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| integrated tube amp for $1000.00 clams The Conrad Johnson integrated may be the CAV-50. Sorry. | |
| integrated tube amp for $1000.00 clams Find a used Conrad Johnson SA150. | |
| Best way to clean vinyl ??? Depends on your budget. There are some excellent record cleaning machines by VPI ($1000) and Nitty Gritty ($450 to $650). If you want something inexpensive like a manual pad with a cleaning solutions, there is a good cleaning system made by a comp... | |
| Do I really need to Bi-Wire? For what its worth, MIT bi-wire cables have a specific pair for high and low frequency connections. Check out the MIT Terminator 2 Bi-Wire. 1999 models cheap at AudioAdvisor.com | |
| Top Audio Designers Of All Time? For great affordable equipment Michael Creek. | |
| Top Audio Designers Of All Time? Dr. William "Conrad" & Dr. Lewis "Johnson" | |
| Top Ten Interconnects of all time... Nordost SPM is the best I have ever owned. | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? I agree the CJ PV-9a is the best non Premier preamp they ever made. Phono stage is incredible. The ART is the top of the list. | |
| Top Ten Pre Amp Solid State of all time? Conrad Johnson Motif | |
| Length- Speaker wire/interconnect ?s The only other snag is decent long interconnects ususally more $$$ than decent long speaker cables. They are correct in there assumptions. | |
| Best Speakers for small room under $3.5k Before you upgrade components are you using interconnects and speaker cable that are up the the level of your existing components ??? If not, then upgrade your cables first, you will be surprised with the results. Also consider a good AC power con... | |
| Question for DACs If you can find a Cambridge Audio S-700 DAC it will decode HDCD. I've seen them on eBay and Audiogon pretty cheap. In addition to the PMD-100 HDCD filter, it comes with an SSA-7350 DAC-7 converter chip. It is also its own issolation platform for p... | |
| Tubed pre-amp for solid state amp? Yes it is a good idea, the tube preamp with smooth out the solid state sound. Get any Conrad Johnson. The PC-10 would be an excellent choice. | |
| Monitor or floorstanding? Hmmm, the thing that makes the B&W Nautilus/Matrix high end series so much better than even B&W's other speakers is the cabinet. The cabinet does matter. | |
| Digital Cable Recommendations The Van Den Hul "The First" Audio Interconnect also makes an excellent digital cable. It is made of Coaxial Linear Structured Carbon (metal free). |