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| Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED) soix Some valid points, most I would agree with, some you’re off the mark by taking points out of context. You’ll note for DK8586’s benefit (+ others), I used the term "relatively" inefficient/power hungry speakers, (S/F Venere: Nominal Impedan... | |
| Tube-Curious/Pre-amp You sure about that 24? With gear the usual set-up is the onboard pre-amp runs an external amplifier, hence the volume control & selection knobs. At any rate IMHO you're getting the tail to wag the dog. Tube pre-amp, SS amp is the combo to g... | |
| Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED) Hello 8586, How are you. You wrote, " I think the wattage range between 30-60WPC for Class-A is powerful and popular". ... | |
| What's your favorite $5-7000 turntable? Well dhcod, I've heard a ton of tables, but have only owned a few. That's because I've had my Oracle Delph for 42 years, replace 3 belts, on my second tonearm and 4th cartridge. A lot of people flog a Technics SL1200, but it's a beginers table.... | |
| Help recommend a good tube preamp There you go reg19!!! Enjoy the music. http://www.atma-sphere.com/en/mp-3.html | |
| Recommend a good tube power amp in the 100 wpc range for under $4k Hey Mike4597, Mix a tube amp with a SS unit for bi-amping & you’re GOING TO HAVE PHASING ISSUES. OK, before you throw out the baby with the bath water, all you MIGHT need is a few tweaks. To sweeten up that mid-range, swap out the 12AU7’s i... | |
| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? Hey Forte, It would certainly have help if you'd specified which Acoustats you're using, & better yet if you had also included the dimension of your listening room in order to select the amp. But .... IMHO, with the ARC SP9 the Krell KSA-25... | |
| Energy speakers Consider a pair of Coincident Triumph Extreme monitor speakers. Super easy to drive, so they don't need to be played loud to be heard, & for a monitor they go pretty low. You get it all without upsetting your neighbors. Frequency Response: 4... | |
| My last Integrated Amp: $5-10,000? $5-$10 grand! For a pocket of silver that big, consider either the 340i X, or the 600i v2, Integrated Amplifier from Sim Moon Audio. Both give you plenty of head room for driving most speaker loads. Sim Moon are known to be detailed, transparent... | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? Hey ddonicht, Personally I'm a died in the wool vinyl guy, & as much as I hate to say it .... CHAYRO maybe correct with his 1st statement. I grew up with records, so I learned how to handle th... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade grislybutter, "that’s my biggest lesson from it: it’s starts with the amp". I never said that Gris, it starts with the source (turntable/cartridge/tonearm, or Cd, etc), and the quality of the actual recording process on the format. It’s quality ... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade grislybutter, "Seriously. Isn’t it a reasonable goal to make my existing speakers sound good"? You are absolutely correct. Speakers are mega, yet they are still only one ingredient in the stew. My philosophy is different to a lot of philes in t... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade Hey grislybutter, Don't avoided the word "SYNERGY", it's really prevalent in audio, & essential for putting together a system/package. For you, the days of having a really good system based on having a good pair of speakers are gone. Finito. ... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade grislybutter just a couple of points of interest, a lot of 70s rock albums were great compositions, but with the exception of a few labels (Eg, 1st pressing Columbia... | |
| Looking for an integrated amp to replace my Cayin A-50T Hey Pretender, As for the Schiit Ragnarok, or the AVA Vision SET 120, not my beat. I got nada. As for Cambridge ... I'd group them in with Rotel & the like, meaning IMHO your Reynaud's deserve better upstream components. As for Rogue Sphinx... |