allchemie
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| Best preamp for 2k-3k The Audio Horizon 2.2 can be had for MSRP $2,750. They offer many upgrades on their site if you ever want to take that route. It might not be the best looking unit out there, but its performance more than makes up for that.Greg | |
| Good Preamp for Emerald Physics 2.3 The best tube pre-amps from the $1,000 to $5,000 range would be as follows:The Doge 8 ~ $1,150 (an incredible bargain for top drawer performance. Comes with a phono stage.The Audio Horizon 2.2 ~ $2,750 (excellent performance many upgrades possible... | |
| Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory I can see no reason why the Coincident Technology Frankensteins wouldn't be great. If you feel you need more power I would go with the Coicident Technology Dragon. At 75 watts per channel, they might almost be overkill. If you want, you should als... | |
| So what is the best speaker you have ever owned? My Lansche No. 5 speakers with their plasma tweeter are by far the best speakers I have ever owned. The tweeter is unbelievably great and incredibly fast. Lansche has somehow managed to fuse their midrange and woofers to the tweeter with little to... | |
| Speakers for Leben CS 300XS I would choose between any of the Devore models and some Coincident Technology models. They all are easy to drive.The Coincident Technology Triumph Extreme monitors are 94 db and sound excellent. They also make a passive subwoofer that also acts a... | |
| Datzeel vs Asr Emitter exclusive vs Devialet While the Devialet is incredibly good with digital inputs, it's not the game changer with analogue. While its phono section is fairly good, there are plenty better ones out there. If I was going with an analogue front end I would opt for either th... | |
| Preamp question: Mcintosh c500t vs Einstein mk2 If you can get an Einstein The Tube Mark II for under $10,000 used that is in good condition I would snap it up. It is about as good as pre-amplifiers get. The only less expensive pre-amp that is about as good is the Coincident Technology Linestag... | |
| pacific valve&electric No doubt, the Doge 8 is the best pre-amp under $3,000. To get a significantly better pre-amp you would have to spend at least $5,000 on a Coincident Technology Linestage--and they only have two inputs. Greg | |
| I am in the market for a $ 5-6 k monoblock amplif I would likely buy the Clayton M200 or M300 Class A mono amps to drive thius electrostatic speaker. Maybe if you peruse the used equipment areas you can find them in this price range.Greg | |
| Should I Try a Tube Preamp? An excellent and fairly inexpensive tube preamp is the Doge 8. At around $1,400 it is unbeatable and also has a fairly good phono section. But its linestage it what really shines.I have a Doge 8 in a bedroom system and absolutely love it. You woul... | |
| Amp for Thiel 3.7s If I had the Thiel 3.7's I would get a pair of Clayton M200 or M300 Class A amplifiers. They are built like a tank and sound like a hybrid between tubes and solid state. They are the best solid state amps without the incredible prices of many othe... | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range My fave speakers are: Coincident Technology Pure Reference Extreme's ~$25,000 Lansche No. 3 ~ $30,000 Lansche No. 5.1 ~ $45,000 Marten Coltrane Soprano ~ $50,000Greg | |
| Who is planning to buy the oppo-95 and...? I don't think OPPO is necessarily changing directions. You can still buy their non-Blu Ray universal players at very inexpensive prices and their quality is considerably above the usual suspects, such as Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, LG, etc.While the... | |
| Class A multichannel amplifier? I realize that a Class A multichannel amp would put out a lot of heat. Maybe I should consider a Class A/B with high bias into Class A. I heave heard that Earthquake Cinenova makes one that can be biased up to 20 watts into Class A.I also wonder i... | |
| Good tube preamp for McCormack DNA 500??? The Doge 8 preamp with phono is an unbelievable bargain at around $1,600. To get anything better you would have to go with Audio Horizons, which is at minimum over $1,000 more and has none of the extras, which can cost up to $3,000 more.Greg |