I'm enjoying this thread although getting in a bit late. I owned a Cary SLA70 Signature for 15 years so also a Dennis Had fan. I had been following Dennis' sales on eBay 4-5 yrs ago but was never was able to get in touch with him. I wanted to see if he would ever build 300B mono blocks. I ended up talking with Billy Wright at Cary and trading the SLA70 for a new CAD-300SEI integrated that I upgraded with WE 300B tubes. Not a mono setup but a beautiful sounding amp that is my primary headphone system. More recently I purchased the QS Mid Monos so I could do some tube rolling. I rotate the CAD 300 and Mid Monos along with a Pass XA25 and First Watt SIT3 between 3 systems, one of which runs Klipsch Belle speakers that I purchased new back in 1984. All sound wonderful with the large horns which are modified with Crites stuff. I'm currently looking for line stage for the mid monos.
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@whiteknee you can get a hold of Dennis through the Audio Aficionado board. You have to pay to be a subscriber there but you can get get in touch with folks to order stuff from Dennis. There’s also a Cary Audio board there as well. |
@isaacc7 thsnk you! |
@whiteknee just make sure you post on the Inspire by Dennis Had thread if you’re interested in a preamp from him. Search the main thread for preamp and you’ll see plenty of recent-ish posts about preamps. |
You'll see the Inspire linestage preamps LP, CJ, others show up on US Audiomart periodically. I recommend a 6SN7 or better line stage for the QS Mid Monos. Using a really good preamp in front of them does make a difference. Im running a prior gen Dennis Had sweet-little-preamp Cary SLP-98 with my Quicksilver Mono 120s, and also use it for my Pass Forte' Audio Class A 50watt solid state amp both. There are more than a few Pass owners who use this preamp. Works great with both vendors amps, outboard power transformer, and has dual line out so you can run the two amps or one amp plus dual subwoofers with plenty of drive. Remote control too. Responds well to different 6SN7 tubes. |
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