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| Please recommend Tube pre-amp(s) I left a similar message to a similar question. Encore Electronics DL2010.2, designed by an Allied Signal wiz-kid, (now wiz-man, I suppose). Very excellent pre-amp that I have seen used for $1300. Kicks anything in this price range out the door. T... | |
| B&W 802 Nautilius really the best? Listen to the Artemis Eos (with matching subs) before you decide. | |
| Tubes? Transistors? Which are better? A very general response. Tubes in the preamp, transistors in the power amp. Of course it depends on 1000 things not considered in this response. | |
| Good cheap silver wire? This, of course, is very diy. You can buy fine silver wire at jewelry supplies.$5 an ounce or something rediculous like that. Very cheap. You have to figure out how best to insulate it and protect it from oxidation, and all that. But you can exper... | |
| Best Preamp under 10K Get some modern design tubes going. Space....liquidity.....full imagery... not cardboard cut-outs. My vote is a very obscure Encore Electronics DL2010.2 Can be found occasionally!!! for $1300 used. Killer!!! If you can't afford a Cat, this is it. | |
| Rogers LS3/5a is 'the reference' speaker The Rogers LS3/5a was designed with monitoring in a very small space. The "Q" is a relatively high 1.2, so the bass is slightly warm, not taught or particularly tight. Indeed fun to listen to, but not a standard reference. One would probably have ... |