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| Audio Valve Amps? Good?Bad? Love Them? I'm one of the resident Audio Valve champions on Audiogon, so I figured I'd put in my 2 cents here. I have the 50 watt ppp45's, and I absolutely adore them. They are maintenance-free, look really cool, and they sound great. I can't comment on the ... | |
| What's the best preamp for my system? Since you already like the sound of your Cary amps, you might consider one of their preamps such as the SLP-88. Alternatively, I also have tube monoblocks and the Musical Fidelity A3cr (available used for $700-800) is my favorite preamp. In my opi... | |
| Brahms and Tchaikovsky Thanks for the responses so far!Of course, sound quality is not the only thing I am concerned with, but I factor it in when I consider something to be a good recording. After all, if it is difficult to hear accurate sound from the instruments, I f... | |
| Hi-Fi wanna-be needing advice on an Amp purchase I would try an integrated instead and let your Yamaha be for a second system. Perhaps a Musical Fidelity A3cr integrated (under $1000 used), or a Jolida 302B (under $1000 NEW). I haven't heard it, but nobody has said anything bad about the Audio R... | |
| Looking for an amazing preamp under $700 used Try a used Musical Fidelity A3cr, available near your price range. This preamp has beaten several other well-respected (and much more expensive) preamps in my system. Excellent detail, dynamics, and a very tight bass response. It has remote contro... | |
| Escrow account recommendation please? I've used escrow.com for a transaction and it was very easy to do. The only downside was the two weeks it took to clear my check.Good luck!Michael | |
| Has anyone brought the philly audio blues 7b pream Joe, I second your motion to listen to this preamp with the Philadelphia Audio Society. It would be great to listen to locally made gear.Michael | |
| Recommended classical guitar CDs? I have a couple suggestions for classical guitar. First, try anything by the Spanish composer Rodrigo. I suggest looking at Phillips' "Complete Concertos for Guitar and Harp" (2 CD's).Second, my absolute favorite classical guitar music is from a c... | |
| "Aesthetically pleasing" DAC??? Check out the Electrocompaniet ECD-1. If you find typical Electrocompaniet equipment attractive, you'll like this one. I hear it sounds great, too, although I've never actually heard it.Michael | |
| Looking for a better CD changer Hi,You might consider connecting your changer to an external DAC such as one from California Audio Labs or Bel Canto ($400-$500 range used). You will experience a significant improvement in performance; I did exactly that with an only Sony ES chan... | |
| Solid-state preamp with tube power amp I completely disagree with Elinor. I currently use a solid state preamp with a tube amp, and find it my favorite of all the combinations.I encourage you to audition a solid state preamp with a tube amp to see if you like it, rather than dismissing... | |
| Power Consumption idle That bill doesn't make sense. Let's assume that you're using a 15A circuit, so the breaker would fire if the current draw were significantly more than 15A for any reasonable period of time. That means your system draws less than 15A.Let's further ... | |
| Power Consumption idle Assume: * amp uses 75W at idle * amp is idling 24/7 * cost of electricity is $0.14 / kWh (on the high side)So, per day the amp uses 75W * 24h = 1.8 kWhOn a monthly basis, the cost would be (1.8 kWh / day)(30 days/month)($0.14 / kWh) = $7.56Of cou... | |
| CAL's Aria mk III vs SONY's XA777ES I've found similar results with my CAL Alpha. We put it head-to-head against a Music Hall CD-25 and to me, the CAL clearly won the contest.I've heard several well-respected players lately and I'm willing to put my 9-year-old CAL equipment up again... | |
| Chopin nocturnes Thanks for all who've given your input! It looks like there are a number of good choices, and based on your feedback I think I'll start with Moravec.Any other suggestions for Chopin's works (perhaps some of the etudes or preludes)?Michael |