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| Integrated amplifier below 1.5K for Sonus Faber? I don't have your speakers so take this for what it is worth,but I'll add a couple of very musical SS integrateds to your mix - Plinius 8200 MK2 (175wpc) , and Portal Panache (100 wpc) (you can contact Joe Abrams at Portal Audio about this I'm not... | |
| Integrated amp for B&W 805S under $1200? Portal Panache - suggest checking with Joe at portal Audio to see if he has a loaner coming back in - great amp - (I am not affiliated other than as a satisfied customer) | |
| Genalex GL KT88 Reissue on Conrad Johnson 12 I have purchased JJ KT88s and some NOS 62n7s and 6sl7s from TubeDepot &also have purchased Groove Tube EL34s from Virginiatubeaudio - with no complaints -they both carry the Genalex | |
| Mixing preamp tube brands I should have realized this point that both of you have made. I had seen reference on a tube supplier's site about a particular tube and how it 'performed better' if you will, when mixed in, but the amp may well have had a different configuration ... | |
| EL 34s for Cayin A 50T Integrated Amp I don't have your amp so take this for what it is worthbut if the SED El34s are like their KT88s I'd strongly recommend them. If Imay something else you might want to consider is getting some NOS tubes for the front end. Again my amp uses difffere... | |
| "Budget" cable advice, please Miht want to checkout SignalCable (advertise here on the Gon- I'm not affliated) for speaker cable and ICs - Audio Art Cable also advertise here - I'll make thes ame disclaimer - for good affordable & to my ears PC that you can hear a differen... | |
| Best Speakers match for NAD C372 Paradigm or PSB - had both with NAD | |
| Best U.S.A. speakers? Tyler Acoustics | |
| Modify tube amp or upgrade to NOS tubes Thanks for all of your input - will try NOS tubes first | |
| Affordable interconnect for warm system bid on Audio Metallury GA3 | |
| Integrated amps on a 1,000 dollar budget Portal Panache by Portal Audio - come up used here on occasion and it is an excellent SS integrated, not forward at all, and not laid back; or maybe check with Joe Abrams directly (see A'gon Guild) to see if he has a demo for slightly more than yo... | |
| New to tubes I am not selling this item, but there's a SoundQuest SQ88 (made by Consonnance I believe)for sale here on the Gon $850. Like you I am relatively new to tubes and purchased one of these via Quest for Sound (not affliated with them either) it is a v... | |
| good power cord under $200 don't have any of the above but have found Audio Art cables to be the best I've had | |
| Good digital cable suggestions check with Quest for Sound - A'gon guild member what prices they have on IXOS - bought a Goldat intro pricing , verynice cable - PS I am not affiliated with them | |
| Raw Acoustics HT3 vs. VA Mozart Grand vs. Tyler 7u I can only speak to the 7Us -nice wide soundstage, good across the range, non-fatiguing ;driving mine with 100wpc Portal Panache integrated. Don't disagree that it is always better to listen beforehand but in todays market that's not easy to do. I... |