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| Whats the FATTEST sounding Tube amp to warm up Lean speakers? The Mid Monos are designed around EL34 and that's what I'm using now...KT 88 does sound "fatter" , but it's always best to have a speaker that appeals to your listening tastes rather than trying different gear to "tune" them | |
| Over and Under Biasing as means for tone control I use this to make sure bias is exactly what mfg. recommendshttp://www.vhtamp.com/products/vht-accessories/tube-tester-2Worth every penny, helps also rule out a bad tube or cathode resistor. Not a tube tester but very useful . | |
| AR Vt-200 vs VTL-300 deluxe Be careful buying used VTL, they are horrible toward used owners needing service....horrible people in general | |
| Quicksilver M60 vs Early Silver 88 I own a pair of Mid Monos, fantastic amps....love them. I am willing to bet the M60 is a major value at their price.Cant say enough good things about Quicksilver.... | |
| Whats the FATTEST sounding Tube amp to warm up Lean speakers? I have a pair of Mid Monos, and they rock with KT88... I have used them with several speakers ... big and bold but still have great mid and highs. | |
| Turning off tube preamp first sends solid state amp into protection? Preamp passing DC to amp? | |
| Best headphone amp for classical music CDs? I recently purchased a Rupert Neve RPHP headphone amp....I am using it with Grado RS2e and it is a great amp... it drives my 600 Beyers pretty well too.https://rupertneve.com/products/rnhp-headphone-amplifier/Fantastic amp, detail retrieval is e... | |
| Considering used towers under $1000.. Sonus grand piano.... my dad has had a pair for a long time and they still sound great... can be had for around 1k | |
| Used audiophile preamp If you are thinking of tube amplification, i agree CJ....Quicksilver is great too and huge bang for the buck. I would also recommend going Rowland amp if you were to make an upgrade and stay SS. My preamps up until recently proved to be the b... | |
| why go against REL setup recommendation? I also use a REL with Heresy III and they sound great together. You can NOT use RELs Neutrik connector wth fully differential balanced amps like ATI or many oof the amps they OEM for because they too are fully balanced. I have a pair of PP mo... | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? I have always run my mains full range and augmented the low freq with a sub. I know a lot of people hate subs but if you set the crossover low you will avoid the boomy sound subs get a bad rap for .I use a Velodyne SMS 1 as my lpw pass filter an... | |
| My first Tube Amplifier My first tube amp was a VTL Stereo 50... great sounding amp but failed several times ... Fortunately that experience, most specifically VTL's horrible customer service, did not turn me off from tubes altogether. I've owned several great tube ... | |
| NAD M51 remote control I should add that Harmony remotes have NAD M51 in their database | |
| NAD M51 remote control Such a great DAC.... I love mine , major omission on NAD not to have front panel volume | |
| Accuracy vs. musicality I've had a number of speakers that were "accurate", B&W, KEF, Revel...all great speakers in their own right. My current speaker is a pair of Klipsch Heresy III and they may not be "accurate" but damn are they musical... first speaker I've o... |