jasonbourne71
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| Sound and music A music score is only a template for the music. A human performer has to connect the notes so the essence that the composer wrote into the notes may be freed! | |
| Audio Research REF 750 pre July 4 FIRE WORKS. TUBE ARC. 24 KT150's per amp! Yikes! Bet your electric bill will be going up! | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback The Hana EL (Elliptical Low output) MC is an easy recommendation at $500. A Denon 103R at $340 is another option. | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @mattmiller : the OP is using an iFiZen phono stage into the Schiit line stage. He was using the Schiit in the passive mode (no gain). That way usually results in a lackluster sound. The same applies to the AT MM cartridge. I find MM cartridges wi... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback The OP should always run the Saga in active mode. Passive (no gain) modes in preamps tend to have a dull, lackluster sound. Next, the AT cartridge has high coil inductance. This makes it really susceptible to capacitance loading. I recommend chang... | |
| 300w tube amp monos - which one? Buy a secondhand pair of McIntosh 275's and parallel the outputs of each amp. This will give you 150 watts per side - only a 3db difference from 300 watts! | |
| Can VTL 2.5 do MC cartridge? Even with an added tube to get gain up to around 60db+ there will still be noise inherent from tubes. A better solution is to use an SUT (Step Up Transformer). These add zero noise to a MM stage but handle the current-to-voltage conversion needed ... | |
| Know anything about Bruce Moore preamps? I owned and stupidly sold the Precision Fidelity C7 phono preamp. An excellent Bruce Moore design! | |
| I'm thinking about a low watt tube amplifier? I'd stick with the Cayin and Luxman amps. Adequate power - and plenty of tube "magic" - contrary to what some claim! Plus enough in reserve to handle music peaks on your 87db speakers! | |
| What amp to pair with a Hafler DH-110 Preamp? How about a nicely restored Hafler 220 amp? Plenty of power and quite transparent sounding too! BTW, I have the 110/220 pair in my collection! Plus the Snell E's! | |
| Magico's M9 I am eagerly awaiting Jay's Audio Lab review! Just the thing to use with his Transparent $80K speaker cables! | |
| Tip for purchase new power cable @jerrybj : go ahead and laugh! At least I am not spending hundreds or thousands on power cords, fuses, ac outlets, cable risers and ac power conditioners. | |
| what speakers do you consider "energetic"? Vintage Altec and JBL have a particular synergy with 60's and 70's Rock! That's why I own them! | |
| Moving again...system finally complete...back to starting over The OP can easily pack his gear into six boxes. Plus a few more boxes for LP’s/CD’s. My move to Florida required 100+ boxes - and I still had to leave stuff behind! The cost from Connecticut was over $3K. | |
| Moving again...system finally complete...back to starting over @carlsbad2 :+1! That's a real nice system the OP has! Shame to sell it because of a move! Hire some movers to pack it under your supervision. Otherwise get a headphone amp and phones and forget about a nice system! When I moved south in 2015 I sp... |