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| Whats playing on your system today? Gilad Hekselman "Hearts Wide Open". Fantastic jazz guitarist. | |
| Gumby vs Yggy Just another vote of confidence I guess... I've been through a lot of components (including dacs) at various price ranges and I think the Gumby is one of the most musically fulfilling components I've had... and has been around in an otherwise vola... | |
| Yggy RCA Interconnects @gdhal In concept I agree (and am <10% into my cables btw) but since we have similar dacs I thought I would share an experience replacing a blue jeans cable. From a Gumby to a preamp, I replaced 1/2 meter of blue jeans rca cables (LC-1) with ... | |
| Maybe tube preamp If you're still looking within that budget, I just listed a Modwright SWL 9.0se here. My amps are virtually silent at idle too, and the Modwright is one of the quietest pieces I've had in the system (which might be due to the Bybee upgrade in thi... | |
| How does the sound of a power tube change, over time? I installed a fresh set of KT-120's in the Rogues a few days ago. The improvement was greater than I'd anticipated - I guess the old tubes were older than I'd realized. Similar to other impressions on this thread, out of the box they new tubes w... | |
| How does the sound of a power tube change, over time? Thanks for the responses. I'll be trying a new set in the Rogues soon and will report back. | |
| Choices narrowed Rogue RP-1 and Primaluna Prologue Premium Preamps @aberyclark I am using the stock JJ tubes in the RP-1. I did try some Psvanes and Raytheons. They did bring the mids a little forward, but out of those at least the JJ's seemed like the overall best fit for the RP-1. | |
| Which Preamp "internals" would you choose? Based on picture only Airy and wide makes sense, taking the preamp out. If you're interested in preserving that kind of transparency (from what I've read, or heard), I think RP-1, used Perseus, or a passive would be worth looking into. I haven't heard the 99 - I know ... | |
| Is it possible to buy a decent tube amplifier in the $2000-3000 range? I'll throw in another vote for PL and Rogue. I've owned and auditioned several pieces from both - they both sound great in their own right, IME PL more fleshed out in the midrange, Rogue more dynamic, wider bandwidth, better bass control. Withi... | |
| Which Preamp "internals" would you choose? Based on picture only Disclaimer, I own some Rogue gear inc. an RP-1. But I'll add a vote for the RP-1 - given that Mark O'Brien has a background in transformer design, that critical component (at least) is likely to be well provisioned. OP, re: glennewdick's suggesti... | |
| Choices narrowed Rogue RP-1 and Primaluna Prologue Premium Preamps I'm currently running an RP-1 into Rogue M-180 monoblocks. I'm also familiar with the PL sound and had a Dialogue integrated briefly, which I really enjoyed. I wouldn't hesitate at all about the RP-1, build-wise - in real life it looks and feels ... | |
| Going from computer audio to dedicated streamer I went from Sonos to computer audio to Aries mini - it was immediately apparent that the Aries was more spacious and relaxed, and upgrading its stock power supply to the Aries LPS brought it up yet another significant step. Currently running to a... | |
| Best significant upgrade? Dac? Preamp? Hi johnziomas, the Gungnir dac has async USB and the Auralic Aries Mini has a usb dac out. The Aries Mini usb out is significantly better than both my (c. 2008) mac mini usb out and sonos coax out (which sounded quite different from each other, ... | |
| Best significant upgrade? Dac? Preamp? Can't argue w/ (carefully chosen and especially bass-trap type) room treatments, but I also agree that the right Dac can make a bigger improvement than you might expect. For me, upgrading to a Schiit Gungnir Multibit (upgrading from a Stereophile... | |
| Alternatives to Rogue Stereo 100 I have a pair of Rogue M-180s, I really like these and I suspect the 100 is of a similar character. IME the Rogue neutrality made these a good candidate for a foundation, a blank canvas, extended and resolved enough to allow for significant shifts... |