jasonbourne52
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| Looking for Forte 1A 50w Class A replacement for Thiel 3.6s +1 tls49! That would be my recommendation too! That pair of Forte gear deserves refurbishment! | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? All of the above bought used over the past five years. Only the custom SUT was new. Best bang-for-the-buck by shopping on the secondhand market! | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? From my collection of vintage gear this is what I am listening to: Ariston RD11 TT/FR29 arm/ADC magnesium headshell/Coral Sleeping Beauty MC cartridge, RGR 4 preamp, Sumo Andromeda amp, DCM Time Windows (52779,52780), Mitsubishi DA-F10 tuner. SUT ... | |
| Mystery Capacitor and the Tangent RS4 Crossover I owned a pair of the Tangent RS2's back in the 80's. Excellent speakers. if a bit too "British" - laid back! Well, they are not JBL's! | |
| Mystery Capacitor and the Tangent RS4 Crossover Don't alter the component values of that crossover! Those values were chosen by extensive listening tests by the designer! Only replace the electrolytic caps with similar values of new poly caps. You can replace the two inductors (coils) with air-... | |
| Check in: How quickly are streamers and servers evolving? The problems of jitter and timing were solved a decade or two ago! Nowadays a $200 Ch*nese streamer is indistinguishable from the four/five figure touted offerings of the High End (hand me your money, please!). | |
| Full circle and thinking about speakers Buy a pair of older Vandersteen 2's from eBay! Often less than $1K! Why pay more? A classic design still in production! | |
| What is it you expect to hear from hifi gear that you have not yet? Direct brain stimulation by implanted electrodes! | |
| Bass Vs speaker efficiency NO! The bigger the magnet ... stronger magnetic flux to control the voice coil's movement in the gap. Altec's and JBL's of yore were noted for this aspect! | |
| push pull or single ended Nelson Pass First Watt F2 class A SS amps are also a good choice. | |
| push pull or single ended An easy recommendation are the Dennis Had (Cary) Inspire Audio SE 6L6, EL34, 6550 and KT88 amps. About $1300. | |
| Technics SL1210GAE + Accuphase E-480 (AD-50) + ??? (cartridge) +1 for the Hana! Excellent SQ and reasonably priced! No need to spend $4K! | |
| Why would 2 schiit aegir amps sound the same as 1? Going from a 30 watt amp to a 300 watt amp gives a 10 db increase in headroom - if your speakers can handle the extra power! 10 db is perceived as "twice as loud"! | |
| Is it time to upgrade my amp? +1 russ69! Speakers are the most important part of a HiFi system! | |
| Is it time to upgrade my amp? I agree with millercarbon and bluemoondriver. The biggest and best change would be to get the Tekton DI's. Leave the amp upgrade for later! |