drbeechwood
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| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? So an update: I found an interim solution--I had an old Yamaha R-700 Receiver/Amp that I found in my garage and dusted it off...and it sounds really good with the Klipsch speakers! It's not the long-term solution but it's working for me now. Until... | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? What's more important with respect to the room. the total dimensions, or the distance to the speakers? | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? Yes, thanks again for all the feedback. The room is 30'x15' but I have the speakers along one long side facing the other long side, hence the 12' from speakers dimensions. I don't think I need mono blocks. Some great ideas in this thread. I think ... | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? Also just for some ideas on music, I would through out: Grateful Dead American Beauty CD remaster, or live reissues like 5/8/77 John Coltrane Giants Steps LP box 180g 45 rpm Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Joni Mitchell Tom Petty Wildflowers... | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? Petaluman, you are wise. I agree: I think I want the flexibility of upgrading the speakers in the future, and thus want an amp that can handle a bit more than the Klipsch. I didn't think they sounded spectacular with the 80W tube mono blocks, but ... | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? Hi, I don't want to sell everything or overstretch or buy an active speaker, but thank you for the input. I also mentioned that I was hoping for an amp that wasn't super hot, and the Aegis is stated to run hot. | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? Musical Fidelity M5si is sold by Amazon and has free returns....that is tempting. Nobody likes the Schiit Vidar2 option? | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? The Van Alstine is integrated with no phono stage so I probably wouldn't go that direction. My speaker cables are excellent. | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? So can I poll people on whether it's a dumb idea to use my VTL deluxe tube preamp with a solid state amp, vs. buying a new integrated amp? Think I need to start there. | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? I do have a SONOS ARC sound bar and subwoofer that I use for the TV and also for streaming from my phone or computer. So I'm looking to avoid redundancy. | |
| Baffling Tube Preamp Problem--Rhythmic Thumping after Tube Replacement GREETINGS and here's the update. I went to my electronics guy and he said "Take my Dynaco Tube amp and test your preamp". Basically it worked fine from both the A and B outputs. So czarivey said "So far the issue seems like tubes and caps going... | |
| Baffling Tube Preamp Problem--Rhythmic Thumping after Tube Replacement I have a schematic. I like the idea that the B section Capacitor is the problem. It wasn't the original problem, the tubes were the original problem. but maybe in transport it was compromised. I think that it's also possible that the tubes and/or ... | |
| Baffling Tube Preamp Problem--Rhythmic Thumping after Tube Replacement From a diagnosis perspective, it seems odd that BOTH tube amps would suddenly develop the same problem at the same time. Thus, I like the hypothesis that there's a bad cap in the B section of the preamp. And perhaps something was dislodged during... | |
| Baffling Tube Preamp Problem--Rhythmic Thumping after Tube Replacement Yes, A outputs were fine with solid state but my amps kind of freaked out when I plugged the tube amps into the solid state output. One of the 5881 tubes fried and then a fuse blew. So that experiment didn't work out so well. I don't know the ma... |