elrod
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| Help Please With Vintage Amp Selection Have you considered a MOSFET Yamaha MX-2000? beautiful looking and from what I'm told a beautiful sounding amp. There is also a CX-2000 preamp I've had both the Yamaha B-1 and the B-2 and they are fantastic amps. But you're right - the only VFETS... | |
| Aries Cerat Helene vs MSB Premiere DAC vs Lampizator Pacific 2 I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who has experienced all three of these DACs. Then throw in the synergy with your equipment and you have a real crap shoot. All I can say is that I have a Helene and I have no desire to search for anot... | |
| Good choice for 20' XLR cable? Another vote for Mogami - can't go wrong for the price and they're damn good cables | |
| Location of compoments. I just have the amp sitting near the floor between the speakers connected to my gear on the side with the XLR inputs and 7ft speaker cables connecting the speakers | |
| What's the best 6NS7 tube you have tried in your Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp? @marco1 No, the cv181z were always real stable. That being said, the tube pins and socket connections are sensitve - you just couldn't push a tube in and let it roll. Sometime it's needed a VERY MINOR tweek of the tube - adding a little twist, l... | |
| What's the best 6NS7 tube you have tried in your Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp? When I had an mp-3, I thought the best sounding 6SN7 variant was the Shuguang Treasure CV181Z from Grant Fidelity | |
| System assessment... There's a lot of considerations that can determine which direction you may want to go. How does your system sound to you now? What do you think is lacking? Is your system used as part of an A/V system or just for listening? Are you looking to up... | |
| Calling All Tube Gurus If they want to contribute in a positive way (sad I had to say that) | |
| No More Fake Reviews - So Who’s Gonna Tell Us What To Buy? Mass migration to Canada or Mexico for internet reviewers... | |
| RIP SRV Damn it's been that long ago? RIP Stevie... | |
| Greg Kihn His life's in jeopardy no more. God bless & R.I.P. | |
| Does anyone know what's up with vinylengine.com? If you don't have an existing account though, that has been permanently disabled. | |
| Does anyone know what's up with vinylengine.com? Click on the FORUM tab and you can login from there - I just did it | |
| Aries-Cerat Helene Review @tonywinga @jc51373 Just an FYI for all Helene owners - the stock Mullard rectifier SUX! Do yourself a huge favor and upgrade to a 5AR4/GZ34 NOS Mullard F31,F32, or a Matsushita w/ the split seam top. I'm using a GE/Matsushita split seam G... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? You're not crazy for asking. But by the same token, they aren't crazy for saying "no". |