tonyptony
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| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Another thread about phono preamps and no mention of a used Plinius Jarrah! Am I the only one on Audiogon who has one? I think it works very nicely with my Merrill / Scillia upgraded AR ES-1 and Denon 103R. | |
| Affordable center channel to match Sophia's? George, I have a very similar problem, but in my case rears and matching (I'm using that term loosely) my Shahinian main 2CH speakers. I know the "right" answer in my case is Shahinians for the back (NOT cheap) and an amp. I'm not that much into M... | |
| SS vs Tube Preamps My experience matched Nsgarch's. I would only add that a possibility at the power end of things might be a hybrid. There are a few, including AVA (which I use). Depending on the rest of your system the right hybrid may provide the best of what tub... | |
| CD/DVD Modding : Pros & Cons. Thus far, I have had the following pieces of equipment modded with very good to fantastic results: Audio Van Alstine Hybrid Fet-valve 250 w/ch ampJay, wondering if you could expalin what was done to your FetValve, and how it improved the sound. | |
| AVA Ultra 550 fet vs. Consonance Cyber 800 tube Mike, it's along shot but go over to the AVA circle on audiocircle.com and put up a post asking if anyone in your neck of the woods has a FetValve. You may luck out and find someone who is not too far from you.I have the FetValve 550 (unfortunatel... | |
| rothwell attenuators..effect on sound? Does anyone know where one could get those in-line RCA housings that are used by Rothwell? If I've already selected the type and value resistors that I want to use I'd like to be able to build my own. | |
| Plextor closes it's doors to CD and DVD products Too bad. I'm glad I was able to snatch a Plextor Premium when I had a chance. Thing is the best CD drive I've ever had (and I've had a few). | |
| Any guidance for buying used tubes? A raft of great advice. With regards to testing, I've seen some test results that are described in just a number like 70 or 80, that is related to some kind of percentile value, and then other test results that are "x - y" where x is mA and y is m... | |
| EAD 8300 with Power DNA Upgrade BTW, I don't really mean to denigrate the modding gang. Many of them really do very nice work. That was maybe a not very good way of saying that Greg works from a classic engineering perspective first, and backs up his empirically driven designs w... | |
| EAD 8300 with Power DNA Upgrade I had the DNA done on my Ovation+ as part of a total upgrade. While I can't be sure what part the DNA plays in the overall improvement, I can say it is quieter (to my ears) compared to the original. What I can also say is that Greg Palma is an eng... | |
| Speakers small enough for desktop use Does anyone have experience with how the NHT M-00s sound next to the Swans M200s? | |
| Can the RA Opus 21 rock better than a Wadia? Mrmb, wondering what you did for computer audio. | |
| Two-channel SACD player recommendations? i think i prefer my quad 99 cdp2, which although i may sell it...Mrt, I've heard good things about the 99 CDP2. Can you give me a bit more about how you think it sounds? | |
| Any good cdp with digital inputs Can the Quad volume control be completely bypassed? | |
| What's a decent, current used transport? Marco, I don't think the Cal Delta is supported / supportable anymore. Not sure about the Muse, although I have heard good things about them.Kana, also have heard great things about the Jade, but these are old enough to where it'd be hard to say e... |