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12-16-06
I owned the 2010 boulder pre along with the 2050 monos. the ... service@
02-08-07
With diamonds i strongly recommend the cat jl3. this is an a ... Soundwise
02-09-07
I don't think think a "best" preamp exists and wha ... Mrtennis
02-09-07
Mrtennis: sorry i have to disagree. there are some very spec ... Frankpiet
02-09-07
I will take your example of tennis first, frankpiet. roger ... Mrtennis
02-10-07
I've read this thread pretty closely and i am surprised i ha ... Groovey
02-10-07
Every pre-amp does have its own character no matter how mino ... Gerrym5
02-12-07
Coming back to the initial question: dynaudio arbiter is a v ... Frankpiet
02-12-07
In response to the initial thread, there is no universal bes ... Onemug
02-12-07
Hi onemug: if sampras were to consistently beat agassi on g ... Mrtennis
02-13-07
Hi mrtennis: as i said upfront, i based "my" deci ... Onemug
02-13-07
Last tuesday i got an h-cat p-12r line stage. i very much do ... Tbg
02-13-07
Good tennis analogy - mainly on the fact that technology has ... Flg2001
02-13-07
Hi tbg: i understand that you feel that the h cat is your f ... Mrtennis
02-13-07
Agreed with mrtennis. the word "best" is so overu ... Oxia
02-13-07
Mrtennis and oxia, of course i agree that no one can really ... Tbg
02-14-07
Hi tbg: i think it would be useful to say why you like the ... Mrtennis
02-14-07
Mrtennis, all that i wish to convey to you and others is tha ... Tbg
02-14-07
Hi tbg: as i said in an earlier post i auditioned both the ... Mrtennis
02-14-07
Mrtennis, if you are accusing me of hyping, go to hell. you ... Tbg
02-14-07
Hi tbg: what is the point of this discussion ? i'll give it ... Mrtennis
02-14-07
I´ve just inserted an ayre k-1xe into my system and i must s ... Frankpiet
02-14-07
Mrtennis, i would say also that your carrying on about this ... Tbg
02-14-07
Hi frankpiet: assessing talent in tennis is as subjective a ... Mrtennis
02-14-07
Huh? i don't understand this. Tbg
02-14-07
assessing talent in tennis is as subjective as assessing the ... Audiofeil
02-15-07
Me neither.. Frankpiet
02-15-07
I dont know what is the best preamp but here is what i curre ... Levisaudiovideo
02-22-07
Viola cadenza stop the search.. Juanitox
03-19-07
Did a lot of comparison in the meantime: to my ears the two ... Frankpiet
03-19-07
I would say there is no such thing as 'best' in this categor ... Uraniumcommittee
03-19-07
give halcro a listen. Alaric
03-20-07
Audio research reference 3 hands down but that's my feelings ... Paulficarella
03-20-07
Paulficarella, imho the h-cat p-12r kills the arc ref 3 at a ... Tbg
03-20-07
Well, i own it and i'm sure someone will accuse me of hyping ... Mab33
03-21-07
Tbg: has h-cat got a home-page ? Frankpiet
03-22-07
Www.h-cat.com is the web site. tgb (norm) is making some b ... Emailists
05-15-07
Tube - one of these: tube research labs platinum golden tri ... Rhagen
05-30-07
Best is a relative term dependent on your values and the rem ... Fcrowder
06-18-07
Connoisseur definitions 3.0 best ever on today-market bould ... Foghost
06-18-07
Foghost, bloulder 2010 is best?? i would not have it in my s ... Tbg
06-19-07
I feel that this question in itself is actually unanswerable ... Uktel
06-20-07
The problem here is that the audio industry in general has b ... Atmasphere
06-20-07
Asking a question about what is the best, when the answer is ... Mrtennis
06-21-07
As long as audiophiles keep following advice of all these gu ... Jmaldonado
06-21-07
Jmaldonado, it is a free world (at least part of it), subjec ... Tbg
06-21-07
There is also the idea that in pursuit of the 'best' (iow th ... Atmasphere
08-28-07
Radio shack reference standard- it was only made for a short ... Pjl2122
09-01-07: Fcrowder
Last weekend, a local tube maven brought a small sample of his wares (2 huge tupperware tubs) to a friend's home. The friend also owns an Einstein preamp. Neither of us has had anything but praise for the Einstein in the last year, but wondered if it could be improved even further by changing out the first stage input tubes and the single 12AU7 with something other than the Electro Harmonic tubes provided. The short answer is dramatically so in each case. Almost every NOS tube substitued made an audible improvement. In some cases, a dramatic improvement. Unfortunately the best 6922 variant proved to be a Siemens 7308 from the mid 1960's and the best 12AU7 was a CBS variant from the same period. Each was very expensive, particularly in the case of the input tubes in which 2 are required for each input, so basically over $1000 worth of tubes. The point of this short story is that even the best tubed preamp is probably limping along unless its tube compliment is optimized and a lesser unit with better tubes may sound better. This certainly complicates comparisons, at least, of tubed units.
Fcrowder (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)
09-01-07
Fred, when you start recommending $1000 pairs of 6922 tubes ... Carlos269
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