swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Tube Preamplifier Time You have great choices at that price range. First Sound Presence DLX, BAT VK30, CAT, Joule, Supratek (mid price model used, Cabernet maybe). I prefered the First Sound or the Joule, but they are all outstanding. All very well respected, with good ... | |
| Bridging a McCormack Micro Amp to Mono Call/email Steve McCormack or his tech (Chris, IIRC) at SMcAudio. Of course you will need two amps, but they can modify the amps for you IF it would serve your needs. | |
| CAT SL-1 MK III vs. First Sound Presence DeLuxe I've had both, but not at the same time or sequentially. Personally, the CAT never did much for me. Maybe an impedence mismatch or ??, but IMO, the First Sound was a much better pre-amp in virtually every way (except no phono stage). | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? I am going to take a chance on revealing my ignorance and say that the absolute values of the bia current is not as important as making sure that the pairs of tubes are biased identically; therefore I do not think that having a precision resistor ... | |
| Looking For Single Source Tube Preamp If your Denon is the APL mod, then I doubt it is the problem. I have a very revealing system and there is no trace of hardness. | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Now that is not a pretty picture at bedtime! | |
| Upgrade from Merlin VSM-M to What? I will point out that the SuperBam has resulted in a significant increase in the bass. Speed, tightness and perceived extension. It was well worth the $. And if you are 2 hrs from NYC, you are probably 1/2 way to Merlin outside of Rochester. | |
| The quality of sound of an integrated amp? You're in luck. There has been a resurgence in high end integrated amps. Give us a budget. There are great units from VAC, BAT, Portal, Unison, Cary and others. | |
| stylus cleaning Try member Sora or Sorasound for good price on Zerodust. | |
| Best Country/Rock - Poll Emmy Lou HarrisTrio (Harris, Ronstadt and Parton)Amazin' Rythym AcesChris Issak -more Rockabilly, but greatGrateful Dead American Beauty and Working Man's DeadThe BandMark KnopflerMark CohenIts late, I'll add more tomorrow. | |
| Modwright CD player problem...HELP This is a video " noise" from a ground loop. Often the source is your co-ax CATV connection. Try a CATV ground isolation transformer. You can get a cheap one from Rat Shack or a better one from Jensen or Mondial (MAGIC its called). | |
| Amplifier for Vandersteen 3A sigs? Timberman- there is another thread running right now on this issue, run a search on VAndersteen and you will find it. | |
| Mixing different tubes in a preamp Lots of folks do this; some even experiment to find optimal location for each tube type. | |
| Calypso and Rhea..... Heat is a big enemy of electronic components. Especially true w/tubes that run hot to begin with. Also low level signal in phono stage very susceptible to alteration by mag fields and RFI from the line stage. | |
| Two Questions... Look at the email address, guys! Methinks a troll, perhaps? |