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| Looking to upgrade From my Odyssey Mono extremes Have you ever tried tube amps in your system before? Odyssey are pretty good SS amps. I doubt you would get that much more bang for your buck going to another SS. You may want to veer a whole different direction and try a tube amp. Completely diff... | |
| 6L6 or 300B or 2A3? Go for a SET. I have 3 different tube amps (45,2A3,300B) and use them in different applications. My speaker is a real easy load (Zu Essence - 97db) and I never need to crank up the volume.IMHO, 300B is great for Orchestral Music and Hard rock. 2A3... | |
| after 15 yrs w/the same setup it's upgrade time I'm thrilled with a modified EAR 834P. I bought the base (non-chrome) version and had the tubes,caps and connectors upgraded. Cost me around $2250. I got the work done at The Analog Room in San Jose, CA. They made the recommendation. Brian is the ... | |
| Who's Replaced Odyssey amps/ Extreme / Klaus I had Odyssey's and thoght they were a great value in solid state electronics. Klaus is also a really great guy to deal with. I went a completely new direction into micro powered SET tube amps. For me at least, the migration to SET has been one of... | |
| anyone have experience with tube cdps' I have two tube CDP's and while I prefer them to all solid state CDP's the difference, honestly, is pretty marginal. If you don't like digital sound the only solution that will guarantee a big difference is to go analog. | |
| Need recommendation for LVB Symphony 9 Ferenc Fricsay/Berlin in the late 1950's is one that I come back to often. Good balance of passion and spirituality. Playing and singing in top rank. Sound very natural.I have Solti (both from Chicago)/Karajan(60's and 80's)/Furtwangler (WW 2, Bay... | |
| 5 must have classical recordings My recommendation is for you to go to Naxos.com and pay the nominal $19.95 for an annual subscription to listen to their entire catalog on-line. There you can listen to thousands of recordings from the most popular (Beethoven, Bach etc..) to the m... | |
| phono stage options for Lyra Cartridges I have a multi cartridge rig. Stereo is Koetsu RSP and Mono is Lyra Helikon. I have a modded EAR 834 and have been very happy with it. Great performance without breaking the bank. | |
| Any point in adding tube preamp to SS integrated? In my experience it will take a little of the digital edge off things but it is far from giving you "tube magic". For that you really need at minimum a tube amp and preferably an all tube system. A SET system is even better. | |
| Warm tube preamp for under 1000 I think the AES is a nice preamp for the money. I have the DJH version in my second (bedroom) system and it has worked very well for years. I have a Cary SLP-98P in my primary system and the sonic signature for both are pretty similar. In my exper... | |
| SME V vs 309 Sonic Differences I'll just second that the tonearm cable makes a big difference on the SME's. The stock SME cable with my 312S (Van Den Hul) is rather poor IMO. When I replaced the VDH cable with a Graham the difference was very notable (for the better) - and I'm ... | |
| Suggested entry path into vinyl... No, you should expect a good analog system to sound better than digital. If not, why spend the $? I have recently come back into vinyl after a 25 year absence. To my ears it is no contest. While I have a fairly expensive analog system ($20K) I hav... | |
| Suggested entry path into vinyl... I suggest if possible you find a local dealer and spend lots of time auditioning gear. If anything, I've found the sound of analog gear varies much more than digital. While I routinely buy Amps and CD players from Audiogon I would never buy a used... | |
| zu essence? I traded in a pair of Druids for the Essence. What you get for the additional $ is a better bottom end and the ribbon tweeter enhances the cohesiveness on the top end. The midrange is essentially the same. The efficiency also drops down a bit from... | |
| zu audio essence I've had a pair for about a month and like them. Bass is definately an improvement over the Druid and high end resolves without congestion with the new ribbon. I was worried about the loss of efficiency (from 101 to 97) but my flea powered 45 SET ... |