christobyl
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| Tube or not to tube? The jolida stuff is actually wonderful sounding. You will be stunned at the difference compared to NAD. Enjoy the tubeness..many never go back! :) | |
| Best SS amps with sound similar to tube amps The sunfire amps I have worked with all have dual outputs, one for voltage (tubelike) and one for current (transistor like). I really don't have that much listening time under my belt on these sunfires..I do know the c-j stuff is better sounding, ... | |
| Internal Speaker Cabling Another way to view this ..is the fact that only a couple feet of wire is used internally, so it dosen't matter as much as the much longer run of external speaker wire. A funny fact: when I (and others I know) used to use 12ga zip cord for speake... | |
| Amp for B&W Sig 805 Ahaha yes I didn't read all of the threads..however I find it amazing you chose the amp I recommended! I love the c-j stuff, particularly the 2500. You are in sonic heaven! | |
| How hot should a McCormack DNA-225 get? OOO. I didn't read all of the replies before I spouted out. It seems this amp design Jesus hath spoken. So, while all my spouting applies.. his responses should be more educated than mine, needless to say I suppose.WooHoo to great equipment Steve! | |
| How hot should a McCormack DNA-225 get? Your mccormack should be biased more towards class A operation than the gfa 555. If true, then it will always run hotter. I believe mccormack is owned/designed by conrad johnson..they are into high class A operation last time I checked. An other p... | |
| Amp for B&W Sig 805 The Krell you have has great tight bass.. however the highs from it sound like crushed glass being packed into your ears with metal dome tweets. I have heard this combo. The 805 sig is an OUTSTANDING speaker. . with metal dome super-tweets which w... | |
| NAD Quality? Oh yeah..the NAD T753 was a lemon..all of them came back, almost. To add the above post by me: the C272 is excellent as well. The first generation NAD DVD players T550? had issues ..wouldn't play certain DVD's or cd-r's. Not surprising really, Mar... | |
| Best SS amps with sound similar to tube amps Unsound...for you..Carver amps. I have a M1.0t from 1986..this is my daily amp. This is a very tube-like amp: musical, warm, easy to listen to. It has rolled off highs and mushy bass...just like a tube amp. I prefer this sound to Bryston, Krell, L... | |
| Internal Speaker Cabling Yes! Upgrade internal speaker wiring. Madisound indicates the use of Nordost Flatline (rectangular conductors, teflon dialectric), my friend made kit speakers with this wire and they sound more alive/spacious than the same speakers I made with Aud... | |
| Tube or not to tube? Musicrover..the rogue preamp is a good one. There are many other brands, tube equipment these days is all made pretty well, since they appeal to the highend ($) crowd. We carried conrad johnson..a very good brand. I think one of the best values ou... | |
| Tube or not to tube? I recently worked in a high end store. The best results we found..is to use a tube preamp with a MOSFET solid state amp. Best of both worlds. Tube preamp tubes last alot longer than tube amp tubes by 3x or so, and they are much cheaper than amp tu... | |
| Best SS amps with sound similar to tube amps Conrad Johnson Premier 350. This company won't produce a solid state amp until it sounds tube-like. Absolute agreement with Czbbcl on this. | |
| NAD Quality? Ok..I used to work at a high end store a couple of years ago..for a couple of years. We sold NAD. Here is what I know. NAD home theater recievers had an issue with failing, not all of them, some were just lemons. When we took back the lemon..we se... | |
| Power Cord suggestions Go with Tara Labs AC Reference. I find this cable gets you most of what power cords have to offer sonically. This cable is as good as most of the MIT stuff costing much more. If you really have money to blow..then go with the AC Prime. Build quali... |