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| any reasons NOT to buy a peachtree nova? Don't have any experience with the Nova but I'm using the Decco as a preamp and DAC with a tube amp and it's a very sweet combination.There are a couple of options for adding a sub. You can use a Y-adapter like this to go to both the power amp and... | |
| Simple audio-only universal remote? Agree with Loomisjohnson about the Sony. I use a VL-700 and have a second one as a backup. It is a learning remote, controls up to five devices and the layout is simple and intuitive. Mine is at least six years old and it looks as if unless it ste... | |
| Best IC and Speaker Cable for DIY Another vote for Canare 4s11 for speaker cable or, if you don't need that big a cable, the 4s8 works great for lower power uses.I've tried Canare microphone cable for interconnects but found I like Mogami 2534 better. It's easy to work with, as well. | |
| Recommendations for a small tube amplifier? 911audio - thanks, yes, I had a Rogue Cronus integrated for awhile but didn't find it as nice sounding as the AES/Cary amp I had and it seemed to really push the tubes much harder, particularly the input tubes. You're right, the service from Rogue... | |
| Recommendations for a small tube amplifier? Thanks again for the good information, everyone.The Almarro, Dared and the Glow amp sound like interesting options. It's true that the JohnBlue JB3's are not very efficient, the 12 watts of the Nuforce Icon seems to be just enough but a little les... | |
| Recommendations for a small tube amplifier? Pryso and Onemug - thank you very much for the recommendations of the Almarro and Glow integrateds. Is there something similar you could recommend in a power amp? I'm quite happy with the NuForce Icon as a preamp and DAC and wasn't really looking ... | |
| Recommendations for a small tube amplifier? Kana813 - the Dodd amp looks very nice, and I do have an SLA battery around I used for a modified T-amp, but since the Dodd is a brand new product I don't think I'm going to find one at anywhere near my budget. I'd love to hear one, though. | |
| Integrated amp with digital to analog converter? The Peachtree Nova is within your budget, used, and the reviews of its internal DAC are excellent. For less money, the Peachtree Decco is a very nice integrated. | |
| Jolida integrated with remote and pre-outs? Realremo - yes, that's exactly the way to do it if you want to use the high-level inputs on the sub and have only one set of speaker terminals. I used that kind of connection on an HSU sub, at HSU's recommendation, and am doing the same on a Mirag... | |
| Recommendations for a small tube amplifier? Mrovnak - that's great information about the Sophia amp, thanks very much. Did you install the cap upgrades yourself or is it necessary to have Sophia do the work? | |
| Recommendations for a small tube amplifier? Pubul57 - thanks for the RM10 recommendation. It looks like a great amp but I think I'd be lucky to find one for $400 since the new price is $2,000.Lak - I'll look around at any options that come up but thanks for letting me know about your amp. I... | |
| Recommendations for a small tube amplifier? Lars - yes, I want a power amp, not an integrated, thanks. | |
| The Cyclicality of Black Vs Silver This is somewhat of a tangent to the main question and a rant, besides, but one of the things that drives me nuts about faceplates, both black and silver, is that in the pursuit of nice 'design,' the labeling of controls often seems to be designed... | |
| Jolida integrated with remote and pre-outs? Realremo - is your question about the pre-outs because you want to be able to connect the Jolida to a subwoofer in your 2.1 system?If so, another option, and one that is preferred by a good many subwoofer manufacturers, is to connect the speaker t... | |
| Shopping for a new netbook or laptop... Yeah, we Mac bigots are obnoxious about it, right? As Prpixel says, the hard drive size isn't important if you're really not going to download or rip much music. RAM is important, though, so that you can increase the streaming buffer size as high ... |