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| Tired of Problems with Tube Equipment I have owned only tube amps in the past 10+ years, from Quicksilver GLC, ARC VT-100, SF Power 2/3, BAT 150, BAT 75SE, and now BAT 150SE, I might have missed out one or two in between. near zero issue other than occasional tube bias, tube replaceme... | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners Parasound JC1 is on my radar, I just missed one out locally.I have not heard CAT, but all the reviews and feedback I read are positive except the tube requirement as you pointed out. they produce tremendous amount of heat due to number of tubes us... | |
| The best "imaging" speakers? among the 30+ pairs of speakers I have owned, the best imaging speaker that threw out the most realistic holographic soundstage was a small speaker with tiny dimension, Acoustic Energy AE1 Signature. not a surprise given it's a simple two-way with... | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners thanks to all of your input, I will continue to optimize my system while locating a powerful solid state to experiment. if solid state is the answer, not sure what I will do though... | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners I did try to "do my homework". I spoke to Aerial before committing to buy, another owner had them in the same size room with 2x SW12, and previous owner was using ARC VTM-200. I know they are not tube friendly, but I don't need the lowest bass and... | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners sounds like the owner's manual does contain some useful info, something I did not get from the dealer. most speakers I owned I don't bother to read the manual as they are quite useless.so Rowland 304 bi-amp is your amp of choice now? I have only o... | |
| Speakers for the ears, eyes, and for the decade I owned Amati Homage for many years, was using BAT 75SE in a 14x18 room. I don't crave for bass, but I do play loud sometimes and 75 wpc was not enough for loud passage.I assumed you are referring to Amati Anniversario which is about the same sens... | |
| Cayin A70T has bogus tube rectification? could not agree more with Rodman99999 | |
| Off brand hdtv sets..... there are only a handful of manufactures that make large LCD panels. many of those off brands have the same panels as the more expensive one, main differences are in scaler and processor which do make a difference in PQ. take Sony and Samsung for ... | |
| ARC 210's w/BAT VK52SE vs ASR Emitter Exclusive II I am with Jfrech and I also use the same amps as he does, BAT 150SE, which run on the hotter side even for tube amps.going to SS might save you a few bucks long term, but musical enjoyment will vanish with it. do your math, figure out how much tub... | |
| Is J River MC 12 slow for you too? I am running similar setup as you except with iTune, no lag when selecting track. guess it's JRiver. | |
| how to improve myWin XP PC audio? what is WASAPI? if I go with Vista, do I gain anything by going with JRiver? I tried iTune with Vista just now, I could definitely hear an improvement over XP.if iTune can deliver the good with Vista, I will stay with iTune since I have 80%+ of my... | |
| how to improve myWin XP PC audio? anyone? | |
| Amp recommendation: Cary SS vs. McCormack vs. Ayre I own a CAD-200, basically a stereo version of CAD-500MB which was favorably reviewed by 10 Audio.http://www.10audio.com/cary_500mb.htmthere is no "best" amp out there, all are good and Cary is better than McCormack or Ayre in some areas. it's not... | |
| TV Selection: Two Questions you can pick up a 1080P 46" LCD from most of the online merchants. I am not a big fan of LCD, I like plasma more, but could not resist the low price on Amazon before Christmas. |