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| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? I like the Art Audio Symphony II with the polished stainless steel chassis especially at night.It has 2 output tubes, 2 rectifiers and 4 small signal tubes all reflecting off the chrome like chassis. Also has two little blue lights (actually cryst... | |
| Speakers for 55 watts of EL-34 tube power ? I'm driving my Maggie 3.6's with the Cary V12. With its 6 el34's a side, it puts out 50 wpc in the triode mode. I have been looking for a nice tube amp for them. So far, so good. | |
| What's a good power cord for conrad-johnson CT5? My CT5 is about a year plus (have no idea of the hours but I'm sure over a 1000) and is better than it was at the 300 hr mark. | |
| tuners, the red headed stepchild? I think they get a lot of respect if, as Tpreaves says, you have some decent stations nearby. I do and have a small collection of them.As a little insurance against the future, I have an FM transmitter in my house that can broadcast whatever I plu... | |
| Pass amps + Power Cords ?? I've tried some upscale power cords on my XA30.5 and XA100.5's that actually hurt the sound. Couldn't imagine why a 12 ga cord with heavy duty connectors would be worse than the black 14 ga molded Volex I was using but it was. Came to apprieciate ... | |
| Top ten tube preamps Blindjim,Relating to your last paragraph, I forgot to add that I love the sound of my Marantz 7c. So now I have 5 nominees (well, the topic is top ten) :-)Straight up, I bought the 7c because I loved the looks of it and I've been watching them con... | |
| Top ten tube preamps Well said Blindjim.Adding to the nominee in my 12/07 post, I would now include Conrad Johnsons top tube preamps, the ART 2, ACT 2 series 2 and CT-5. They mate with a variety of my amps ranging from SETs to Tripath chips to pure class A solid state... | |
| Okay I Bought the Magnepan 3.6's I really like the Pass XA.5's. I started with the 30.5 and now have the 100.5's. How much power "you" need depends on how loud "you" like to go. Either of these has the current to easily drive the Maggies. The XA.5's have that sweet class A sound ... | |
| Pass labs XO.2 or Janus tube pre-amp. You will need to find out what the output impedance of the Janus pre is spec'ed at. Some tube pres have a fairly high one and Pass amps have a relatively low input impedance. You would want the input impedance of an amp to be 10 times greater (or ... | |
| What's a good power cord for conrad-johnson CT5? Vhiner, does your stock CT-5 powercord have a clear male plug on its end? | |
| PASS XA100.5 Which: I use Conrad Johnson preamps with my XA100.5's. I switch between their ART 2 and ACT 2.2 depending on mood.Why: Bottom line is because they sound great. From a technical standpoint, they are one of the only preamps I have heard of that use ... | |
| Too Many Tubes? "Tu-be or not tu-be. that is the question."I wouldn't shake a spear at that statement.As to the OP's question: It's a "forest or tree" situation. | |
| Tally up best preamplifier ever Conrad Johnson ART series 2. | |
| Anybody else got a 45 SET amp? My two favs are the 45 and the 300b. I currently run a 2 way system with an active x/o so I get to use them both: 300b on the mid/woofer and the 45 on the tweeter. | |
| Tube 'Characteristics' - EL-34 and 845 and 211 Seeing as you have "super sensitive KHorns", you might consider the Art Audio Carissa. 16 watts but single ended, a little more magic in the midrange. If you need 50 watts, I'd say the Quartets would be an excellent choice. I used them occasionall... |