decooney
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| Tube vs Solid state for Preamp Funny this post came up, wondered when it would again. I just spent the last 90 days re-evaluating my SS preamp to my 6SN7 based tube preamp. Both are nice in different ways, however nothing about the SS preamp can replace the sound stage, layer... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? 1) yes, you are replacing them as I understand it. Best to ask Cary what they do. Personally I like the tube rectifiers but I'm sorta old school in my thinking perhaps. 2) Grayhil is the updated input selector switch, as pehare noted above. ... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? Cary still only lists these including the Grayhill switch. A local colleague did additional upgrades on mine beyond the std stuff Cary offers. The newer upgrades were better imo than the older F1 upgrades. The newer Mundorf caps really made a diff... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? In the hands of a very skilled tech, you can get a bit more out of the amp and make it more enjoyable with your current speakers. The stock model has the lower grade volume control getting in the way, limited coupling capacitors (may even be dried... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? Some of this can depend how old and what generation/model your SLI-80 is. If you don’t know, check the serial and call Cary and ask. There were a few nice changes/upgrades over the years and outside vendors who created their own series with upgrad... | |
| Need a modern Class A monoblock, preferably half or compact chassis @carlsbad2 I would never be ampless. I have 4 amps sitting here waiting to sell and oe on order. buy something used that you can listen to and resell whenever you feel like it wtih minimal loss. You just made me feel better about having othe... | |
| Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong @yyzsantabarbara My Benchmark DAC3B is definitely too hot on the top end. I do not use it on 2-channel but on my RAAL VM-1a tube headphone amp running in Pentode mode I love the DAC3B. I came to a similar conclusion. Had hoped to like it mor... | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s @vthokie83 if you don't mind the question, which do you prefer to sit back and just listen to music with for the longest amount of time - the Coda S5.5 or the Transcend tube push pull amp? And, do you run the same preamp with both amps when swappi... | |
| Guess who has new speakers in their lab? Unless someone can listen to them, it really doesn't mean much. Then, if you like them and want them, have to be able afford or willing to blow that kind of money on them. I prefer to follow along with reviewers who try and show stuff average ... | |
| Quicksilver silver 60 amplifiers I have, a few times. Compared them back to back to my own QS Mono 120 amps before I decided. The silver 60s have their own laid back EL34 sound and partly due to the input tube too. Also heard them in comparison to QS Mid Monos which also sound n... | |
| WHY CABLES MATTER! @alaric62 "One uncle insists I should get Bose Cubes and an Acoustimess because "It sounds just as good". He’s never heard my stereo." And another engineer might tell you to scrap it all and get good headphones with a good headphone amp instead... | |
| Cardas Customer Service is Amazing! Founded in 1987, in business for 37 years. Great products and services. Return customers. Simple business formula that works. | |
| My experience with The Music Room @gnaudio 'This was through Audiogon." This could have been part of the problem and gap. Also, as per your post - life brings all kinds of unexpected situations. Terrible things happen. I'm heading to the hospital right now for my father-in-law... | |
| WHY CABLES MATTER! @akg_ca "Each side has absolutely NIL-chance of every convincing the other party to change their beliefs." Man aint that the truth. LOL 🤣. And, what’s even more hilarious and bizarre is how one side argues against something they’ve never act... | |
| Extra sets of Cables to switch up system? Yes, and particularly helpful when testing different components and speakers it can be nice to have a few different sets around to try and compare. Also seeing generalized statements and reports about Cardas here, having tried at least twenty di... |