rajugsw
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| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? @rixthetrick . I would have bought the BHK used but it’s lack of lack Balanced outputs (only one pair) was a showstopper. An excellent Preamp but the BAT 22 years ago (and now of course) gives you 2 sets of variable fully balanced XLR outputs and ... | |
| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? I would have started a new thread too without using "The Force" (...LOL). Anyway I was an Transistor Guy, then tried All Tubes but to my ears. Tube input/GaN FET output has been my best combo. PS Audio DirectStream DAC Sr. feeding a BAT VK50-SE d... | |
| Class D amp recomendations please Orchard Audio GaN FET Amplifier The ONLY "Class D" Amplifier I'd recommend. | |
| Blue Lights Orchard Audio Ultra Amplifier. | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. All you old Geezers here are making some great points. My Audiophile Journey is almost over after dipping my feet back into it 3 years ago. For twenty years I’ve been more into 5.1 including upmixing my 2ch stuff via Dolby Pro Logic II and now the... | |
| Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE. I love the sound of Vinyl but not the care and feeding it requires. I used to rip Vinyl and listen through my PC/DAC/Music Server to this day. Very rarely did I break out a disc to spin. I used to do a first play onto cassette before the digital a... | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? I have a pair of their Surround Micros hanging behind my Sofa. Works great ! | |
| Recommended streamers/servers? All Streamers do the same damn thing. What's key is the DAC that the Streamer is connected to. Your Internet Service Provider and the downlink speed is more critical. Don't get me started on the Fibre Optic Crowd (unless you have 100's of feet to ... | |
| Matching solid state amps with tube based pre amps I’m running a BAT VK50-SE with an Orchard Audio StarKrimson Ultra GaN FET Amplifier. I’m done. No more searching for the Holy Grail. I haven’t found it but this is close enough for me. | |
| Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics I dabbled inTubes last year and this year. My conclusion: Tube Preamp followed by a GaN FET Amplifier (Orchard Audio Ultra) is my combination of choice.The Jolida 3502 (KT150’s) worked fine with the BAT VK50-SE but it at times felt like 2nd order ... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point My take :I gave up on Vinyl 5 years ago and never looked back. Those LP’s are all ripped to my hard drive and on DVD discs for backup.To get that LP like sound from Digital as I learned won’t come from an AVR (Marantz SR5011) or from the DAC of a ... | |
| Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago Sweet F all has changed regarding Speakers in the last 20, 30, 40, and even 50 years ! Materials may have "improved" things which goes without saying. But unconventional thinking on how to best reproduce sound hasn't done anything special IMHO. Wh... | |
| Music Direct and my recent exoeriences I bought a brand new Jolida 3502p back in January of this year. It’s been rock solid and sounds amazing. Music Direct was a big help and even quoted me on some trade in’s towards the purchase. I had to sell the 3502p in order to finance my 5 Chann... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? So I’ve ran both. My PS Audio DirectStream DAC Sr. Direct into a pair of PS Audio M700’s. An excellent pairing making me wonder why would I need a preamp for anyways. Then I got an BAT VK50-SE and ran Orchard Audio Gen1 StarKimson Amps on the Mids... | |
| American Audio Looking at my Rig :Orchard Audio StarKrimson Ultra AmplifierPS Audio DirectStream DAC Sr.Balanced Audio Technology VK50-SEMcIntosh MC50 x2Koss 95/XAudioquest Interconnects and Speaker CablesBose 901 Series 1 (1968) x2Ohm MicroWalsh Satellite's |