bruce19
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| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? @atmasphere Thanks again! You mention using them as coupling caps. I'm curious might they also work well as coupling caps in my Elekit TU-8900 kit or other sets with 0.1 uF coupling caps with say the 0.1 uF and 1kvdc rating? I built it with the ... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? @atmasphere PS to the previous reply. Does the type pf cap matter? Film or ceramic? I don't think electrolytics come in that small a rating. | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? That is great, thank you! I needed that specificity of detail in your example to get it. I'm looking forward to giving this a try. Probably as good a jump in performance as a $1,000 cable :-) | |
| Pass INT-25, split decision and maybe option? I usually drive mine direct from whatever Dac I am using so it is not an issue. Perhaps you have vinyl or cds as part of your sources. I pretty much have left those sources behind. So your thinking of integrated tube amps then? It might help if yo... | |
| Pass INT-25, split decision and maybe option? You might like some of the Firstwatt amps. I think of them as Nelson Pass's solid state SET amps. Most produce 25 wpc however. https://www.firstwatt.com/ If you are at all disposed to kit building they can be done that way too, https://diyaudiost... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? Again, in a nutshell: They shine when not presented with bass or asked to make much power. I've already explained why they sound good when they do so. @atmasphere Ralph, I'd like to test that with the implementation of my SETS (I've got the lo... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? One thing missing from this long and delightful discussion is a mention of another kit building option that offers tube like sound with solid state gear. I’m talking about the DIY audio store where many designs by Nelson Pass and others are availa... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? Nice discussion! Kits have added a lot to my hi-fi enjoyment and understanding | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? @steakster After buying the digital cable in this review, my system went from 2D to 3D. It became even more so when I went with a full loom of the same series of SR Atmosphere signal cables. - - - - Two days ago, I swapped positions of ... | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List No discussion in the article of methodology or source of data = 100% marketing ploy. | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT No offense intended but the length of your reply and it’s style smell of AI, am I correct? | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Jim Morrison. | |
| Anyone read this NYT story about analog audio bars? New Jersey Yes! Someone come start one in Newton! Lots of available store fronts. Good parking. | |
| Duracell 660 Powerstation to Run my System off of the mains? I would try grabbing the low hanging fruit which I mean powering the components that have external wall warts with smaller lithium ion battery power banks. Usually that means the dacand a streamer, Sometimes a preamp. This is a good way to make ch... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" @waytoomuchstuff That is one of the nicest compliments to this group and I agree with you that this has been a good discussion and sharing. Special thanks also to @sargonicuse ! That opinion piece from the Times is great! I was slow to getting to ... |