swampwalker
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| Late Night Listening When Wife Wants Music OFF Very possible to get very high quality at that price. Check in at head-fi.org for all the details. Maybe Ray Samuels portable amp with Etymotic 4s which at new cost would still leave you several hundred for a source. | |
| Ok....Audiogoners: need some tube amp ideas I am going to go out on a limb a bit and talk very briefly about the diff btwn Berning, Joule and Atma OTLs. I have had all 3 in my system over the last 2 years. I think that the Berning is the most neutral, the Joule the most emotional, and the A... | |
| Leave class A on, or turn it off? Leave it on for a month, then once you get your electric bill you will know what the right thing to do is ;~) | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone Congratulations, Ben. In several ethic traditions, naming a baby after a recently deceased family member is an important part of the circle of life. You've done Pat and all his A'gon family a good deed. Best wishes to you and your new son. | |
| HELP: How to get rid of AC hums and video noise the hum and the dark bars are audio and video ground loops most likely due to the coax connection. Try detaching the CATV coax and see if it goes away. If it does,then get an isolation transformer as Rex said. | |
| Ultimate headphone amp? Cary 300 sei integrated has an hp jack and cut-out switch for speaker outs so you can use it to drive your entire system if need be. The 6SN7s and 300bs give you lots of rollling options. | |
| Were there two versions of the Nad 304? Sounds like a gray market unit, but that's only a guess. | |
| Vandersteen X-2 crossover??? You got it. | |
| Which Tube Pre for 5K? Unless you have to have new, at $5K, I would recommend the VAC Ren Mk2. It has a remote and accepts XLR at input and output although I am told it is not a balanced circuit internally. | |
| Which Tube Pre for 5K? CAT is not balanced. | |
| I'm confuse Do i need a dac for my cd player ? If it is a cd player and not a transport, you do not NEED the DAC. If the Arcam has a digital out, you can try and see if you WANT the DAC in the signal chain. | |
| BAT VK-3i tape loop question Tape look always engaged, IIRC. | |
| Reimer v. Revel subwoofer Thanks, Dave. Anyone heard either of these subs with music, not HT | |
| Reimer v. Revel subwoofer thanks gents. anyone else? | |
| What to make of my system? Chad- how old is the cart? Could be some suspension aging issues with NOS carts. |