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| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 Budt, The thread is about how the Sony blows away the Ayre soundwise, not which one costs less. If you haven't heard an Ayre with the MP upgrade, which costs $250, you should get the upgrade before you sell your Ayre. As I said, the difference is ... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 Has anyone compared the Sony to an Ayre MP upgraded player? The MP upgrade makes a big difference. | |
| Rookie has tubes Qs. Primaluna has many rave reviews and adaptive auto bias for the power tubes which eliminates much of the fuss and worry for tube newbies. | |
| 12ax7's to roll Some 12AX7 and 12AU7s can last up to 10,000 hours. As has been said, Telefunkens are known for long life. Some tubes were advertised as 10,000 hour tubes such as the Mullard 10M line. I think that 3-5,000 hours is more realistic.Small signal tubes... | |
| Jazz vocals recommendations please Check out Hope Waits (no relationship to Tom). She does not sing jazz but more of a jazzy, bluesy, rock mix. Her debut gets high marks on artistic merit and very high on sound quality.I think she deserves more attention than she's gotten, but she ... | |
| 12ax7's to roll Your Sylvanias are good tubes and you may have trouble finding something that you prefer. Telefunkens are considered to be the ultimate neutral, detailed NOS (and very long lived). Amperex are reputed to have the best, most natural midrange. Mulla... | |
| The Hub: Is a Vinyl Revival in progress? I say fad. I don't think there's anything wrong with LPs. If someone prefers the sound of LPs that's great. I think there is an older hard core group of vynil listeners who will always prefer vinyl, but they're getting older, hearing is fading and... | |
| what do you use to remove your tubes? I realize that it's best to be careful with your tubes but if you are talking about old stock, they can be 50, 60, 70 years old, probably previously used, and for most of their life considered worthless. They have probably been handled, tossed, sh... | |
| Best blues vocalist 1. Bessie Smith2. Ray Charles3. Peter Wolf (J. Geils Band) | |
| Lyrics & The Singer's Life Lucinda Williams - Lake Charles. It's about a boyfriend who drank himself to death, a slow suicide she called it.Many of the songs on Sweet Old World and Car Wheels... are about people she knew or relationships. | |
| ayre K-5xe anyone tried the mp upgrade The MP upgrade relates to digital to analog conversion and is done to the disc players only, I believe. Let me know if I'm wrong. | |
| Plinius SB-301. thoughts and opinions? I own a close relative, the SA-201. It's an excellent amp. I haven't had any problem driving speakers with it, but mine are not difficult to drive. Plinius uses high peak current capability to handle power demands rather than the doubling down str... | |
| Tube Preamps You can get a bigger improvement in sound by changing your speakers. B&W have a reputation for being bright. Keep your NAD sell the B&Ws and Rotel pre and amp and get a better pair of speakers. | |
| Understanding Tube Test Results The minimum good reading for these tubes on this tester is 1800, these days minimum good is considered 65% of the average score for a new tube which in this case would be 2800.Each tube has two triodes so there are two scores for each tube. These ... | |
| MFSL cd's vs. Redbook cd's As Rja said Music Direct has started reissuing certain titles on gold cd under the Mobile Fidelity label within about the last year. You can see the titles on their web site.You can buy one or two of these to see if they are worth the extra money ... |