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| best tube amp 1k new or used? Does anyone know if the SA2K is tube friendly? From what I gather, the speaker is 86 db efficient and 4 ohm nominal load, so not particularly tube friendly, although there are speakers with similar specs which are tube friendly, but not many of th... | |
| Anthem vs Arcam I'd get a 2 channel preamp with HT bypass (say a Modwright or the W4S STP) and a 2 channel amplifier. Likely a better result for music. | |
| Help with options under $1500 A couple of pairs of the Tekton Lore available for asking price $600 and $750 available on Audiogon right now. Doubt you would go wrong with those. | |
| best tube amp 1k new or used? Googled for "SAK2 speakers" and didn't find anything. Neither did "Audio System SAK2" turn up anything useful.What kind of speakers are they? | |
| Best China made super integrated amplifiers In terms of reputable, Eastern Electric and Jolida come to mind right away, and they have domestic distribution and representation. | |
| Shindo Aurieges vs Modwright LS 36.5 I'm waiting for a TRL Dude which should arrive in another 3-4 weeks. If you can wait that long, I'll tell you what I think of it versus a Shindo Aurieges L, a Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid, and a Modwright SWL 9.0 (but not the 36.5 which I have... | |
| Grant Fidelity B-283 Tube Buffer: Worthwhile or No > What's an inexpensive tube preamp of fairly > good quality?What's the budget? | |
| I am looking to get more bass out of my system A musical, fast, self-powered sub-woofer, (say a Rythmik Audio D15SE). Being self-powered, it will have line inputs from your preamp, crossover adjustments and level controls so you can get the bass you want on demand. | |
| Final verdict with amplifier There is a Dayens Ampino asking $450 and a Sansui integrated asking $350 in Solid State Integrated Amplifiers right now. The latter you should ask regarding current restoration status, if the system has been re-capped etc. But both are likely to b... | |
| Final verdict with amplifier You keep getting not very good amplifiers with tons of power, way more than your easy to drive speakers need and expect a big difference.I disagree that preamps are more important than amps. I think they're both important. Although to what degree ... | |
| which budget preamp? I'll add a few more things.I think what is really being asked is for someone to opine whether they think the Rega is better than the Clear Audio is better than the Jolida is better than the Project, etc.This is really hard to do, even for a dealer... | |
| which budget preamp? +1 Seakayaker. Although perhaps in not so many words.I really do recommend the Jolida JD-9. Stop thinking about it and buy one. The JD-9 is a winning balance of price, value, and sonic quality. For more dollars, I prefer the Ray Samuels Nighthawk,... | |
| which budget preamp? The Jolida JD-9 is good even if you don't get NOS tubes, don't replace capacitors, etc. It's good period. Decking it out will make it even better, but that just means you have room to grow without needing to start all over again.No need to fall in... | |
| which budget preamp? Jolida JD-9. New just outside of your price range, used probably just within. | |
| Separate volume controls for left & right channels I had a preamp with dual volume controls once and it drove me nuts making the two channels match. Not that I was unable to do it, just that I always had the nagging feeling that I didn't have it right. A little bit of psychology and audio nervosa ... |