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| Playing with the idea of solid state amps No experience with those but a good friend recently switched from a lush shounding Conrad Johnson MV60SE to a 47 Labs 50 watt gaincard. He really likes the sound of this amplifier through his Spendors. Probably a keeper. I'll stick with my SET 300... | |
| Think I'm going to try tubes... If you really like these speakers take a look at a quality 300b push/pull tube amp. We installed such an amplifier as part of an installation for a five way horn system. The 15" woofer is rated at 85db/8 ohms. Our push/pull tube amp replaced a pai... | |
| Folk/Rock choices that are well recorded My original Neil Young (self titled) Pioneer-Warner Brothers Japanese pressing has wonderful sound despite the surface scratches and I listen to it often. | |
| What Turntable to buy under $600 ? stock rb300 is pedestrian....rb300 with silver wire and a quality heavyweight (michell, others) moves it into another category....AND defeating the spring loaded VTF and using dynamic balancing helps, too! | |
| Good passive subwoofer? I support the raw sub (cabinet with driver/s and inputs; no passive crossover built in) in conjunction with an external active crossover and external amplifier. This provides much more flexibility as well as allowing one to place the electronics o... | |
| Think I'm going to try tubes... VTL MB450 might do the trick. I would suggest if you really want to experience what quality tubed gear can do you acquire a pair of high efficiency speakers. A pair of Living Voice Avatar speakers hit yesterday at 2200; wonderful speakers and 8 wa... | |
| I'm FINALLY finished: new 2-channel system Think you'll love the new system. But, no reason to dump home theatre except for cosmetic and space considerations in my book. The home theatre part of a system does not have to be and "end game" system. Add an inexpensive HT processor like a Sony... | |
| What Turntable to buy under $600 ? second P3 for ease of setup although the arm is pedestrian when stock.....a new technics 1200 by kab is a good alternative at 625 and may outlast you....... | |
| Break in period for tube amp. How long? Capacitors should not be an issue with a "new" tube preamp; guess I was daydreaming and thinking of tubed preamps that have been unused for a long time....those should be checked out a by a tech before putting into service.A friend and I fired up ... | |
| Talisman II cartridge by Sumiko I definitely know this is a low output cartridge. I get a pic of the package, manual, and cartridge so ID is simpler. | |
| from solid state to tube My friend moved from a Conrad Johnson MV60SE amplifier to a Lab 47 Gaincard (50 wpc model) and is quite pleased. He still wants a tube amp but his budget cannot afford what he wants (high powered SET or push/pull interstage coupled amp). | |
| Beginnners question - Phono stage an inexpensive and decent sounding step up transformer can be ordered from audio cubes for 131 landed; it is the denon AU300LCwww.audiocubes.comit is not the last word but it does not cost 500 to the sky, either | |
| Break in period for tube amp. How long? Something about the capacitors "not reforming" is what several techs advised me of | |
| Break in period for tube amp. How long? Breaking in the capacitors, especially if is a common capacitor coupled design (rather than interstage tranny), is very critical. Takes hundreds of hours for the caps to be broken in fully. | |
| CAT Ultimate/Tube rolling NOS means NEW old stock; ie, NOT used...if they are used then they are not NOS.they are simply usedright? |