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| BAT amp users - any fuse recommendations? batman1971 - I bought my VK-55 used, it's my first tube amp, and it came with the standard output tubes, Russian 6C33C-Bs. The driver tubes were Sylvania Chrome Domes, now I am trying Upscale Audio's "Early Russian" 6H8C/6SN7s. Initially these d... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant - nice review and hope to read several more from you! | |
| Thiel Owners thanks stevecham, you're making me a believer! | |
| Thiel Owners stevecham - can you please elaborate on your choice of amps? I am interested in the Stellar M700s and wondering how they sound compared to other amps you have used with the Thiels? Thanks ahead of time! | |
| What will a preamp do for me? cbrents73 - good suggestion, thanks, as I continues to think about preamps, I thought that it would be nice to have bass management for future sub(s), and maybe the DSP and DAC on this unit is the icing on the cake! | |
| What will a preamp do for me? elizabeth - the Goldpoint is a very interesting idea, one worth trying, had one in the cart before remembering that these cost about the same as the Schiit Freya. Unless there's some obvious technical advantage in the volume control (neither use ... | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. For what it's worth, my steps up the DAC ladder went like this, each one led to noticable improvements in SQ, the biggest step-up by far was the last one:1) Oppo 1052) Oppo 105 -> PS Audio Digital Link III3) Oppo 105 and PC -> PS Audio PWD4)... | |
| What will a preamp do for me? And almost forgot, I have been trying some NOS 6SN7s, old Russian tubes from Upscale, in place of the Sylvania Chrome Domes that came with the amp, which has been interesting so far, probably worthy of another thread. Bottom line - no big differ... | |
| What will a preamp do for me? I have yet to get to the preamp auditions - I took elizabeth's advice and upgraded power cord for amp (Cardas Clear M), plugged it directly into the wall socket rather than the conditioner, and replaced the wall socket with a Furutech GTX-D(R) so ... | |
| MQA is Legit! My only MQA source is Tidal, through a PS Audio PWD (although I plan to upgrade to the DSD soon) via their Bridge, ethernet connection. From Tidal, on my system, the SQ of MQA vs standard 16/44 is usually, but not always, significantly better, en... | |
| Thiel Owners And hats off to you, jafant, for getting the snowball started down the mountainside! Happy anniversary! | |
| Joseph RM25si vs DeVore Fidelity Gibbon 3XL Cool, thanks, I am looking at used/secondary market. | |
| What is the best way to tame a slightly bright speaker? I have similar challenges and posted similar questions, got similar responses, here's what I have and have not tried so far - 1) Modify the crossovers - probably a good route for those with sound understanding of circuit design and comfortable wor... | |
| Thiel Owners Samzx12 - thanks for the note re the improved sq with more tube power - I am greatly enjoying my first tube amp, also a vk-55, but know there’s something(s) better out there. What are your thoughts about running two BATs in mono? | |
| Thiel Owners The Des Plaines 3.7s seem like a great deal, is it partly because of the finish (black)? Wish I was further along in my audio journey to jump on these.... |