carlsbad2
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| Interesting Power Cable Experience @dill yeah, I see your point. Clearly the power supply in this CD player is needy. | |
| Chord Cutest or Wadia 321 cutest. | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k @charles1dad AD1. Built around the EML tube. | |
| Interesting Power Cable Experience I had a similar experience with a Sophia baby amp. 13 lbs and only 8 watts per channel. I thought a 14 awg power cord would be plenty. Bass was poor. A friend suggested a heavier power cord so I did and bass was immediate and strong. This ... | |
| Airplane Seat Power Ground Loop? I don't know the answer but your first world problem made me smile. And reminds me of having to hold the TV antenna when I was a kid. | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k @gregjacob I have never owned a primaluna but have heard a couple. I wasn't impressed, I concluded it was the amp, but I have to be honest that it was other peoples' systems. for a true test, it would be much better to drop one into my system so... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k @boxertwin12 I have a Decware ZMA, a UFO and am on the waitlist for a 300b. In the mean time I’m having a custom amp made which will probably replace all of them. but they are hard to beat. I would recommend the 300b but there are so few out there... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k @charles1dad Thanks. BTW, I forgot that @brandonw is on here. I would definitely recommend a custom amp from his Apollo Audio Systems to meet the OP's desires.. Jerry | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k @charles1dad I don’t want to argue semantics and even yield that you are probably correct in the way you define it. (pentode vs ultralinear). but to me the sound isn’t that much different between them. I recommend the simple, single output tube p... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k Are you speakers sensitive enough for an SET? that is a key question. Tube amps are divided into 2 classes, SET and class A/B. SETs are the main venue of "tube amp magic". Stay away from primaluna and other amps built on circuit boards. Go ... | |
| Lampizator Gulfstream matching DAC? Baltic 4 is a great DAC. I have a DAVE by Chord. Do you want a tube DAC? Probably no bad choices in this price range. | |
| Please rank these amps I would rank all 4 amps behind any good point to point wired DHT SET such as a 300B or a 2A3 for powering your Zu's. Jerry | |
| Prospectives on Chi-Fi good things made in most places and cheap things made in most of the same places. the key is being able to tell them apart....before you buy them, not after. | |
| WiFi extension for streaming Never use wifi to stream. It will always be much inferior to hard wired. People give advice on which wifi to get. that is good advice assuming you are ignoring the advice above which trumps all wifi recommendations. Jerry | |
| The 300B World I'm using the Sophia Mesh 300b (2.5V version). Didn't see them mentioned. I think they are a great tube and is underpriced compared to the competition. I think rectifiers are as important at the output tubes. For a GZ34 designed amp, you can't... |