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| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? Accuphase T101 and Yamaha CT7000B. Bot excellent and very musical with a good 3-d effect | |
| Sonic Frontier Power 3 Monos Advice They are some of the best amps you can get regardless of price. One thing that stands out about them is they won't "change" the way they react or sound with most speakers. This is because the output impedence is very low...which results in excelle... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Power 1 Tube advise On the Power 3, you would be better off changing out one pair of tubes in the Line 3 than changing the tubes in the Power 3's. As I mentioned previously, the Valvo ECC88 and E88CC you see at most every site are actually early production Tesla...an... | |
| Svetlanta really going under? I wish you had not posted that header. If you care at all about your hobby, promote it instead of trying to read between the lines. New guys mis-understand and may never experience the magic of tubes. There have always been hiccups in supply from ... | |
| Tubes - Top hats, and Tube socks Top hats are very effective, but that does not mean it will sound better. In preamp tubes a smidge of microphony can lead to a sense of "air" and with dampers the midband can harden up. So try it both ways as every tube and every situation is diff... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Power 1 Tube advise In the Power 1, you can get more midrange bloom with Ei KT90 Type 3. Note we recommend them for the Power 1, but not the Power 2. We have also had a great experience with the Svetlana KT88 in that amp. Smooth and musical. DO NOT use the Tesla KT88... | |
| AES AE-3 Tube Pre-amp Anybody hear one? We just became one of only two dealers in the U.S. outside the factory. Assembled form only. I have been tube rolling in the Super Amp. Dennis Had was here for a while last week and we just laughed at how good the sound of this $599 preamp is with... | |
| Tube replacement for Audible Illusions Stay with 6922, do not try 12AT7. This kind of statement sadly gets mis-understood and takes on a life of it's own. You probably won't hurt your preamp by doing this, but by doing the reverse (a 6 volt tube in a 12 volt hole) you can damage your g... | |
| Avantgarde Speakers They breathe life into music like nothing I have ever heard. I had a guy here recently that was listening to them and he went into my CD's and pulled out a copy of a circa 1980 Linda Rondstadt. I shuddered because while it's an OK recording....it ... | |
| Sonic Frontiers, what is going on?? As a dealer, I can tell you they are doing real well. Since they were bought by Paradigm they have more resouces than most anybody. Their new AVM2 surround piece is selling at a rate much higher than I would ever guess a product in that price rang... | |
| Sources for NOS tubes Sorry, Ben. I looked and what you say is true. I get fifty e-mails a day, many of which are a "quick question" which I may not be able to service. I started today at 6:30AM and it's now 8:20PM...and I am not done yet. I have a cut and paste "sorry... | |
| CJ PV-11L I agree the RFT is not my fav sound wise. But they hold up. I would tell you that you either go with the cheapest tubes you can and swap them after they go microphonic or go with something really nice. About 15% of the Mullard CV4003 will hang tog... | |
| Sources for NOS tubes A correction on Upscale Audio. I wish Mike would not make statements like that. Go you our website and there is a big page that says we sell tubes to anyone and NOT to make this kind of comment, as it is not true. The only tubes we have a restrict... | |
| intergrated tubed amp under 2000 I use the Cary SLI-50. For two reasons. First, it sounds amazing and is all tube, giving it a wonderful sense of ease. Second, it looks sooooo cool. The top is open showing all its glory. It uses tube rectifiers which add a bit of sexiness. And yo... | |
| Experience with KT88-STR tube That is an old term that came from MI (music industry...a guitar amp maker). It stands for Special Test Requirement. If you see it used today, it may mean the tube has been tested at some particular voltage, but in my opinion any current productio... |