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| A first All I can say is time has changed. Back in the 70's, going to friends' houses to listen to their sound systems and album collections was a pretty common social event. These days everyone has access to music in his/her pocket via a wireless hea... | |
| Best progressive rock album side From Genesis to Revelation - Genesis | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Hi, I just stumbled upon this interesting thread. Does anyone here know if either the Linlai E 6sn7 or Psvane CV181-T MKII will fit the Cary Audio SLP-05 preamp without having to use a socket saver? Thanks very much. | |
| Has anyone compared Rogue RP-7 to Cary SLP05 and / or Audio Research Ref 5se? Thanks @immatthewj, It's been a few weeks already since I got it back. Not sure if you've seen the update I posted on my Cary thread. What an ordeal! Anyway, so far so good with the unit. I hope I don't have to send it back again 😀 | |
| Has anyone compared Rogue RP-7 to Cary SLP05 and / or Audio Research Ref 5se? The stock EH tubes are too bright in my setup, but it has a lot of details and nice punchy bass that I really like. I guess it really depends on your system. I recently got some NOS RCA black plates recommended by Brent Jesse at audiotubes.c... | |
| You know you have audiophile system when... You know you have an audiophile system when you have done one of the followings to achieve it: took out a second mortgage maxed out your credit card limit dipped into your retirement savings All jokes aside, I admire all those who truely en... | |
| How much $$ do bells and whistles add to preamp? I'm like you, I prefer a "pure" preamp with the least bells & whistles, but ultimately the choice you make comes down to the sound, and not how many add-on's. I'm pretty happy with my Parasound JC2. The only add-on that you don't need is th... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Thanks @decooney @rodman99999 for the tube rolling suggestions. I guess I will stick with the stock tubes for now, but I'm sure eventually I will be looking for some new tubes. That should be an adventure of its own. 😀 As with "everything... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Hi folks, I just want to post an update on my SLP-05 that was sent back to Cary for repair. I finally got it back this past weekend, and I’ve been playing it everyday and so far so good. Everything seems to work fine without a hitch. I hope this w... | |
| Best Rock Drummers Count me in on Keith Moon. I don't have a vast exposure to various artists & musicians as many of you here. In my mind, nobody plays like Keith Moon. He was simply magical. Too bad he died at such a sound age. | |
| recommended speaker cables and interconnects Hey @bobbyloans, I also had the Parasound Pre/Power set up, Mine was JC2/JC5. I'm writing in past tense because I recently got a new preamp from Cary. Anyway, I was using Kimber Kable Hero balanced for my digital chain: Streamer -> Pre -&g... | |
| "Too much gain"? (Cary SLP05 question) Hi @immatthewj, the cost is actually $140 bench fee plus parts and labor. He didn't specify how much is parts and labor. Sorry about the confusion. Anyway, I decided not to go for that mod. Although the Cary support person is very nice, som... | |
| "Too much gain"? (Cary SLP05 question) Hey @immatthewj, I didn’t realize you’re the OP. I think you had commented on the other Cary thread that I started. Anyway, I just had an email exchange with Cary support about this gain issue. Apparently they have a service called Gain Reducti... | |
| "Too much gain"? (Cary SLP05 question) I'm also a new owner of the Cary SLP-05, and I set the left & right gain of the unit to a relatively low level (around 3 o'clock position). My power amp is the Parasound JC5, which also has a pair of input gain dials. Parasound recommends to... | |
| Classical? Chinese Music Hey @skyscraper, I found this on the internet. Looks like a pretty good overview of various chinese instruments. My personal favorite is the erhu, which is a bowed instrument with only 2 strings. It only covers about 2 1/2 octaves, and it kind of... |