vthokie83
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| Do military/industrial tubes sound better than regular ones ? Give Brent Jesse a call 847 496 4546, he's the best "font of information" on NOS tubes. I will also add that in my preferred tubes are usually medical/broadcast/military......not always, but usually. The fact that those types of tubes are supposed... | |
| I find myself "tuning out" anymore.....is the magic fading? OP I was there up until about 4 years ago. My old system was not even hooked up in my house any longer, and I'd been "out" of audiophile for about 10 years. For hoots and giggles, I decided to check out Axpona audio show since I live about 30 min... | |
| what is more popular silver or black face plates Silver over black, and maple over walnut | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! charliee I drive my CODA S5.5 with an Aric Audio Motherlode XL (adds balanced XLR inputs and outputs), and the combination is ridiculously outrageously good; with all of my amps. I've also borrowed a Raven preamp, and it too was amazing with my ... | |
| Class A bias, speaker sensitivity, watts...? This is from a discussion regarding the CODA S5.5 (which I own and LOVE) which is 50 wpc Class A at 8 ohms, and amp is capable of delivering 100 amps. The explanation as to why it does not halve in class A as the ohms drop, has to do with the high... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision zarf Since my last post was exactly a year ago, I've had a lot of time with the Motherlode XL; and it is still my reference preamp......and will be for a long time. As I mentioned in my initial post, subsequent posts, and in the year since; I've... | |
| I am checking out these DAC's for my system Look at the best Denafrips DAC you can afford. Anything Pontus 15th and above is brilliant. The 15th series are virtually the same as the next level up DAC. Most musical and fun DACs to my ears Pontus 15th same as Venus II 12th Venus 15th same ... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers Another click bait post | |
| Where to put best interconnects All cables matter, especially as I’ve upgraded components. For me it was equally important source to DAC, and DAC to preamp. SLIGHTLY less so, preamp to amp | |
| A cable too perfect? Zlone Please do post your finding once you've got some experience on the Neotech I-3220 sound with the NER connectors. It would be helpful to me as I get further into my builds. I'm just getting to some of my construction, and I started with spe... | |
| A cable too perfect? Zlone Which Neotech cable and connectors are you using? The right ones could be the solution, the wrong ones more of the same | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. thecarpathian The occasional quip is just fine. On this particular thread, I think that this was a thread with a very interesting subject....and it deteriorated into too much off topic, and lost the value that it should have had | |
| Should I buy a seperate dac? ++1 for the Denafrips Ares 15th (NOT the Enyo model). The 15th models have trickle down tech from the next level up Denafrips Pontus. As Soix mentioned it's $300 more than the Bifrost, but I suspect that will be money well spent. For disclosure, I... | |
| Just received my LHY Linear Power Supply OP I upgraded my Node 130 with an LHY LPS, and the addition was very positive and easily noted.....and Alvin's input made the installation a breeze | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. thecarpathian and mclinnguy thecarpathian - I thought the prices were very fair, $800ish for complete crossovers with air core inductors, high quality resistors, and high end caps (some were Solen I recall), and labor. Sorry I can't find the buil... |