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| Bendix 6106 rectifier in Primaluna Prologue 3 5ar4 are a much larger tubegz34 same tube.if it calls for gz34 you can Put a 6106 as long as it does not sag too much in electrical demand depending on circuit, ,not the other way around currently drop over 40 volts If it calls for a 5y3-6106 cann... | |
| What Are The Best 12AT7's and 12AX7's? Sylvania black plate triple mica is hands down one of the best 12at7Ever made.as far as mid- low Bass possibly The Best. | |
| Schiit Gungnir DAC - anyone have one of these? The blue jean cables I had ,the Analysis plus Solo Crystal CopperAnd in- connects Silver over Copper totally destroyed therm ,not even 90 % that is being kind in every dept ! to really hear what is on your recordings borrow from the cable Co. For ... | |
| Upgrade from Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE The comment for a stp-SE- level 2 sonicly sounding like 20kis far more then to hope for ..it cannot even match many tube preamps under $7k. You want a Great preamp buy a Cary -05 preamp new $8500 is a Great preamplifier.This 2 box unit used can be... | |
| Upgrade from Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE The new CJ SEpre through Spearit sound can be bought for under$4kWith buying just 1 NOS tube or the EAT tube one makes for a great preamp with all their Teflon caps,and I believe they also use a FET stage A killer pre gets very close to the CT-5 f... | |
| Fuses that matter. I had to learn some fuses will breakin much more then others for their end caps are a solid alloy and just like Interconnects can take in some cases over 200 hours .look at the Review online of the Synergistic fusesThe reviewer stated even into th... | |
| Fuses that matter. Personally I find the Synergistic Research fuses the most natural balanced fuses. I have tried 5 of the named brand ones either bought or tried through friends.They literally can take 200 hours to fully open up because of the solid Alloy end caps,... | |
| What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed I have tried everybrand out there I have settled on the Synergistic research Fuses they seem to be a bit more warm sounding with excellent layering of instruments. As far as direction I asked Ted Denny the owner of SynergisticHe stated going with ... | |
| Bel Canto and Wyred monos I have directly compared the older Ice modules in the St amps.I bought the New St-500-MK-2 which use the exact latest Top of the lineIce amps,as well as the complete new FET input stage,with full differential Balanced inputs ,and where the St was ... | |
| Femto clocks ,every unit should have one In Wyred 4 sound case their clock in their a Femto clock in their SE dac is cumulative ,and since their system is Galvanically isolated this applies to digital noise, and the clocking being much more accurate and digital Phase noise a min of 75 % ... | |
| W4S SX-500 vs. new mAmp? For those who donot want 2boxes they now have a true dual monost500And 1,000 Mk-2 out ,thet share only a power cord. Which is several hundred less. Good advise here is get rid of the cheap 3 fuses in new Stmk-2 one on back ,all slow blow ,20mm and... | |
| New Krell s550i Impressions? There is no such thing as too much power .It is a known fact that dynamic transients in music can exceed 10 xThe rated power in milliseconds. This s why by having the extra power the extra headroom is a Big plus.The amplifier is coasting and not h... | |
| Bel Canto and Wyred monos I have been doing some research and it seems several sources say the Very new Wyred MK-2 amplifiers are a clear improvement in several areas.Better Bass,dynamics,upper midrange and treble more liquid sounding and full,more front to back layering ,... | |
| Do you run a high end power cord on your sub? I can not agree with a few of these reviews .the Synergistic cables or power cords .I find were over priced and I had 6 power cords all $600-$1,000,Copper and Tungston system cables,They did some things very well but not no better then the competi... | |
| Best "Giant Killer" Value Cables For... I also agree ,that the Analysis Plus Oval 9 is an exceptional loudspeaker cable ,and the Solo a Crystal Copper interconnect is a steal at it's price If you need more air and sparkle on top the more expensive Silver over Copper In- Connect is the w... |