whitecap
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| I am sad Is it Einstein in Germany? Good luck, my friend. You'll be waiting a long time. Then, if you get lucky, they'll invite you to ship it to Germany, where they will polish the unit and hold it forever, not fix it, then return it to you (all shipp... | |
| Speakers for a Large Room (20’x37’) We are planning (hoping) to remodel our place to create a large open listening space that opens to kitechen, etc. similar in size to OP and others here. We put together two systems with this future use in mind. Two thoughts: 1) definitely explo... | |
| Can Anyone Recommend a Repair Shop for a Yamaha C-2x Preamp? Technetron Electronics, Inc. NYC. | |
| Recommendation for tube preamp OP wants warm. ARC ain't warm. | |
| Seeking Hi-Fi DJ for Daughter's Wedding. Please, no more responses. Sorry I asked the question. Didn't expect a bunch of snot-nosed chirping. | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For @ronkent: its the original REX (circa 2008, I think), with all new tubes specified by BAT. Amp is the BAT VK-655se, which is a fabulous beast, best amp I have owned. Upgrading to the REX 2 is a possibility for us in future, or REX 3, but for ... | |
| Keep McIntosh C2500 pre-amp or upgrade to C12000? @meadski: NOS Telefunken 12AX7, recommended and purchased from Kevin at Upscale. Made a night and day improvement to the C2500. | |
| Keep McIntosh C2500 pre-amp or upgrade to C12000? Agree with @glennewick: swap in some NOS tubes to the C2500. Telefunken in our C2500 was a major game changer. Major. If not, I would have sold that Mac a long time ago. | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For Nice to see all the well deserved praise for BAT. I was hesitant to add my 2cents here, but it is on point. The VK80 is terrific for sure, we had one for about a year. But the REX was one of those transformational changes that we all hope for... | |
| Help me understand the current amp market @jyaki: We too listen LOUD a lot, I'm talking concert-level loud. Having tried both tube and solid state pre-amps, we now only use tube pre-amps, with solid state amplifier(s). And, FWIW, we have also resigned ourselves that the best pre/amp ... | |
| Great Interview- Years ago we saw Bonamassa in NYC several times, but surprisingly the sound at his concerts was was at best, fair. So I bought several of his CDs to play on my rig hoping for better. Didn't happen. The sound Bonamassa's CDs is so bad, I literal... | |
| How would you spend my next $5K? Yet another recommendation here for a second 812 sub. You're missing half the fun. | |
| Tubes Recommendation for McIntosh Preamp Also, FWIW, on a C2500 I swapped in NOS Telefunken 12AX7. Huge improvement across the spectrum. | |
| REL Hum. Stumped Alas, I too have the hum with my pair of S/812s. Amplifier is pure balanced, BAT VK655se, which apparently presents its own unique issues with the Rel Speakon. @last_lemming I am completely ignorant of technology, so I'll never be able to rep... | |
| Qobuz hell Qobuz "customer service" in one word: awful. |