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| Tube preamp for about $1500? A neutral tube pre in that price range--how about a CJ PV-15? Then after a while you can send it to the Backert's and have them do the line stage upgrade. | |
| Best new tube amp under $1500? I second the JWN AMP recommendation. | |
| Pre & Amp to match with Dali I have a CJ PV-15 running into a JWN push-pull tube amp. Rated at around 100 tube watts per channel. (That's a hand-made amp by Jim Nichols.) Sounds awesome. | |
| Budget Chinese Tube amps - any good? I'll throw in my 2 cents, and suggest that if you want to buy domestic, one of the best values out there today are hand-made tube amplifiers by people such as Jim Nicholls and Lance Cochrane. I own a Jimmy Nicholls creation, an 8 EL34 output push/... | |
| Buying Tubes Again; Maddening You can't go wrong with Jim McShane. BTW, in my CJ PV-15 pre-amp I'm using the Genalex 12 AX7's and 12AU7's, but Jim says I was lucky that they are running so quietly. He says he would not recommend the gold lions for pre-amp phono stages, but tha... | |
| Will Vincent "Dynaco" Amps My fantasy shootout would include many of the Dynaco rebuilds mentioned above, along with Jim Nicholl's version, (speaking of broken records, haha). | |
| Any experience w/ Conrad Johnson MET150 5ch amp? You should call Spearitsound in Northampton and ask to speak with Dick. They are a CJ dealer and have sold that amp in the past. | |
| Ayre AX-7e vs. Belles Reference 150A For tube amplifiers, I cannot recommend too highly the custom work of Jim Nicholls:http://jwnamplifiers.vpweb.com/I have one of his creations, not a SET but a push/pull using 8 EL-34 output tubes, driving my Dali 400's--88 db sensitivity into 4 oh... | |
| Preamp Suggestions to replace a CJ PV-12AL That's great news. I'm still saving to have the same work done on my PV-15. | |
| Good budget tube amp? I've heard good things about those totem bookshelf speakers, but I imagine the concern is that they are rated at 86db into 4 ohms, which means they are not the easiest speakers in the world to drive. | |
| Good budget tube amp? Just throwing in my 2 cents on the speaker question, might I add Tekton speakers, perhaps the Lore or even the Pendragon? | |
| Good budget tube amp? OK. I have not spoken to a JWN amp owner who is unhappy. Sonically speaking, his amps are quite amazing. The highs are lush, the mids are to die for, and there is ample bass. There is an added dimension-an almost holographic soundstage display, pr... | |
| Good budget tube amp? I was wandering down this road some months back, and finally ended up contracting out to Jim Nicholls to build me a tube amplifier at a very good price. I am very happy with the finished product. He employs a modified seesaw circuit to good effect... | |
| Need advice on CJ preamps I'm currently saving my pennies to have the Sound Dezign mods done on the line stage of my PV-15 pre amp -- 12AU7 tubes, rewired circuitry, and teflon caps. The PV-15 uses 2 6922 tubes. | |
| Conrad Johnson SS amps The only thing I would do with a MF2500 is either send it in for an "A" upgrade to CJ, or send it to Bob and Gary Backert and let them do their own upgrade. The latter certainly did a good job on my aging MF2250. |