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| 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... | |
| Spatial Audio Hologram M4 Turbo S Speakers - A Review Oh my, my sage friend Rebbi, I am delighted to hear about your initial impressions of your upgrade to the M3TS speakers. Clayton waved me off of them due to the smallish size of my room (which I judged to a thoughtful suggestion), and as I have p... | |
| Are there any $1500 tube preamps that that can compare with Tubes4hifi's SP14? Stratehead,You have raised several interesting and informative points. A shoot-out with Don's SP14 variant preamp which costs ~$2000-$2200 preamp vs. the $6000 Dude would be very interesting. As for the LTA MX2-s, it is a multi-purpose unit that... | |
| It is a good idea to purchase a vintage tube pre-amp. Don Sachs upgraded my HK C-I and it was splendid, but his own preamp, mentioned above, is far better. I have had it for a couple of years and with his latest improvements, it is peerless. There is magic in 6NS7 tubes!!Mark | |
| Are there any $1500 tube preamps that that can compare with Tubes4hifi's SP14? As with Deepee, I have had the caps upgraded for a modest cost and the sonic improvement was exactly as Don portended. His latest improvement is to employ the very fine Dueland wire for the internal wiring. I have a a stock SP-14 in my bedroom s... | |
| Are there any $1500 tube preamps that that can compare with Tubes4hifi's SP14? I got one of Don's first preamps. It was fantastic, bettering my HK, CJ, Modwright, Berning, and any preamp I had had. His latest iteration of the preamp is significantly better than his prototype, and I have had all the upgrades. There is mag... | |
| I finally fixed my HUM! Halalulah, and thanks for tips I gotta chime in here and say halleluya that you fixed your vexing problem. I have been plagued with it from time to time and finally have have sold gear to rid myself of the problem. There are a bunch of very sharp and helpful cats on this foru... | |
| A Big DIY Bang for Your Buck? When GK is in heavy rotation on the topic, my BS meter goes "whoop whoop whoop"... To your point, I got a Shunyata Venon power cord for $100 and it was the first PC that made a noticeable improve in the sound on my system. | |
| The awful truth about CDs, do they have the same shelve life as LP's ? Relaaaaaaaaaax..... |