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| Six DAC Comparison @curiousjim drop an IRIS DDC in front of your Pontus II. You may decide no need to upgrade. | |
| Next step up on the streaming food chain? If you haven’t already, find a good electrician to run separate dedicated power lines from your panel with true earth ground and pure copper HD outlets. If you really want to go all the way, have a separate audio panel installed first. Then the de... | |
| Digital Reclockers are they worth the extra Effort - IMO YES Fiber Optic internet > High Grade Ethernet switch + LPS > Silent Fan-less miniPC + LPS streaming Qobuz > IRIS DDC via USB > Pontus II via I2S > Tube Amp via XLR > Klipsch Forte III via OFC 12AWG cable w dedicated power line + tru... | |
| Speakers that disappear After you do all of the above, turn the lights off at night, poof…speakers disappear. I’m completely serious. After hours of placement experiments, some room treatment, center seat of sofa in just the right spot, well recorded track, lights off an... | |
| Best current 845 Tubes +1 for Shuguang 845B. My amp came with Linlai HiFi, their base intro level tube. OK but not distinctive. The Shuguang 845B much smoother, with nice balance, good strong bass, warmer but still neutral midrange and clean, clear treble. Pleasant lin... | |
| DAC options to consider for Innuos streamer USB to Denafrips IRIS to Pontus II via I2S, surperb combo for less than a Terminator. | |
| List Of Small Company Tube Amps +2 for Dennis Had’s Inspire amps. He designs and hand builds KT-88’s, 300b with WE tubes, and more recently 2A3’s. $2k-$5k. Goes by radioman731 on ebay. If you can pick up locally in Cary, NC, he’ll buy you lunch, introduce you to a couple of ... | |
| Primaluna tube rolling 12AU7 Notes Nice summary of brands and house sounds. I concur with a least one minor difference. I found a black plate RCA to be a real surprise performer. My main rig is a Willsenton 23 wpc SET integrated amp. (I know, ChiFi haters, but it stacks up very... | |
| Affordable Grounding I don’t know what the wooden tube does, but I concur with @bolivarjoy, I had a dedicated line from the panel with true earth ground rod and hospital grade pure copper AC outlets installed. Digital source, 20 wpc 300b/845 SET tube amp and high sens... | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? No, but a dedicated power line from main panel with its own true earth ground and upgraded AC socket sure did! | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? If you’re spending that much, go inspect in person, listen, heck even tote your amp and cables. You can afford the flight, a first class hotel, steak dinner with a bottle of Lafite to celebrate purchase with what you’re saving! Unless you hate the... | |
| Tube or R-2R DAC for Tube System Try both, or three, or four! I alternative based music genre, mood, low level listening vs LOUD, and whatever I’m looking for that, day, night, etc. Integrated tube amps, a 300b SET, a 300b driving 845s and a vintage SS Crown DC300A, a superstar p... | |
| Looking for 5AR4 rectifier tube most like solid state Lot’s of interesting comments/theories. I have five 5AR4s and three different tube amps that they can run in. Also have a Cary 300SEI LX-20 that is SS rectified for a slight basis of comparison. IMO the cheap Sovtek 5AR4 is the “hottest” of the ... | |
| Least expensive plug-in power conditioner that works https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-sanely-priced-power-conditioner-that-actually-works-onfilter-pdu?highlight=Power%2Bconditioner%2Bthat%2Bworks | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread @alightronics found them on Amazon, very competitive pricing. Are data sheets available? One of my amps runs the 300b very hot, 550v on the plate,100mA fixed bias with 55w dissipation to output 20wpc. The amp was designed for KR 300B XLS super 30... |