your amp and speakers.For my setup, no passive unit can make it sound right due to low sensitivity on both amp and speakers. | |
| Cleaning Eichmann Silver Bullets I don't know about that. I get the oppsite effect. It sounds much better after cleaning. | |
| Which tube amp with ProAcs ? Sounded great with the good old Mac MC240 | |
| Mcintosh MC60 transformers.... You can custom made.Check with http://www.electra-print.com/ | |
| My Little EL-84 Amp Has Problems And Needs Fixin' You might have bad tubes which shorted the ampHave you checked your NOS tube before put them in your amp? | |
| Humidity question - please try to answer... Maybe so, that's why my basement system sounded better : )It might be the opposite for the electrostatic speakers. | |
| Cary SLP-98 -- Do Oil Caps make a Difference? Here is my take after experiment them in my gears:If you like extreme detailed sound then go with exotic teflons. If you like musical and smooth transition sound then go with oil caps. The teflonss will be more crisp if that's what you're looking ... |