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| The Most Digital Recording You Ever Heard In a general sense, most cd's from 80's- early 2000's. Analog to digital converters in studios pretty bad in this era. And this with both remasters from analog tape and pure digital recordings. I have any number of cd rips from this era, streams ... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I've long thought of them as heart of system. An active pre certainly has flavor which can be a wonderful or bad thing. Get it right, you'll love your system more than sans pre. With advent of digital volume control, I see many foregoing pre, they... | |
| SE 845 Triode versus KT88 Triode-Connected? I have two 845 SET, been using 845 SET for years, previously used with Merlin VSM-MM which has similar efficiency, impedance as your speaker, wonderful pairing. I also presently have push pull amp and previously owned a number of other push pull o... | |
| V-Cap CuTF .22 on Gain Tubes-- Primaluna Dialogue HP Integrated I upgraded caps in my PL Dialogue Four with Miflex and swapped out resistors with Takkman carbon film. Much closer to my SET amps in triode mode,in stock form rather sterile. Grannyring has me thinking to swap in Odams. I do use Audyn True Copper ... | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! Never had a single issue with DHL over many shipments over many years. I used them for all my domestic shipments when they experimented with that service in US. I have account with them, recently received email in regard to domestic shipping withi... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope I think you're misunderstanding me. I'm surely not saying cable are snake oil, or am I saying all premium cables are not deserving of premium price. I've only been continually making the point cables sound different from one another in my experien... | |
| SET the best? I'm willing to entertain the thought class D amps could replicate SET sound qualities at some point. Based on comparison reviews I've seen, not there yet. I admit the AGD amps had me intrigued. Class D would have the advantage of cooler running an... | |
| SET the best? Someone mentioned presence earlier in thread. I started off many years ago with ss, then class A ss, next push pull tube, finally SET tube. My first SET was 845, smitten with sense of presence, could also be called immediacy, right from the beginn... | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! An undelivered package won't be covered by credit card company if seller can prove they shipped. Doesn't cover delivery services. | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! Just assume free shipping is always USPS. USPS has been a disaster for me over the past year, lost well over $400 on various packages. Also, free USPS has minimum insurance, if items have any value, never use free shipping. Regardless of shipper m... | |
| Friend given a Revox open reel and Tascam 4 track - suggestions be we power them up? If not run in some time, should be powered up with variac. Caps could be dried out, may need reforming. If diy, capacitor kits sold at various vendors. | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) Typical if you can't measure it differences can't exist arguments. And so, recently placed audiophile network switch between router and NAS, server. Sound quality decreased, router with lps feeding NAS and server superior. Rest of network chain po... | |
| Still happily using vintage gear? I have several older pieces including Dahlquist DQ10, stashed away, plans to restore, upgrade, Thorens TD160, many, many mods. Harman Kardon T60, outboard power supply mod, Conrad Johnson MV-55 modded with Jantzen Z Superior caps, 1986 Klipshorns... | |
| Capacitor The only somewhat negative experience I've ever had with caps we're talking about is once when I used multiple VH Audio TFTF in totally modded phono stage. Too much of the sterile, clinical sound with multiples of that cap. Would have been better ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I really doubt Gustard plays in same league as 005, likely more in Okto dac8 range. Still, any comparative reviews would be good to help ascertain 005 place in hierarchy of dacs.Bypassing usb could be good thing if theoretical advantages of altern... |