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| Are higher end preamps worth the investment when you are only streaming Tidal & Spotify ? Qobuz definitely best SQ streaming service v Amazon HD, Spotify, Pandora, Haven’t tried Tidal. Looked up the Modwright 150, it’s a beast! If you can, audition a few high end tube preamps, e.g., Audio Research, McIntosh, then you’ll know and ... | |
| KT-77 vs. KT-66 Concur with wolf_garcia the GL KT77 is a fantastic output tube in a Had Inspire, detail, warmth, linear up and down the frequency range with excellent harmonics (my way of saying sounds great!). toddnig comments are helpful identifying KT88/6... | |
| KT-77 vs. KT-66 KT66 will definitely sound different than KT88. KT88 is Europe’s answer to 6550. My Inspire will run both. I love the St Petersburg Svetlana 6550 in my Inspire, also have GL KT88 which is slightly different than the 6550, hard to put my finger ... | |
| KT-77 vs. KT-66 All things being equal, KT66=6L6 w kinkless filament. KT77=EL34 kinkless filament. That being said, I prefer the Gold Lion KT77 over my Tesla, Svetlana, RFT, VEB and Psvane (the worst) EL34s. KT77 has more of everything of the EL34 sonic signat... | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? My dad’s HH Scott 222C, a Garrad turntable playing mom’s favorite Tom Jones album through a pair of 15 inch single driver Altec’s mounted in furniture grade cabinets. Didn’t drive my Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath albums very well, so I went NAD s... | |
| Pro/Studio Subwoofers Check out Sweetwater’s pro sub selection. From $400 8 inch JBL to $5K 15 inch Genelec! Must have dual balanced inputs for most all except Focal which offers a 2.1 LFE bypass input. They have great sales support as well. i think key is proper s... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions Look for a used Dennis Had Inspire KT88 Firebottle on audiomart sites. He hasn’t built many, but for $2k you get the performance of a $10k SET amp. He built me one last summer, it blows away my Willsenton R800i and Oldchen EL34 for texture, ton... | |
| Do I really Need a Digital to Digital Converter? I think depends on source and connection. I source ethernet to dedicated mac mini to DAC via USB. Inserted Iris between mac mini via USB and now I2S to the DACs, Topping L90 and a Pontus II depending on music and mood. The Iris made a differen... | |
| Help this old rookie with speakers Used Forte IIIs or Chorus IIs will give you LaScala sound stage w/out space constraints. Then a small tube amp and you’ll enjoy the music! | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? A lot of great suggestions above. Personally I think speaker synergy is very important. My 10 watt Dennis Had Inspire SEP drives my 99 dB Klipsch beautifully, superb holographic sound stage. Everything sounds like being there! It takes my beefy... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? If on the fence, or not, do what I did…a big bold SS (vintage Crown DC 300 no less) with 5 foot tall 4 way vintage Infinity speakers in the BIG room (20 foot ceiling) for the big bold punchy party rock and roll and get the party started! Then when... | |
| Best Tube Amp for High Sensitivity Speakers: 45, PX25, or 300B? Look for a Dennis Had Inspire 300b. He builds each by hand one at a time, essentially made to order. Sells on ebay under radioman731. He built me a KT88 last summer, added a volume pot so I can stream directly to the amp, then straight to Klipsc... | |
| Is simpler better? Einstein said it best, “everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.” | |
| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? They’re hifi when they sound the way you want and you can listen for hours! I have the Forte III and while not the most expensive speakers I own, definitely hifi. | |
| High end speakers at low volume Klipsch Heratige, Forte, Cornwall or LaScala depending on your room, could even look at Khorn. I have Fote III and a low 10 watt SET KT88 Inspire amp, plenty of detail, spooky good stereo sound stage and dynamics at low volume. |