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| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? The best single driver speakers I’ve heard are the Rethm. | |
| What s the best Class A integrated tube amp over 80W I’ve heard the VT100 a few times but never biased it so I do not know the process. But one of the tube amps I have is a Canary 301 mk 2. To bias the Canary, I need to flip the amp and remove the bottom cover. Then with a volt meter, put the probes... | |
| What s the best Class A integrated tube amp over 80W Just another thing to think about when we compare new technology to older designs. The best things that were ever created to make music sound its best were invented very long ago, Vacuum tubes, LPs and Reel to Reels. | |
| What s the best Class A integrated tube amp over 80W Lancelock, why would you post amps that are so expensive? I believe the majority of people that are reading here and in this discussion don’t have money like that. I looked up the David Berning 211 amps and saw they retail for $75,000. I didn’t ... | |
| What s the best Class A integrated tube amp over 80W When someone compares what they get purchasing an older pair of amps like the Conrad Johnson Premier 12s or Audio Research VT-100 to todays amplifiers, it just makes sense. Something like these amps made today would cost so much money and might n... | |
| What s the best Class A integrated tube amp over 80W Hello chungjh, you are on the right track. For the money, you can’t do better than what you did. And the 6550/KT88 tube design should sound fine on Electrostats. From my memory, the Premier 12s have a hardwired power cable. That may be the only i... | |
| Tube Amp lower power vs higher power and cruising volume Stick with the amp you have now if it’s working out. If you have enough power now, and you are very happy with the sound, don’t change the amp or the sound might change. More power sometimes sounds brighter. | |
| Speaker cables Mid High end Oh, I’ve heard your Kimber 8TC many times and it’s not the most clear and open sounding cable in its price category. I’ve heard it many times throughout the last 20yrs. I find Cardas cables to be very colored and sorta warm sounding. So going by y... | |
| Speaker cables Mid High end Hello Initm, I have a pair of 10ft MIT 770 with the boxes on both ends of the cables if you are interested. They retail for $3,500 and will sell them for $1,000. I have a lot of cables in my inventory and slowly trying to sell off what I’ve collec... | |
| What s the best Class A integrated tube amp over 80W Hello Chungjh, if I were to tell you, you probably wouldn’t believe me or it. I’m assuming because I didn’t, but learned the hard way. Spent a ton of money and got me almost there: But not to where my system was perfect. Now I currently have 3 s... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? PrimaLuna is good stuff but not great. I’ve done side by side comparisons with their items against some very well regarded items and place PrimaLuna in just a good category. I think you will do completely fine if you purchase their products and bu... | |
| High end Class D amps? I also have heard Merrill Audio Veritas amps and had dinner with Merrill a few years back. Nice guy and good amps also. Check out Arion Audio, I think these are extremely good. | |
| High end Class D amps? I’ve heard a few Class D amps. I still prefer the sound of a good tube amp or a pure Class A SS. But the inexpensive Crown XLS1502 class D amp sounded excellent in a friends system on his Martin Logan Monolith speakers. So the cheap inexpensive... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Emergingsoul, Im not familiar with the Mac and AR preamps you mentioned above. I would seek out a online McIntosh community of owners and get their opinion on the c1100 and same for the Audio Research of community owners on their tak... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Hello emergingsole, I’ve been in this hobby coming on 30yrs and I’ve owned a ton of preamps, amps, speakers, cables, etc. So I’m coming from experience of buying a lot of components In search of great sound. Many time I’ve been swayed by reviewers... |