zyphryx
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| Newb Tube question +1 for Brent Jessee http://www.audiotubes.com or Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio.Brent Jessee has a good description of the general characteristics of various tubes that I found helpful | |
| Pre amp and Power amp advice needed I have a Prima Luna Dialogue for my preamp. The quality of the construction is very good from what I can tell. The PrimaLuna EVO power amps use the EL34s and if their power amps are anything like their preamps, they should be great. You can also s... | |
| Your vote for greatest (covers) album Viva Las Vegas; Dead Kennedys | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? That's exactly how I set up my system and I like it. I was doing so much streaming that I thought a tube preamp would add the right dimension and it has. I read about the Prima Luna Dialogue for a few years and finally added it to a pair of SS amp... | |
| Phono Stage for a VPI Prime Scout @frozentundra I expected it to sound better but not this much. Quite a significant change. Some of these records sound like whole new recordings. At the moment I'm listening to the Dead's Ripple and the guitar and mandolin sound beautiful. And I h... | |
| Phono Stage for a VPI Prime Scout Thank you everyone for your help. I did find a used Manley Chinook so I'm going to try that out.@chayro Funny you recommended the Pro-ject Tube Box. I have the S2 now paired with the Debut Carbon. | |
| Phono Stage for a VPI Prime Scout Right now I'm looking at a Zephyr MK3 ES. The speakers have a port on the front and the bottom@mattmiller Most of the records I have collected are from pretty good sources. There's one off of ebay that I regret. I'd love to try the Manley Chinook ... | |
| Phono Stage for a VPI Prime Scout Thanks everyone for the useful feedback. I went to hear a Prime Scout that had a Zephyr MK3 cartridge. They had it hooked up to a Sutherland phono stage. Sounded great but it has no respect for a budget whatsoever | |
| Phono Stage for a VPI Prime Scout What can I get in the $1,000 range? I may upgrade to the Prime, or something else at the level in the future, so it would be nice if this was the last phono stage I need. | |
| Tubed Monos for Focal Aria 948s @atmasphere Can't bi-wire these speakers and the preamp is tubed not the mono blocks. They are solid state. The whole post was about switching the mono amps from SS to tubed and what the trade-offs would be.I've added a TT into the mix recently, s... | |
| Tubed Monos for Focal Aria 948s @atmasphere First I've heard of it. The amps don't have a 4 ohm option otherwise I'd give it a try | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? I have a PrimaLuna Dialogue for the pre that runs into a pair of Odyssey Khartagos. I love the sound. The only con I can see to this setup is that I keep the SS amps on 24/7 but to conserve the tubes, I only turn them on when listening. This means... | |
| Tubed Monos for Focal Aria 948s @arctikdeth I'm running a pair of 180w mono blocks into them now. I would like to keep the wattage up there if possible.@erik_squires That's exactly what I noticed too. I spread the speakers further apart and removed the toe-in which seems to have... | |
| Tubed Monos for Focal Aria 948s Congratulations on the Sopras. They are beautiful speakers. I've been playing around with placement of the 948s. I positioned them a third of the way into the room and set them 3.5 feet off the side walls without toe-in. The soundstage really deve... | |
| Tubed Monos for Focal Aria 948s @ikluemper00I did get the isoacustics you mentioned. They do make a bit of a difference. Overall, I love these speakers. I was considering the Kantas but when the opportunity to get these popped up I jumped. Very glad I did. I’d love to try the So... |