sbrownnw
Responses from sbrownnw
| Vincent SV-236MK Joining this thread with my eyes on a Vincent SV-236 (non MK) with the all black knobs (no silver accent rings) with all 6 inputs as analog (yes, I will use them all). I currently use Audio Refinement separates (see system page for details) desig... | |
| Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube - I Want It!!! Will be interesting to see if Sweet Vinyl sells enough of these to keep the product line / company going. For me, the SC-1 new is: - 3x more than my phono preamp - about the same price as my modded RP6 (I got it as a demo) with GT Ref subplatter a... | |
| Which Budget Speakers, Tekton or Omega? I really liked my Tekton 6.5t monitors. Great midrange with right amount of punch about 12" from wall. I tried their mini lores, too laid back for me. I upgraded to ProAc Studio 148s and have not looked back. There is a pair of the 148s for sa... | |
| Falling out of love with tubes Last night I tried a Cary CAD-5500 premamp between my Audio Refinement separates (Pre5 preamp and Multi5 amp) in an attempt to get some tube harmonics introduced in the signal chain. Didn’t last an hour as it dulled my dynamics and musicality.Rest... | |
| power cables where do I start? I used signal cable magic power on all my sources including preamp. Great price for a great power cable. Didn’t like it on my amp. | |
| Tube buffer or tube preamp @elizabeth, how did you have the VAC tube preamp wired up in your system? Did you use the tube preamp in the solid state preamp's tape loop or between the two solid state components? If you used it between the two solid state components, did you... | |
| hybrid integrateds (Vincent and others) I would consider a SV-236 (non mk) or SV-226, both in black. | |
| hybrid integrateds (Vincent and others) I'll pass on the Pathos... | |
| hybrid integrateds (Vincent and others) Would really like to find a black US version SV-226 in excellent condition with remote and box. | |
| Does a streamer do anything to the data that Tidal provides? @willemj thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if the Chromecast Audio is for me as I wish I had the control of the Chromecast Audio using TuneIn and a dedicated ethernet and power plug like the Apple Airport Express. Does this type of box exist fo... | |
| Does a streamer do anything to the data that Tidal provides? On a similar note, what is the best option for internet radio these days? I don't want to stream from my computer, and listed to my local radio stations a good deal (most of them have internet radio presence). I might want to stream some music f... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? I use Mogami 2921 in a biwire config for speaker wire for both my systems with quality copper banana BFAs. I also use Mogami 2549 with KLEI copper harmony RCAs or Furutech 126g RCAs. Take5 Audio or Douglas Connection built my RCAs and I got the 29... | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? Upgrading from unshielded Volex power cables to unshielded Signal Cable MagicPower cables on all my sources, phono preamp and main preamp. | |
| Full-sounding SS amps (besides Pass) YBA / Audio Refinement | |
| fixing hum on Rega Rp6 My RP6 had some hum at times. I tried running a ground from the TTPSU to the phono preamp. Later diagnosis lead to a bad tonearm cable that was replaced under warranty. Now it is quiet to 50% volume (which is very loud on my system) with very litt... |