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| CJ preamp upgrade suggestions Ericteh, Are the Telefunkens you are using current production or NOS?Upscale Audio recently purchased a large quantity of brand new, never used NOS NIB (new in box) Telefunken E88CCs and is selling them for a very good price. I would strongly reco... | |
| Are music servers the future? I'd guess that servers are the future but I've been hearing that for quite a while now and progress towards that future seems very slow. Sony, one of the three major music groups, has their first servers out now and promises lots of high res downl... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? High End gear is audio gear that is built to sound better than mass market audio gear. Mass market gear is the stuff you can buy at Walmart, RadioShack, Best Buy (except for their Magnolia stuff), etc.There is no hard line between mass market and ... | |
| vacuum tube shelf life I haven't used any 5-8 year old 21st century tubes, but I believe you would be safe buying a set of spares and keeping them in storage for a few years. | |
| Martin Logans You may be able to get some advice over at the Martin Logan Owners Forum:http://www.martinloganowners.com/forum/index.php?s=3ecd8caf173352b81da8a3321b9a338e | |
| Gallo 3.5 or Martin Logan Ethos? I haven't heard the Gallo but I like the Ethos a lot. Big soundstage, very open, transparent and musical. Not analytical. The Gallo would have to be a really good speaker to keep up with the Ethos. | |
| Pass Integrated to Pass separates The XA60.5 amps may work with your Theos. The amps deliver 60 watts of Class A power at into an 8 ohm speaker, then they switch over to Class A/B mode and can deliver about 130 watts into 8 ohms.Here are the measurements that Stereophile got from ... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream I am not endorsing the PS Audio DAC, but the music we listen to has gone through many conversions no matter which format you listen to. Sound quality is not a matter of how few conversions are done but more a matter of how well they are done. | |
| Tube rolling in Modwright LS 100 preamp Differences between tubes can be subtle, so you might want to listen to the Sophias for a while and then plug the JJs back in and see if you notice more of a difference after breaking in the Sophias and your ears. | |
| Tube rolling in Modwright LS 100 preamp Whitestix, Opinions on tubes are really diverse, except that most people really like the ones you can't afford, like Tung Sol round plates. I'd call Dan Wright and be prepared to tell him what kind of change in the sound you would like to get and ... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers I was just giving you guys a hard time. That doesn't come through in print very well. We get too serious sometimes. Of course not every amp can handle the job when you've got a speaker that has an impedance of .5 ohms at 20khz. But you don't need ... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers Someone should tell Martin Logan about all this. Those idiots are telling people that their speakers can be used with a wide variety of tube and solid state amps. | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers Bifwynne and everyone else,Thanks for your efforts to clear up the technical issues involved. | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers I think that ML designed their current line to be used with either tube or ss amps, the choice being the user's.Robert Deutsch spoke with Peter Soderberg of ML who told him that of the systems he has set up using tube amps, about half prefer the 4... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers Or you could check the ML website. According to ML the hybrids can be driven by amps outputting between 20, yes 20, and 500 wpc.Maximum power draw is 200 wpc.Rather than argue theory, give them a listen, then you'll know what amps they make beauti... |