weebeesdad
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| BEL 1001 MK5 driving Joseph Audio Pulsars The BEL is a fantastic amp and is known to be subjectively more powerful than its rated 50 watts, so unless your listening proclivities lean toward high volume levels you should probably be fine. Of course, bdp24’s suggestion regarding obtaining a... | |
| KT88 tube amp Wig - Yes, they seem to be sold out, at least from Psvane. Other than those the Sophia Blue Bottles still reign as your fave KT88?? | |
| KT88 tube amp Wig/Porscheracer - Any reliability issues now that you've been using the Shuguang WE KT88 Plus for over a year now? Still enamored with its sound?? | |
| Train California Zephyr - Ben Gibbard and Jay FarrarCity Of New Orleans - Steve Goodman (who wrote it)Peace Train - Cat StevensJust Like This Train - Joni MitchellTrain In The Distance - Paul Simon | |
| New Aragon 8008 or Pass Labs XA25 ?? Mesch - Please do let us know if you audition the Pass XA25 and report on how it compares with your BEL 1001, an amp I had used for many years with great success ( the original Mark I version). | |
| Best 6NS7 Preamp for a Pass Labs XA25 amp pfeiffer - May I ask you which Dueland caps she used and did you send your unit to Kara herself to do the upgrade? Also, how would you describe the sonic change from the original caps which I assume you were using before the upgrade. Thanks! | |
| Usless but interesting ....how many of you old timers started with original Large Advents? Began my journey with AR 4x speakers which were quickly replaced with the original Advents. There were no Small Advents yet so I don't think the moniker "Large Advents" existed at that point. Those were driven by a McIntosh MA 5100 integrated amp ... | |
| What have you found to be a good classic Jazz online station? Another vote for WBGO from Newark, NJ | |
| Hidden Gems in Pre-Owned Solid State Power Amplifiers? BEL 1001 for sure... | |
| To Float or not to Float... I corresponded with Kara Chaffee, the designer of my preamp and mono blocks, and she concurred with Jim's post of 9/16/2017. The "float" switch only lifts the audio circuit from the cassis ground and the AC mains equipment ground remains connected... | |
| Your favourite music movie? The Natural | |
| Your favourite music movie? West Side StoryLocal HeroCalThe Living SeaGrizzly Man | |
| Song (or music) you want played at your funeral. Meet On The Ledge - Fairport Convention or Richard Thompson soloKeep Me In Your Heart For A While - Warren Zevon | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? +1 for deHavilland... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Since Wolf_Garcia referenced The Little Willies, I would add Richard Julian to the list... |