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Tube Amp vs Solid State Amp HELP
boletti It is clear you are not married : )Good plan 
Bridging EAR 890's
Not to change the subject but if you like to make a few changes, you already know what the EAR sounds like. I remember asking myself when I when I was much younger, " I had 3 beers and felt great, why did I think that 3 more would make me feel bet... 
Opinions Please - Sophia EL34ST Coke Bottle
I was a dealer for Sohia Electric for years, am a big admire of what Richard does. Used to carry his little EL34 integrated amp and that was so sweet. One year we had a room at the RMAF in Denver and our Art Audio Carrisa popped. Replaced it with ... 
Power conditioner help
arseI have always been skeptical of power conditioners. What I do like is the Kubala Sosna XPander. Plug all your gear into that and you should be good. I have two Bricasti M 28 mono blocks and the M1 DAC plus tow Wilson Benesch Torus Infrasonic G... 
Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland
I prefer the idea of using a tube preamplifier and solid state amplifier or mono blocks. Each of those represent the " real deal " . 
Visit to Magnolia Proves Interesting
WolfAbsolutely. If more people would live in a tent it would be much easier to recreate those exact conditions, except the weather. Jim 
Visit to Magnolia Proves Interesting
To Seattle area residence tired of listening to the same stuff we have a nice little shop in Bellingham selling really unique and wonderful sounding products. Jimsoundsrealaudio 
Songs Faber Olympica III
Boy I love that cute little dart on the tweeter. Must bring it to life. 
CD ripping
blang11The model of the Buffalo burner is the BDXL Blu-ray Burner.The BRXL- 16U3. I already had a CD burner for my new mac book air but purchased this one from Office Depot on line. Seems much faster then my separate mac burner that I had already ... 
Speakers in the 5-6K$ region & their components
Well the Chapman T-5 has a 10" transmission line woofer and a 5" midrange and a sweet little 1" silk dome tweeter. Who says you can't have it all? 
Need Small Bookshelf Speakers With a Big Sound
The nice thing about the mm de Capo's is that they are very efficient so if you ever upgrade your amplifier you could go with a sweet sounding 300B amp which will make those speakers really sound big. Their mid/woofer driver is directly wired to y... 
Speakers in the 5-6K$ region & their components
Some one mentioned Chapman Audio speakers. I heard them at he RMAF a couple years ago. Very, very nice. Relaxed but still involving. A small company in Washington state. They are transmission line so the cabinet resonance is much better controlled... 
Joule Electra preamps and amps. What is your impression?
I am a big fan of the 845 in single ended mode. Have heard it in push pull Japanese Triode amp. sounded good there although hard to tell with the Adagio speakers. The Ulyanov GM-70's are powerful, musical with a little more brashness then the 300B... 
Joule Electra preamps and amps. What is your impression?
The Joule Electra like other preamplifiers uses the Russian Super tube. I was not a fan of this preamplifier. Thought it sounded small and not as transparent as I had hoped for. Check out the deHavilland Ultra Verve. Less money and sounds better. ... 
Speakers in the 5-6K$ region & their components
Important to note here, the cost of a driver does not indicate how good it sounds. In many/most cases the technology they use is suspect. Example what are the sonic benefits of diamond coated diaphragms. What is so great sounding about ribbon twee...