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| Why monoblocks? Uuummmm.....just to name one reason: a lot of amps are only available as mono-blocs: most VTL's, CJ Premier 8's & 12's, many large Krells, the biggest Bryston's, etc. etc.To get the watts & current of many of those in one stereo amp, you'd... | |
| B&W 802N I spent years going down this path with my Matrix 802's. IMO you will go broke, or crazy, trying to use tubes w/large b&w's, unless maybe you could spring for huge VTL or ARC mono-blocs.A large Parasound SS amp might start to do it, but like A... | |
| Looking for Amp/preamp suggestions If you put your speakers, Paradigm Studio 100's, in your post title you'd get more people who could give you specific advice.Have you considered adding integrateds to your search? One approach could be waiting until you could spend $1000-ish used,... | |
| krell KSA 200S or 100S to drive mani 2's? I haven't had any of those Krells. I do have totem Mani 2's, have used them with a C-J MF2500A for quite awhile, & am very very happy with the sound. Oh yeah, I have a "Tube pre on top" as Chazz suggested.What amp are you using now, & how ... | |
| BAT or Cary Pre with BAT VK-55? The Cary SLP-98 is a bee-u-ti-ful sounding--& looking--preamp. I have the orig., not the F1. Haven't heard one w/a BAT amp tho..... | |
| B&W 804S + $2,000 used integrated I've owned a lot of B&W's, altho not the 804's. They tend to like a lot of SS power; & I'd think either of your choices would be very good. Plinius could also be well worth checking out. What's your budget? And new or used? | |
| Driving myself crazy with TT purchase... "Do/will any require constant tinkering?"I'll add a 2nd or 3rd vote for a Rega. Pretty much "bulletproof", easy to set up, etc. And don't forget the cartridge--if you can pick/find a TT with a nice cartridge included, mounted, new or used, do that... | |
| Help with Krell KSA 50-S versus Krell KSA 200-S I'm not a Krell expert, & not sure what the "S" version was? But there was a review in the Absolute Sound when the amp came out on the KSA 200--the reviewer loved it, mainly, but went on about the heat--even in Oct., it heated up his room so m... | |
| 15,000 LP's - What to do with records? What gets me is: "(approximately 90%) have never been spun. Each with protective covers, each stored in proper indoor temperatures and style."How old are they? Genres, labels, etc? If these are LP's that would sell for $10 each individually, then ... | |
| 15,000 LP's - What to do with records? Have you moved these into your house or storage space yet? I can't comprehend what 15,000 LP's would look like. If you don't know what'cha have.....how can you put a price on it? You might make 10 times as much selling them off yourself, if that m... | |
| Can I use two preamps? I'm not a rocket scientist, but.....why not just get a pre-amp w/a balance control? Lots of good/great pre-amps out there. I have a C-J PF-R pre-amp (SS) w/balance control that I really like..... | |
| Cary Rocket 88's Cat Eyes I'd probably stop trying to use it for now, & call Cary Monday morning. And the dealer. | |
| Suggestions for organizing albums How many LP's do you have? IMO you definitely want categories. Both for CD's & LP's, I have Blues, rock, classical, jazz. And also "country" for CD's. I also have a Comedy section (!) for LP's. Personally I'd go nuts w/o categories.OTOH there'... | |
| Monitor; selling your best monitor. Always kind of missed the Merlin TSM-M's I owned for a couple of years. Ones I'm keeping: Totem Mani 2 Sigs, & Spendor S3/5 SE's--I've never had speakers I liked more than those. Ones I don't regret selling: any of the b&w's I ever owned: ... | |
| Help me pick a power amp Maybe widen your search to older NAD amps, like the 2400. And like others said, put Adcom's on your list too, maybe Rotels. "Opportunity" in that price range can be key..... |