truemaineiac
Responses from truemaineiac
| Looking for advice on these speakers The Devore Silverbacks can work well with SET although the O/96 may be the better option. I ran silverbacks with an LM218IA, 22W 845 SET which had plenty of drive and power. The current production silverbacks have a different crossover than those ... | |
| $5k Upgrade Thanks for the responses. I have a dedicated circuit with 6 GA wire and an upgraded outlet. I also have a BPT transformer but have found that with my current and previous amplifiers that the sound is better coming straight from the wall. I do put ... | |
| $5k Upgrade Thanks PHD, that's what I am trying to figure out and it is a challenge. I have no real issues with my system. I am fairly certain that if I moved up the Shindo pre-amp chain that it would yield improvements and the upper models have MM/MC phono i... | |
| Full-range recommendations I am a big fan of devore fidelity, a used pair of nines would work. | |
| Best EL34 reissue? I grabbed some local inexpensive EH EL34 to tide me over while my NOS tubes are being tested. After the break-in, they actually surprised me and sound very good. Not going to win over this crowd probably but still interesting none the less. | |
| VAC 300.1a Tube Rolling FWIW, I had a VAC avatar super integrated and found that the Genelex Gold Lion Reissue KT88 sounded the best all around. In that amp at least, there was a lot better in the top-end than the shuguang and and also was a bit better in the mid and bas... | |
| Audio Research Reference 3 Seeking help I would complain to ARC about this dealer, who would want to buy anything from such a person unwilling to help with a product he represents? | |
| Looking for a phono stage to go with my system Rogue Cronus might be good to look into, as well as jolida (no phono). | |
| Power tubes as drivers -- Line Magnetic Tbooe, I can see a little of the dealers perspective on this approach, these are very heavy amps to deal with taking in and out of systems. If you are worried about scratching your speakers, you can imagine his worry about having the amp messed up... | |
| Looking for a phono stage to go with my system Are you running the receiver as your amp and pre? If so I would wait and save for a good integrated with good phono. | |
| How much clearance do I need to cool tube amp? It might be me but I would never run a tube amp in any cabinet. | |
| What's next after Clearaudio Concept ? The regular amadeus with tonearm is $2850 msrp. | |
| Power tubes as drivers -- Line Magnetic I had the LM218 and was recommended genelex KT77 tubes from my dealer. I agree that this powers way beyond its rating and is a great value in tube audio. | |
| Speakers for VAC sigma 160i -- need inputs I had a vac avatar super for a few years and auditioned the 160i through tannoy speakers which sounded great. This amp has enough drive to open up a lot of speaker choices, mine did work very well with Devore Silverbacks as well. That's a very nic... | |
| What's next after Clearaudio Concept ? I havent heard it but there was a lot of great feedback around the well tempered amadeus in your price range. Good luck. |