s23chang
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| I'm going back to tubes... a question for y'all Yes... Not only I switched to tube gear.. I'm even going back to vintage gear. If you find the right one that matches your speakers, they actually better than most of the modern tube gear. | |
| Counterpoint SA-5000 or First Sound Presence Pre jes45@aol.com, based on your preference, you liked big open sound like the ARC SP-11 MKII and CATs Ultimate and SL MKIII. I wouldn't said that First Sound is in a different league but rather in different sound. Audio is so subjective that I always... | |
| Counterpoint SA-5000 or First Sound Presence Pre Bemopti123, just because you never own a SA-5000 it doesn't mean that it is not as good as the other. Same goes for other 30 different top preamps that are up there and you have not heard. As far as reliability goes, we have 5 SA-5000s among our l... | |
| Telefunken 6DJ8 for my DAC I've tried over 50+ different 6DJ8/7308/6922 tubesfor both phono and line stage in preamps.If that's not enough for you then I don't know what else to tell you.Yes, I do own Telefuken 6DJ8s. If you don't mind microphonic then you can try the Telef... | |
| How to remove outlet noise Get an isolation transformer type of line conditioner like PowerVar or OneAc type. You should get at least 12Amp rated. There should be plenty on the used market | |
| Help Selection of pre-amp Wilson and Mark Levinson has a very bold and powerful combo. A more relaxed, open and musical preamp is recommended.Depends on your budget, it can go from $1500 to $5000 in new or used market | |
| Telefunken 6DJ8 for my DAC You can price them out on ebay. Average price is $30 to $50 a piece depends on when you bid and who you buy it from. Store price is $60 and up. Please be careful that you would only buy the West Germany type with Gold pin and not some relabeled Si... | |
| Preamps: Bryston vs Classe For home use, I would go with Classe. For pro studio, I would go with Bryston. | |
| Telefunken 6DJ8 for my DAC I think you're better off with Siemens 7308 gold pin. | |
| What's your goal in system setup? Kgveteran, maybe you should start a "videogon" instead : ) | |
| Stereo Tube Amp Comparisons If you're looking for full bodied sound then I would go with Music Referenece RM-200. The music reference has very well bass control and silky highs. | |
| Transparent MusicWave Super $600 should be about right for the biwire version. Anything more is over priced. | |
| How much preamp will improve I dump my whole HT setup because I enjoy listen to music more than getting shaked by the pounding from the movies.I used to have sony 9000ES digital preamp with Bryston 9 BST. The music never as good in HT preamp. The first preamp I jump on was Au... | |
| Jena Labs - Any experience? JbatlantaStrongly recommend NBS classic lines (from King serpent to Statement) for preamp to amp connection. It is probably the best commercial cable out there. | |
| Best sounding op-amp Agree spec is not always the best gauge. However, I read many postings that majority of them prefer the AD8610/AD8620 over OPA627 from their setup. I'm not sure it has to do with spec or how they setup the Op-amp. I know the decoupling cap choice ... |