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| Tube Power Amp Suggestions I would highly recommend you have a look at Don Sachs' custom KT88 amplifier, which at ~$2500 is SOTA and might only better bettered by spending 4X as much. It is a brilliant design, based on the many years that Don has spent upgrading HK Citatio... | |
| Seeking Suggestions on Preamp Upgrade (CJ, Aesthetix, EAR) Oh my, this question is a delight to which to respond. I am a long time customer of Don Sachs who produces a 6SN7-based custom-made tube preamp in a beautiful wood cabinet. By far, it is the finest preamp I have had in my 45 years of having good... | |
| Decided to change my cd player, suggestions please? I am over the top happy with my Oppo 103D... it rendered my DAC ineffective. Better yet would be the Oppo 105D with a $400 upgrade from Stereo Dave's Audio Alternative to signficantly improve the sound staging and inner detail. Oppo is in my mind... | |
| Power Cable DIY - Please advise Per my post above, my apologies as I spoke about speaker cable. So let me respond more cogently. I have a have dozen power cords and new heard a damn bit of difference between the lot of them. Until recently. I got a Shunyata Venom 3 PC and, oh ... | |
| Power Cable DIY - Please advise I have runs for Neotech NES 5001, Mogami 3103, and recently Van Damme HIFI Series Studio Grade Speaker Cable 2 X 6.0mm that I rotate through my system. Supra Classic speaker cable is excellent. All audiophile-grade cables and quite inexpensive. ... | |
| Warm-up time for amps and preamps Great posts! My Don Sachs preamp takes few minutes to sound its best and my McCormack DNA .05 Deluxe SS amp clearly takes a 30 minutes to sound optimally. "Ear-lube" attributed to a beer or two might bias my impressions as "donjr"suggests above.... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Todd and reubent,I got the AQ Suregrip100 BFA connectors and swapped them for my GLS connectors. It was a very tight fit with my 12 ga Mogami 3103 wire, but I got these simple twin-screw-secured connectors put together rather easily. AQ is a gen... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Todd,I catch the main part of your drift and am thinking you are suggesting crimping the wire to the BFA connectors in lieu of soldering, which is required (?) with the Dyson BFA connectors reubent suggested above, which are inexpensive and doubtl... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Gents,Thanks for the additional recommendations. I just looked into the Cardas connectors and they have a vast array of them available. I ran with Todd's recommendation and ordered a set of the AQ jacks for what I recall was $38. Thanks again f... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Todd, et.al,Thanks for the input from you. I am thinking I will plunk down a few shekels for the AQ connectors you have recommended. I am with Todd on the utility of banana connectors over spades. The GLS connectors, in spite of their purposed... | |
| What speaker cables can complete with Audience 24e or 24e SE for less $$ Plenty of great suggestions above. I have tried lots of speaker cable, albeit modestly priced, and the Blue Jeans Belden cable is excellent. I current have Mogami 3103 cable which is wonderful and affordable for the 25' runs need. I recently aud... | |
| What are the smallest speakers that are clean and flat down to 20hz? My take is that Noble100 (Tim) is the "smartest man in the village" with educated insight. I look to see more of his posts. If the penchant of the OP is excellent bass response in a small speaker, I will offer two alternatives: Joseph Audio Pu... | |
| Shunyata Venom IC's review As I see the hundreds and hundreds of pricey IC's and speaker cables for sale on AG and Audio Mart, I guess it must be the case that as one follows the cost curve upward with respect to cabling, additional artifacts of music can be revealed. I am... | |
| Class D Technology I had a Bel Canto Class D amp a few years ago and it was awful. However, I heard the Channel Islands Audio Class D mono block amps a while ago at an audio show and judged them to be outstanding. Class D amp technology has progressed and I don't d... | |
| Oppo CD/ Channel Islands DAC connectivity issue A follow-up post now that the CIA DAC is operable. Spending an afternoon yesterday and the morning today comparing the Oppo straight into my preamp vs. through the CIA DAC, I conclusively conclude that there is no sonic benefits to the DAC. Mayb... |