trelja
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| Jadis 6550? (for CJ Prem. 12) Jadis does not make their own tubes. Rather, like Groove Tubes, they relabel someone else's. I suggest you find out whose they use, and go with them. I am not sure of their 6550 supplier(I would guess Sovtek or Svetlana), but their KT90 and 6CA7(E... | |
| Red Rose Speakers (From Mark Levinson) An audiophile friend of mine visited the New York store. Said the Red Rose combination was very musical. He stated a drawback as the lack of strong bass response, which would have to be expected of a speaker of that size. Yes it will sound accurat... | |
| Best very small Speakers (at any price)? How about Linn Kans and Tukans? Proof of the oft used cliche about good things coming in small packages. Very tuneful speakers, in my opinion. | |
| Tubed pre-amp for solid state amp? CJ will give a very warm, lush sound. Maybe even look into to Golden Tube, Manley, or Quicksilver which are not SO warm. For you AR and SF may not be warm enough. Also, do not rule out the use of a CD player with tube output(Ah! Tjoeb, Cary, Jolid... | |
| Length- Speaker wire/interconnect ?s Long interconnects with short speaker wire is DEFINITELY the way to go. NO question about it. Of course, using a passive preamp, or running a source component straight into an amp throws a monkey wrench into this whole thing, and is NOT recommende... | |
| Best "warm" receiver for MA Silver 9i's? I really like NAD equipment. I think it has a rich, warm, full bodied sound. Very good bass response. Maybe exactly what you are looking for. | |
| Best Speakers for small room under $3.5k Outlier, I didn't mean buy some new interconnect. Just put the KCAG where the PBJ is now, and vice versa. It's a free switch. Just to see if it makes an improvement. If you find yourself craving some more warmth after that, then see if a dealer wi... | |
| Best Speakers for small room under $3.5k Perhaps the best thing you could do is identify what it is about your system that is making you unhappy. Then, I think we can offer more salient advice. You have really good gear, whether it works well for you or not can only be answered by you. A... | |
| Best Speakers for small room under $3.5k Why do you need to upgrade??? You have a great pair of speakers now! Yeah, you can get different sound, but better? Assuming the B & W's are fed enough current(which your Bryston 3b-st is DEFINITELY doing), they make wonderful music. Just like... | |
| TOP TEN solid state amps of all time? I have a lot of respect for the Jeff Rowland Design Group products. I think they have a very natural, unforced, unelectronic sound. I also like Electrocompaniet, but would give the nod to Rowland. | |
| Preamp new/used under $900 Get the Electrocompaniet preamp used. Just what you are dreaming of. | |
| what is everybody listening to right now In heavy rotation: Sonny Rollins(theme from the movie "Alfie"), Martin Sexton(The American), Lucinda Williams(Car Wheels On A Gravel Road), Sade(Best Of), The Allman Brothers Band(a compilation), Patricia Barber(Cafe Blue), and AS ALWAYS Miles Dav... | |
| Creek 4330R I would consider it among those companies that are the low end of the high end; products that offers excellent performance. Yes, there is better equipment out there. But, we have hit the knee of the curve, and to get much better sound costs MUCH m... | |
| Will my speakers be damaged if I use This is the classic audiophile question. As stated above, in the vast majority of cases, speakers are damaged by an underpowered amp, as opposed to an overpowered one. When the amplifier is driven into clipping, it puts out a square wave(a "clippe... | |
| wow, a newbie power cord convert Count me in as a power cord convert. I used to think this was the ultimate in audio extavagance(and BS). But then I decided to give it a try, to prove it to myself, one way or the other. I replaced the stock cord on my amplifier, with a solid core... |