vthokie83
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| Help With New Preamp Decision Sorry, that last post got cut off. Aric Kimball suggested the NOS tubes supplied with his amp were excellent, but I did order it with the upgraded Sylvania "Bad Boy" tubes. I was willing to upgrade elsewhere if Aric thought it was warranted, but ... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision Yowser, I heard the Rhumba 1.4 and the Rhumba Extreme 1.4, but the standard Rhumba was outclassed by the Rogue RP-9 and certainly by the Rhumba Extreme; and it did not sound congested....but I do not remember which tubes came with the stock unit.... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision Thanks jc4659, it's about 12 weeks out in production......so maybe May? | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision Final thoughts, and what I did (actually Patrick purchased too). I decided to purchase the Aric Audio Motherlode XL 6SN7 preamp. In the end I just like the idea of having a handmade point to point wired preamp, that is relatively easily upgraded i... | |
| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? My last 2 speaker purchases were without audition; Buchardt Audio S400 MKII, and Clayton Shaw Caladans (which have finally shipped and should be here Wednesday now). Both bought direct from manufacturer without dealer middlemen. The Buchardts tur... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Damn, just checked the tracking number and it's now showing delivery Tuesday or Wednesday.....anticipation | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Just received an email from Clayton this afternoon, giddy up: "Hello Brian, Your pair of Caladans are en route and are scheduled to arrive on Saturday February 03 TRACKING NO: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2 There will be the legs and f... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision Sorry for the long delay in getting my thoughts together, it's been a hectic week at work. As I mentioned I went on a preamp listening tour last week and this past weekend, trying to hear several tube preamps on my list in situations where I'd hav... | |
| Accuphase E-5000 factory power cord good enough? Dukebrd88, These are the cables I can recommend, also a bunch of DIY.....but I'll only recommend these. The Zavfino models I use are the Majestic and Prima, the Majestic needs about 100 hours to settle in, the Prima about 150 hours. Zavfino cabl... | |
| Accuphase E-5000 factory power cord good enough? Duketbrd88, You have a $19,000 integrated amp, do yourself a favor and get a decent cord.....you have a bunch of really good recommendations here, some only $400 or so. Zavfino Majestic and Prima have been suggested a bunch, as have Anti-Cables L... | |
| Help me find a pre-amp Rkfaberdds, I just finished my preamp listening journey, and I'll try to get my notes out later today......I'm not great at putting that into words, but I'll give it a go. Was a fun experience....and I've ordered my preamp. | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song Little Feat "Spanish Moon" from the live album Waiting for Columbus, not the studio version | |
| Accuphase E-5000 factory power cord good enough? Forgot to mention, the Oyaide R1 is the receptacle to consider,;not the Oyaide SWX series...big performance difference | |
| Accuphase E-5000 factory power cord good enough? Duketbrd88, I use and can highly recommend a couple of Zavfino power cords: Majestic MKII and the Prima MKII, both OCC copper cords.....cryo treated, and broken in to an extent. The Prima MKII is taking longer to break in, the Majestic needed abo... | |
| Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find? Magnuman, I've only found the Neotech rectangular cable available for interconnects, which I've not gotten around to. Right now building speaker and power cables |