vthokie83
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| Modern EL34s VS NOS Winged C - and return policies? The best El34 current issue tubes I've tried or hear are the PSVane EL-34 PH (Phillips reissue). A great Chinese source for 4 matched tubes $292 is https://www.jjyaudio.com/productview.asp?sid=9030 Helen is great to deal with. US based dealers wi... | |
| "Wireless" Speakers for Living Room and Kitchen set up. Give him the Sonos, save some money, and turn your nose up at it. I'd get a Sonos Ultra Soundbar $999 for the living room, and a Sonos Era 300 $449 or Five $549 speaker for the kitchen. Total is less than $1,600 and he'll have home theater and mus... | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? August 16th 1974 - Little Feat opened, Souther Hillman and Furay was up next, and Three Dog Night closed. Little Feat blew the place apart, Souther Hillman and Furay were terrific, and Three Dog Night was okay.....I've been a huge Little Feat fan ... | |
| I2S Recommendation Audioquest Vodka 48 8k/10k work exceedingly well for i2S (though are expensive), I found mine on sale for around $350.....but I needed a little longer cable, so spent the extra cash. Supra Cables .5 meter are excellent at around $65, if you can us... | |
| Tannoy or Volti charles007100 A couple of points: The Volti's are NOT a sideways move from Klipsch, they are brilliant in every way in my experience; especially the Luceras and Rivals. I get to hear them regularly at my friend's house, the Luceras 99db are in h... | |
| What's ideal size for a listening room? I'd go with the larger room, volume can help cure many ills. Do plan on treating the room with absorption and deflection. GIK Acoustics gives free consultations and has an acoustic calculator as well. A good sized wool area rug can be very helpful... | |
| Upgrade from Joseph Audio Pearls? Wow. Lot's of absolute statements made here, and yet we all know audio is subjective. For me personally, I have heard Joseph Audio Perspective 2 Graphene $16,000 and Pulsar 2 Graphene $9,500 on many many occasions; and have always found them to be... | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables Audio Sensibility Statement SEs OCC new at $1,000 at current exchange rates, AntiCables Flex 4.2 7.5 awg Litz $500 (cables Paul uses at all trade shows), Zavfino Prima MkII 9 awg OCC $700, LavriCables OFC silver cables $500 to $1,000 depending on ... | |
| Received my Denafrips Venus 15th Sealegs Fred gave you some suggestions that you said were outside of your budget. Can you please advise what your budget is, then I can better help you with recommendations and answer your questions in that vein. | |
| DAC suggestions? Denafrips Venus 15th, brand new $3,495 sold by Audioman58 right here on Agon. With release of the 15th series, the Venus 15th is basically a Terminator 12th from last year. | |
| A Low Cost Pleasant Sounding Used CD Player? Excuse me, that should be $500 instead of $600 | |
| A Low Cost Pleasant Sounding Used CD Player? tsampa Audiolab 6000CDT is a really good CD transport, as long as you have a DAC.....$599 on Amazon right now brand new | |
| system upgrade Revival Atalante 3 $3,400 with stands or Revival 5 $5,100, Buchardt Audio E50 $4,500, Arendal 1528 Bookshelf 8 Bookshelf $4,500, Fritz Audio Carbon 7s $2,950 or Rev 7s $3,800, Alta Audio Alyssa $5,000, Monitor Audio Gold 200 $4,800, Dynaudio Focus... | |
| Any love for Cullen Cables? Cullen makes great cables at their price point, and were a definite upgrade from my old Pangea cords......huge value and well made. AntiCables Level 3 PCs are much better at $330, and Zavfino Fina OCC at $345 and Zavfino Majestic OCC at $450 shou... | |
| Tube preamplifier lifespan I'd think any well made tube preamp will last much longer than 20 years, though you may have to replace resistors, caps, or tubes along the way.......same with a SS preamp. BAT, ARC, CJ, Aric Audio, Don Sachs, Supratek, Backert, et al are built w... |