swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| High end tube Preamp under $4k used that competes You could probably snag a used VAC Ren MK2 line stage only for at or just above $4K. Its one of the best I've ever heard, but I will admit I've never heard the Cary or the Atma in a system I'm familiar with. | |
| Buy LED, LCD or Plasma Albert- have you tried avsforum.com for some input on those specific model #s. BTW, no question to my eyes that plasma beats LCD. No question at all. I've never seen LED. | |
| Question regarding reputation of SOTA tables At the risk of being right on the sharp edge of forum etiquette, if anyone viewing this thread is looking for a used SOTA Nova, email me off-thread. | |
| Monitor; selling your best monitor. Sequerra Met 7s. | |
| sub-$1000 bookshelf speaker/monitor recommendation Sequerra Met 7s. | |
| Upgrade question for newbie If you review posts about going direct to amp, there is a common "thread" (pun intended). Many people say that the increased transparency or resolution comes at the expense of diminished weight or impact. Personally, the only time I tried running ... | |
| Question about a music server Also MusicVault has a stand alone server that runs windows home server and can be hooked into your home network and used to back up all files automatically. It has built-in mirrored drives for music b/u and comes w squeezecenter software on it. Ne... | |
| Trusted tubemeisters Looking forward to it! | |
| Decent moderate priced speaker for large room I also own a vacation rental. It's impossible to underestimate the level of care (read damage) tenants provide (read inflict). I would get a used AVR or all in one, w some party-hardy speakers and lock the good stuff away for your own use. Maybe a... | |
| Trusted tubemeisters Azjake- I've had lots of luck w Audiogon member jsautter. If you want to email me off-line, I'd love to hear Nick's recommendations. | |
| Speakers for $600. Sequerra Met 7s | |
| 300B tube life expectancy It is going to be, to a certain extent, amp specific. some designers push the tubes harder than others. | |
| Automatic Cueing and Automatic Return Stylus = diamondLabel = paperIts the label that would have the potential to be damaged, IMO. Of course, you will have to more careful in cleaning the stylus; do a search on magic eraser in the forums and you will be all set. A near life-time suppl... | |
| Amp upgrade suggestions for a $2K budget Vac Avatar integrated. | |
| Matched Tubes - Is there really a big difference?? HOw close are they? IOW, how close do the tubes match triode to triode and tube to tube? In this case, these are not output tubes, but some amps (my Joule, for example) provide for biasing of small signal tubes. |