decooney
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| Quicksilver V4 tubes To @vlad427 , I have those same (the largest) transformers in my QS Mono 120 amps, and mine were made to specifically run KT150s or K120s. Designed with higher plate voltage to run these tubes only. Unlike you, I cannot run KT88s in mine Not for l... | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? No more SET here, all push-pull pentode now, yet I enjoy my American made full Class-A 50w upgraded Pass/Forte’ Audio amplifier on rotation once in a while. Fed by a 6SN7 triode tube preamp. When I play it, I’m not in a hurry to go back to my tube... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Cary Audio Design CAD120 MKII? @bluethinker66 in an effort to keep it short, a demo at most audio stores has rarely given me enough to go on. If it’s not in my room, sources, cables, speakers, it’s a crapshoot as to what yer gunna get. A 2-week home demo at your place can revea... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Cary Audio Design CAD120 MKII? @bluethinker66 I actually went and demoed the xa160.8 amps (they didn’t have the xa60.8 amps available to demo, the xa160.8 are too expensive for me), and wasn’t terribly impressed. I was expecting to be blown away, but I wasn’t. Maybe they were ... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Cary Audio Design CAD120 MKII? @bluethinker66 by chance have you heard any of the older gear from Cary or older generation components from CJ? The reason I ask is I’ve owned multiple Cary units and friends with CJ who own both. Personally I’ve listened to more of the older ver... | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @txp1 "hexfeds, better caps, silver wiring, Greyhill volume control, improved binding posts. I’m leaning toward getting all of them. Opinions? " Sure @pehare I’ll chime in, fwiw. imo, I’d also suggest to opt sending your existing SLI-80 to a g... | |
| Solid State amp to go with Audible Illusions Modulus 3a preamp @1happyman decooney... any chance you will be parting with the Forte Audio 1a/3 when you consolidate? Fingers crossed... Maybe. I was considering keeping it for a while after I decide to sell my QS Mono 120s this winter, but I guess I could con... | |
| Solid State amp to go with Audible Illusions Modulus 3a preamp My buddy owned an AIM3a and I've always wanted to pair up my upgraded Class A Pass Forte Audio 1a/3 up with one. I'll be consolidating systems and won't get the chance, yet this came to mind when I saw your post. Best of Luck. | |
| Happen to you? Gear chasing because the fundamentals were wrong. If I had to do it all over again past 45yrs in audio gear chasing, I would have started by stepping up a little more $ on higher quality and better matched sources and amplification [sooner]. Building my own speakers since the beginning, a few nic... | |
| Shout out to the Moderator(s) @jjss49 now, as for that monumentally painful and utterly sad thread on audio sciences review... i think audiogon may soon need to buy a whole new server bank just to store the oceans of unreadable words on that one! 😂🤣 Yeah, that one n... | |
| Shout out to the Moderator(s) Nice to see compliments to the moderators. It can be a thankless job to moderate nonsense posts and bots and get rid of it all. Not sure how the moderators do it. | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? Simplicity. Some people don’t want to fuss with tubes, checking, or replacement. There are times I take the tubes out of rotation and play a nice Class-A solid state amp for a while. In the future, when I consolidate the system back down to a sim... | |
| Digitally recorded vinyl vs streaming @lalitk Congratulations on your purchase of BP. It’s a fine sounding DAC and appropriate for pairing with decent streamer like Vault. I am currently using a SS DAC, which I am extremely happy with. There are no valve components in my system. I... | |
| Digitally recorded vinyl vs streaming @lalitk I suggest trying an external DAC with Vault, you should hear noticeable improvement over its internal DAC which is decent at best. May be consider a NOS DAC like Border Patrol, By chance you happen to own the BP dac now? I ask becau... | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects @w123ale "...detailed but not etched treble". Did you find the Cygnus interconnects to be etched treble? They are more revealing or have a tad more over-exposed sound in my system, depending on which dac or source I’m running. imo Cygnus g... |