decooney
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| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions If you want "blunt, I’d pass on all of the tube amps on your list, and ditch the Benchmark DAC, I had one and could not stand it. One of the most un-engaging dacs I’ve owned. As for your speakers, and this graph, (and I’m a 100wpc mono tube amp o... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? @ricevs "...I doubt it. I am not an expert....". Interesting comment. And you just poked the bear. It’s a very smart bear too, who knows these woods well, better than most who travel these forests. LOL 😂 | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @doyle3433 can you look at your order build sheet to confirm which coupling caps they installed in your HS model? Also, I'm not familiar with what stock tubes they come with now days, is it still Electro Harmonix or something else now? I'm helpi... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Linear Tube Audio 40 Reference Amps @bluethinker a question above is worth answering to, i.e. "you need to decide how far off the neutral center you want to be."? I agree with @cellorover's question and notes on KT150s. You've already commented hearing the Art 150s in your system,... | |
| I used to think pricey interconnects were snake oil... @tonywinga My point is: If you want to play in high end hi fi you have to pay. Everyone loves showing off their gorgeous new speakers or shiny amplifiers but do not want to put much money into cables. I don’t like buying expensive cables either b... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Pay little attention to those who rant and yet cannot share which brands/models of higher end design cables they've actually tried or owned in a worthy system. | |
| I used to think pricey interconnects were snake oil... While more expensive is not always better, and there are some lower-cost competitive cables that have surfaced over the past decade, I would not buy anything costly without having worked with a retailer or local dealer to demo it first. After my ... | |
| Music exposure observation @r042wal give that neighbor kid a small AM/FM radio, and see if he'll use it. At age 13 I was mowing lawns for people on weekends and had 2 paper routes. My first was a Radio Shack Patrolman 6 for listening to UHF VHF CB FM AM RADIO. It sat nex... | |
| Music exposure observation Led Zeppelin I - GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES (Released March 10, 1969) My Music Exposure Observation, at a young age. Wouldn’t live it any other time. Sansui amplifier, 2-way speakers, turntable. Drop the needle, best of times. Music Video on Youtube | |
| Tube suggestion for Quicksilver Mid Mono Blocks @buellrider97 "...Dennis replaced the cap and the connector strip that broke from the explosion. I’m not a Quick Silver owner yet but I’m looking hard at the KT’s." Coming from an Inspire amp myself to Quicksilver Mono 120s for a little more... | |
| DAC contest: Border Patrol Sei or Chord Qutest? re: BorderPatrol SE-I DAC / Input tubes on your tube preamplifier? For those running tube preamplifiers and the BP SE-I DAC, I had still been running softer sounding input tubes in my preamplifier as a carry-over from running other types of trans... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @1extreme P.S. I know I will get flamed by the tube cultists. But I am willing to take the flames for you. I currently own a CARY V12R and CARY 805AE mono amps but rarely listen to them anymore preferring to listen to my Plinius SA100 amp. ... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @helomech The same candid salesman who turned me onto the Cayin brand (who didn’t sell Cayin at the time) once told me that Jolida (Black Ice) products don’t perform very well. Maybe the newer stuff is much better but his words were the Jolidas “... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @tritube whether you go Black Ice Audio, or Rogue Audio, or Quicksilver Audio integrated [for example] or any of these USA manufacturers or distributors, at least you have 1) people who know how to repair the amps in this country, 2) shipping bac... | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @doyle3433 Any advice on what you’ve found to be nice pairings? Everyone else feel free to suggest as well. While I stupidly parted with my own Cary SLI-80 a few years ago, I’ve followed along with others since. Cary bought it back from me, ... |