twoleftears
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Bryston ??? https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=175758.0 James Tanner is active there today. He's very approachable and will get you squared away. Mike is their no. 1 tech who is also wondering approachable and helpful. | |
Solid state amp to go with tube preamp; used ok; budget: $3k max If you're buying new, then it would be hard to get better value for money than from the Belles Aria stereo amp (2k) or the monoblocks (3k the pair). I own the monos; they run cool and together take up less space than many stereo amps.I glanced ov... | |
Amplifiers in use with big Harbeths (Mon 40 series) that work very well I first heard the 40.2's at Deja Vu in Washington DC. There and at the CAF Vu was driving them with high-power CJ tube amplification. I believe they can do well with both SS and tube. The need for a certain amount of power seems to be the most f... | |
Bryston ??? You can find the CEO over on the Bryston forum on AudioCircle. | |
Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners! @output555 In answer to your question a while ago, yes, I other threads on the Puritan I posted how I compared them over a period of time with a substantial number of other respected units, most of them costing more, and the Puritan came out as t... | |
Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners! You missed likely the best choice, a Puritan 136 or, with a little stretch, the 156. Search threads on them on this site. | |
RE: the question: ":Why do forum interactions become contentious". . . The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley,An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy! Robert Burns, "To a Mouse" | |
Amplifiers in use with big Harbeths (Mon 40 series) that work very well Over on the Harbeth Users Group (I know, I know), there is a thread called "The 'A-list' of amplifiers actually in use At home". While this obviously covers all the Harbeth models, and while subjective comments are indeed discouraged, what I stil... | |
Are Pre-Amps necessary? Yep. All you need is a straight wire with gain and a potentiometer. Amazing that no one figured this out sooner. | |
Why do components sound different? Why couldn't the straight wire with gain be a curved wire with gain? | |
My Experience With Tekton Benjy would be envious. | |
Zavfino If they have that metal barrel in the middle, I'd be inclined to have the directionality follow the lettering on it. | |
Audio Research and Acme Audio Labs fuse So QSA makes a dual-element, time-delay version? | |
Classical Music for Aficionados My definition of good-natured. Not all pianists qualify.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbRTRBY4D4 | |
My Experience With Tekton Well said! @three_easy_payments To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. |