decooney
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| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @bunkertoy going slightly in a different direction from some responses here, I’d share your BelCanto 3.7 is quite nice as-is. You might have to spend quite a bit more $ than some of the lower cost R2R dacs mentioned to beat what you have now = whi... | |
| Speaker cables with good timbre @antigrunge2 great idea, taking it one step better - deleted my former posts targeted at one individual in response to nonsense. I have nothing to prove about cables, testing, or nice timbre or tone that Im listening to right now. After 45 years o... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? @dekay "...but much prefer DH/SET to them (mainly miss the PAS preamps when running tape/line through them - phono was so-so)." I still have one DH preamp and let go of all of my higher power DH/Cary and lower power DH/Inspire amps. Came close ... | |
| Ayon Triton Evo Integrated Man that is a beast, and appears it can run 70w in parallel single ended Triode too, correct?. Very nice. My Monos run only run two KT150s or KT120s per amp and its plenty for my less efficient speakers. Its cool to see the 6SN7s and 12au7s in y... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? Sure, however it opened opportunities to try others. As some have indicated here, after they cycle through a bunch of stuff over the years or decades - sometimes , they go back and repurchase that lost piece of gear to tray again to see if its as ... | |
| Solid State preamp Brands @jimbones "What makes me enamored with SS is the consistency with which it operated. Same results every time. I am looking for clarity, dynamics and a good sense of space from the new preamp. I doesnt have to be THE purest in neutrality as I am c... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh Better to read a story about a buyout vs. another legacy company going defunct. | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Bring your friend to an audio show or maybe a tour of other peoples systems in your area. Compare from there and discuss what you hear and think about each system. Then go back home and listen to each of your own systems to figure out how they su... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones does your Nad M23 amplifier mentioned in your original post hold up to that classical music challenge for you? | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones wow, sounds like you have all the bases covered and then some, and access to capable people around you to test things out. Very nice. The only reason I commented was the original post was the possibility of a solid state preamp instead... | |
| Nakamichi CA-7A Preamp @uncleang yeah I never said that, but do test other units he did design. My local tech did work at Threshold, lives down the road, and cautioned about the boards in those older units, so I don't run an of that in my primary system for that reason... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit Heillo @jimbones after reading back through this thread and some of the steps you’ve taken so far, and about to take next, there are helpful suggestions by several members here. One is to ensure you have clean power at the outlet -or- your P... | |
| Nakamichi CA-7A Preamp As a Nakamichi fan - when I was specifically looking for the right CA-5 preamp instead for other reasons, simplicity, sonically - I had scoured CA-7s out there and spoke with many owner-sellers who enjoyed them a lot. For a secondary SS system, I... | |
| Seeking a Warm 12AX7 Tube for Preamp Dropping from the higher gain 12ax7/100 down to a 5751/70 or a 12aT7/60, just having the lower gain should make a difference to help calm things down some. While I currently use mid 1960s Mullard Blackburn 12Au7 and 12At7s myself in my amps, the ... | |
| Single ended = large images? @montaldo to help you save time, grief, and wonder just give Brent Jesse a call, and ask for the best measuring tubes he can offer for your QS V4s. I looked up yours there and they are not too costly. He uses a real curve tracer for testing for m... |