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| Which 300B SET for SF Guarneri Homage? Don, if you go for it, I think the Extreme IC's will be a sizable upgrade for you.I too use Pearl Tube Coolers. The guys at Parts Connexion have them...they'll tell you that Pearl doesn't make a cooler for the 300B tubes, but Israel says the PF-15... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? You were right on, Charles. I've since let the MastersounD out on loaner duty to Zu Audio. They'll take good care of it, but I don't think I'm missing too much. Pairing the Franks with a nice analog front end is simply intoxicating. Haven't listen... | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? Anything old by CRACK THE SKY. Self-titled debut or Animal Notes. Great stuff from the mid-70's. Classic Crack is a nice compliation of their early works. | |
| Which 300B SET for SF Guarneri Homage? I was leery of the Frankenstein's "lack" of power- until I got them. It's a damn robust 8 wpc, and I like to listen at pretty loud volumes. Couldn't comment when the thread came up, because one is never sure how a purportedly low power SET amp wil... | |
| New Zu Mission cable Used a long run Mission XLR to the subwoofer. Most noticeable is the reduction in slight ground hum I previously had. Dead quiet with Mission. | |
| Herbie's vs. Hal-O's, Tube Dampers whats good? I use Pearl Tube Coolers. They give both a cooling and damping effect. Reasonably priced, easy to use, but they can break fairly easily. I tried Golden Dragon dampers and was very disappointed. Kept falling off the shoulders of my 300B tubes. Art,... | |
| Tube amp on/off: best practice? Turn tube amps of when not using them in general. If you're going to space listening sessions by 30 minutes or so, best to leave the amp on. Tubes have a finite life. In a perfect world, you'd leave them on all the time...but it's not a perfect wo... | |
| Ayon CD2 is AMAZING I use the CD5 with my preamp. Just like the sound a bit better. Part of the issue, I think, is some prejudice on my part- the gain on the CD5 preamp section is very linear, so you have to crank it up to get high volume. That's in contrast to the r... | |
| New Zu Mission cable Haven't tried the Mission LC just yet, but I did plug in the long run XLR to my subwoofer. Improvement was immediate. Biggest thing I noticed was complete elimination of ground noise from the sub on soft passages. Mission did the job very nicely. | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Don't need more power. As the Franks have broken in some, they've really cleaned up all the way around. It's tough to overdrive them with the speakers I have....just sound great, and they play plenty loud with efficient speakers. | |
| Ayon CD2 is AMAZING Ral, the CD5, as you probably know, has an adjustable gain setting. I've tried all three settings.....on every one, the CD5 shines. It tosses a bigger soundstage, produces better detail, is more authoritative with bass and imaging is superb. It's ... | |
| Ditching anti-skate? Gradys, I like the Clearaudio. I can't comment on how it pairs with the 868, since this is the first TT I've had in over 25 years. But it is nicely made, and once you get past Germans trying to write instructions in English (there were some very o... | |
| Ayon CD2 is AMAZING I had the CD2 for about three months before getting the CD5. The CD5 smokes the CD2. Better resolution, better bass slam, tighter....just an all around much better performer, as it should be for nearly double the price.Jazzy, if you don't own any ... | |
| Ayon CD2 is AMAZING I like the turntable. The Champion Limited package comes with the Unify tonearm and the Aurum Beta S MM cartridge. Clearaudio screwed up my order- they sent the table with the clear plinth instead of the black plinth. So, as compensation, they upg... | |
| New Zu Mission cable I don't think they've started shipping yet. They're slammed. Tried to place an order last week, and was told they'd get back to me when they weren't getting crushed. Still get the discount- the Zu people are very, very easy to deal with. I'll let ... |