sedond

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Help With My Next Upgrade Please
what preamp are ya currently using? perhaps a comparable investment in a better preamp will yield better sound than the upgraded cd-player. then, in less than a year, there will perhaps be a multi-format player at a good price on the market... 
CD Player w Volume control-Suggestions?
at that price point, yule get best sound running an inexpensive cd-player thru a nice $3000 tubed preamp - especially if ya buy used. i'd put my $350 ($500 retail) nad cd-changer + $2000 ($4600 retail) melos music-director preamp up against any co... 
Best Car Stereo
i tink canton makes about the best car speakers around - i have a set in my daily-driver alfa gtv6. but, i must confess that the alpine cd-player/head-amp has been sittin' on a shelf in the laundry room for ~5 years, and my ~90-mile daily commute ... 
Tubes? Transistors? Which are better?
i think there's an inneresting dichotomy here - w/tubed amps, ya gotta spend a *lot* of money to get a total sound as good as reasonably-priced solid-state amps. (craig, mebbe the s-f power three wooda done it for ya). and, i tink yust the opposit... 
"Sizzling" tweeters at high volume?
hi trelja,inneresting - many folks have similar comments about these tweets, but i like 'em a lot in my meret's, driven by electrocompaniet amps. as much as comparably-priced proacs, which i also like a lot, w/their dynaudio-derived tweets.that sa... 
preamps - vtl tl5.5/rogue 99/linn kairn
hi all,phunny, i started this thread last may - was it really that long ago i started looking for a preamp? :>) telescope_trade, the 1st tube pre i had in my system was the magnum wersion of the rogue 99 - it was too coloured & had poor bas... 
Microphonic tubes...
i'm w/photon46. my toob experience is wery limited - only w/preamps w/the 6sn7 toob, & the 6922. i found the 6sn7 to be a lot more microphonic than the 692 regardless of which mfr, & i had 3 different types of 6sn7 & 3 different types ... 
Tubes? Transistors? Which are better?
good for ewe, eldragon! same experience i had replacing my linn kairn pre w/an melos music director! :>) happy listening, doug 
Please advise on Yamaha T-7000 tuner
gerrym5, yule love the tuna, if it's half what it's cracked-up to be - i have an excellent tuna (onix bwd1 w/soap p/s), & i can ackshullu do serious listening to quite a bit of music!enjoy!, doug 
Microphonic tubes...
audio research sells tube dampers - at ~$5 a whack, it mite be worthwhile checking out.... 
Best Car Stereo
buy an alfa, & yule be happy w/the music eminating from the engine bay... ;~)regards, doug 
Pre-amp for a NYAL Moscode 300?
i'd recommend the melos ma-11 at $400. i have a music director, & i tink it's outstanding. also heard the sha-gold, & *it's* excellent. one of the enginers bought what's left of the company, & they're servicing/upgrading old product, a... 
REGA-VPI JR- LINN- OR ? UNDER $800
i think the o-l modified rb250 is a killer arm, but then again, i've not had any of the really spendy arms in my set-up. this is one area, where, if i like the sound, i take the reviewers' word that it's good... :>) as i replaced the ft-3 at th... 
New Speakers
check out the newform research nhb645 or r645. http://www.newformresearch.com/ http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/Speaker/product_8052.shtml 30-day in-home trial, yure only out shipping if ya don't like 'em. giant-killers at the price -  
Is no reserve really the truth?
if reserve price isn't met, the hi-bidder is *not* required to buy...on ebay, i've seen some bidders cast artificially high bids yust to see what the reserve was, then cancel them, saying they mistyped their bids...