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| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? Thanks to everyone who has chimed in here. Despite owning all this gear, I am not actually a gear guy - I am a music guy. I don't enjoy endlessly tinkering and swapping out equipment. What I want is the music sound that makes me smile inside and o... | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. The Don Sachs preamp is outstanding. I’ve had mine for nearly a year and it’s really tremendous. | |
| Ice Age Audio Cables Q & A I first heard about Ice Age Audio from Don Sachs. I had purchased his (legendary) tube preamp and he recommended I order a copper/copper power cable from Rick at Ice Age. I had not gotten on the audiophile power cable bandwagon at that point and w... | |
| eBay / PayPal: Beware - enough is never enough. Yeah eBay is fine for buying things as far as I’m concerned. But between the fees and the risk of being hosed by a scam buyer, it’s not worth it to me to sell on eBay anymore, and I have sold hundreds of items there over the last couple of decades. | |
| The Placebo Effect "I'm addicted to placebos. I'd quit, but it wouldn't make any difference." - Steven Wright | |
| Craigslist Fraud +1 cash only. If you accept payment through something like PayPal or Venmo, after the buyer leaves with your gear, they can contact their credit card and deny the charge, claiming that their card had been stolen or something. The charge will be re... | |
| Schiit amps, freya preamp I started with a Saga and Vidar and eventually changed to a Freya + and Aegir. I also ran a Bifrost MB DAC before climbing the ranks to Yggdrasil. I have had nothing but good experiences with Schiit products and service. The Freya+ is a solid and ... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions The entire frame of the mid-bass driver measures about 7.25." | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions When I ordered I asked about this. Eric said that the woofers have remained the same since the beginning. The entire woofer is 11" but the inner part is closer to 10. He said he got tired of people saying "Hey that's not 11 inches!" so he changed ... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions The DIs were good, great even at times. But I don't miss them now that I have the Encores. | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions @vsedakov I had upgraded DIs for a year and a half. They were really enjoyable speakers. I definitely prefer the Encores. Compared to the DIs, the Encores are fuller, wider and taller. Bass is significantly deeper as well. The Encores are mellower... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions I haven't heard Moabs, but large-scale classical music sounds fantastic on my Encores. | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions @protoss71 My understanding is that they had a few of the front ported Encore frames already built and I imagine they wanted to use them, but still offer the new non front-ported sound, hence the foam plugs. If they are removable that gives you so... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions Enjoy! In my experience they definitely went through significant changes over the first 200 hrs. I think they still are continuing to evolve slightly at this point. Throughout the break-in period at different times different frequencies would eith... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions @charles1dad I will certainly post my impressions and comparisons. The Don Sachs preamp will be arriving far before the amp (still in the queue, no ship date yet), so I will have time for it to settle before adding his KT-88 amp to the mix. Honest... |