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| Power Cord Recommendation I have had a bunch of modestly-priced PC over the years, including several from Pangea and Signal Cable in my fairly high-end system, and none of them made a wit's worth of improvement in the sound of my system. However, recently I bought a Shuny... | |
| Initial impression of the Nuprime ST-10 amp Thanks for the encouragement and the reminder to be patient in the break-in process. I never thought I would abandon tube amps for Class A/B amps, but I did and never looked back. I was totally unhappy with the Bel Canto class D amp I had a few ... | |
| Any love for the Belles Aria or other recent Belles amplifier? I'd suggest you contact Aaron at Kanso Audio Furniture who is a Belles rep and uses a Belles front end in his stellar audio system. He can tell you how fine the Belles line of amplification is. | |
| Speaker cables if your amp isn't between your speakers Cables matter, no question about it. I affirm the sonic delight of the Dueland cables if you want to twist them up yourself ,and either their 16 or 12 ga. wire would be wonderful and is very affordable. Another excellent and affordable cabel is... | |
| Amps from the 1980's -- What gear holds up sonically? Reliably? Great thread, Erik. Going back a bit earlier, I had a Luxman integrated amp that was SOTA.... I wish I still had that powerful piece around. It was built like a tank. | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Erik,What a most informative thread you have going here! Thanks to the fellows above who share their take on the progression of the design of amplifiers. I won't be parting with my delightful Dennis Had Inspire EL84 SET anytime soon, but this C... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Erik,Great informative post, with accurate descriptions of the objective differences of the sound of Class D vs. other fine amps. You nailed it. Class D amps do not presently have the euphonic sound of the best Class A solid state or tube amps,... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Gents,I had a pal construct a Class D amp in a nice wood cabinet that set me back the princely sum for $125. It won a blind comparison against a pricey Class A ss amp at a gathering of the Bay Area Audio Society. I initially felt the sound of th... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile In my 45 year of searching for SQ improvement, I personally recommend Don Sachs preamp, which you can obtain for under $2K. It is based on 6SN7 tubes and it is much more revealing and detailed than the Modwright preamp that it replaced, which it... | |
| Tube Preamp Recommendations? I am a lover of 6SN7-based preamps and Don Sachs' preamp is right in your price range. I vastly prefer it over the Modwright LS100 and it is half the price. Google Don Sachs Consulting for his website and see this forum for my reviews, as well t... | |
| Spatial Audio Hologram M4 Turbo S Speakers - A Review Erniek,Your Odyssey front end ought to be great with the M4ts speakers. I agree that the REL T7 is a wonderful match with the speakers to round out that lower octave. Since I swapped out my Mogami 3013 speaker cable for Supra Ply3.4 cable, I hav... | |
| Supra wire impressions vs. WE/Dueland wire Our fellow respondent, bigkidz, likes this Supra Sword and I can see why --- I bet it is outstanding. I just roughly priced it up with 25' runs I am using compared to my Supra Ply 3.4 cable and it works about to be around 10X the price my Ply 3.4... | |
| Supra wire impressions vs. WE/Dueland wire I got some vintage WE 14ga. wire yesterday and got it hooked up to my bedroom system. From the first note, I was seduced with the warmth of the sound with a bit more robust bass than I experienced with my Von Damme cable. It has a profoundly "an... | |
| Supra wire impressions vs. WE/Dueland wire Nice to hear Nonoise chime in as I I chatted with him before I made this post and we both like this wire. I have had a lot of budget wire in my system and this Supra Ply 3.4 wire really provides some sparkle to my system at a very modest cost. T... | |
| Spatial Audio Hologram M4 Turbo S Speakers - A Review A further thought about that Hologram speakers. I initially drove them with a Dennis Had SET EL84 SET amp and the sound was luminous with my Don Sachs 6SN7-based preamp. Later, I swapped in a McCormack DNA .05 Deluxe solid state amp and was blow... |