avanti1960
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| New Audio Technica ART9XA Up and Running..... @dibsinfo I had both and the decision should come down to how much gain your phono preamp provides. the XA sounds spectacular with the right amount of gain- e.g. 66db minimum, 64db was not enough for me. The XA has better internal wiring and a ... | |
| New Cartridge or New Preamp @sammyshaps what are you planning to spend? personally I can see going either way. the 2M black is good but can easily be improved on. | |
| Cronus Magnum II & Dual Subwoofers @jdtalv your subwoofers can accept high level inputs, connect speaker cable from amplifier speaker terminals directly to subwoofer inputs, 1 cable per channel. just use basic speaker cable. when i had the rogue cronus magnum ii my subwoofers... | |
| Need tube help! use NOS tubes for the small signal tubes- research by searching the tube type in various forums- here, steve hoffmann and audiokarma. also ask Brent from audiotubes.com. for the power tubes just buy replacements or ask someone from Upscale Aud... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube, that is the question If you love music and sound definitely experience a true tube amplifier. A lightly used rogue audio cronus magnum ii should easily be in your range. the sound will surpass any current amp you have, the cm sound amazing and have plenty of power... | |
| Compact ~20WPC Tube Amp Raven Audio Blackhawk. | |
| High powered single end 300b recommendations or this one, do not let the ratings fool you, this one will do the job. | |
| High powered single end 300b recommendations hope price is not a concern: https://www.triode.co.jp/english/TRX-M845/index.html | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster My 2.5 volt Luxman CD player sounds fantastic through the balanced ins and outs on my Cary preamp. | |
| Kickstarter for AAA "Vintage" with Kenny Barron, Joe Martin and Johnathan Blake Jerome, In already and can't wait! Love your projects and music! Peace, Tony | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes It depends on the tube amp and room size as to which speakers sound good with tube amps. I had a 20 watt Raven Audio tube integrated driving the supposedly tube non-friendly KEF LS50s in a medium large room and the sound was glorious. Also a 1... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster @joshua43214 Cary should have specified an input sensitivity spec in their manual, agreed. However your DAC’s output voltage is exceedingly high with the XLR connections basically 6 volts, more than double the typical source output voltage. Man... | |
| My Medium List of Amplifiers and my Personal Review of Each ! Update to the list. OUT- Pass Labs XA30.8 IN- Parasound a21+ I tried very hard to keep the Pass XA30.8 but ultimately it had too much net gain for my Cary SLP-05 preamp with 24db. There were occasional over-driven artifacts in the sound that ... | |
| My Medium List of Amplifiers and my Personal Review of Each ! a combination of Harbeth SHL5+ and Spendor D7.2. | |
| Too Much Gain the Issue ? (preamp and amp) Update- sold the Pass XA30.8, simply too much gain to sound the best with my 24db gain preamp. |