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| Speaker wire construction and sound quality I'd agree with Stringreen. Also, try isolating specific details like a cymbal strike or a repeated piano note. Sometimes the difference between cables is as subtle as a little smearing of the image instead of a really sharp well-defined one. Also,... | |
| verity audio fidelio Fidelios are a pretty easy load. Very good speakers. Should be a good match. | |
| 90db 4 ohm with tubes? Well, if it's worth anything, the amp is very powerful, and yes it does have 4ohm taps. Good comments, all. Interesting. Any other thoughts? | |
| Audio Research DSI 200 integrated amp I heard one a couple of years ago - I think through Quad panels. For an class D amp it sounds really good, but still wasn't up to the same standards as the rest of the AR line. For a good integrated the Pass Int-150 is also a good choice in your p... | |
| Musical fidelity Nu Vista M3 vs Ayre AX-7e I had an M3 and found it to be a little dry into Spendor S8e speakers, and didn't provide nearly the bass it should have given its power. I also didn't think it had especially good resolution, although I understand it improves with a dedicated 20a... | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R I'd be curious to hear your experience with the KT120s - every review I've written of them has been glowing. Do you know what your your V12R was manufactured and does that offer a clue to which transformers were installed? | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R I have never seen anyone with a dozen of anything in an online auction. How many dozen would you have to buy to actually get a matched dozen? Not practical. | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R Vintage tubes aren't really practical for an amplifier that takes an even dozen. Even if you could get a matched set, they cost a fortune. The small signal tubes are easy enough, but not the power tubes. | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R ...but they can't overcome a screaming baby. | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R Just to follow up - I went with the JJ KT-77s as I had pretty good luck with the last set of JJ EL34L's that i bought. So far, I like them very much. The bass is a little tighter, but the real difference is in the treble - the KT-77 just has much ... | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R Nobody on the JJ KT77 tubes? | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R I did speak with Jim McShane, and he was very friendly. He recommended the Gold Lion KT 77s and the EH 6CA7, but, looking on his website it appears that those are the only two options he has in stock. It seems like there are some folks on A-Gon an... | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R Well, ok. That's a start. | |
| Alternate Power Tubes for a Cary V12R Nobody? | |
| So what's a good preamp? See if you can find a used Emotive Audio (*NOT* Emotiva) Poeta, or it's predecessor the Erato. Very simple - a selector and volume knob - and really terrific sounding. |