whitecap
Responses from whitecap
| Speakers for a Large Room (20’x37’) We are planning (hoping) to remodel our place to create a large open listening space that opens to kitechen, etc. similar in size to OP and others here. We put together two systems with this future use in mind. Two thoughts: 1) definitely explo... | |
| Can Anyone Recommend a Repair Shop for a Yamaha C-2x Preamp? Technetron Electronics, Inc. NYC. | |
| Recommendation for tube preamp OP wants warm. ARC ain't warm. | |
| Seeking Hi-Fi DJ for Daughter's Wedding. Please, no more responses. Sorry I asked the question. Didn't expect a bunch of snot-nosed chirping. | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For @ronkent: its the original REX (circa 2008, I think), with all new tubes specified by BAT. Amp is the BAT VK-655se, which is a fabulous beast, best amp I have owned. Upgrading to the REX 2 is a possibility for us in future, or REX 3, but for ... | |
| Keep McIntosh C2500 pre-amp or upgrade to C12000? @meadski: NOS Telefunken 12AX7, recommended and purchased from Kevin at Upscale. Made a night and day improvement to the C2500. | |
| Keep McIntosh C2500 pre-amp or upgrade to C12000? Agree with @glennewick: swap in some NOS tubes to the C2500. Telefunken in our C2500 was a major game changer. Major. If not, I would have sold that Mac a long time ago. | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For Nice to see all the well deserved praise for BAT. I was hesitant to add my 2cents here, but it is on point. The VK80 is terrific for sure, we had one for about a year. But the REX was one of those transformational changes that we all hope for... | |
| Help me understand the current amp market @jyaki: We too listen LOUD a lot, I'm talking concert-level loud. Having tried both tube and solid state pre-amps, we now only use tube pre-amps, with solid state amplifier(s). And, FWIW, we have also resigned ourselves that the best pre/amp ... | |
| Great Interview- Years ago we saw Bonamassa in NYC several times, but surprisingly the sound at his concerts was was at best, fair. So I bought several of his CDs to play on my rig hoping for better. Didn't happen. The sound Bonamassa's CDs is so bad, I literal... | |
| How would you spend my next $5K? Yet another recommendation here for a second 812 sub. You're missing half the fun. | |
| Tubes Recommendation for McIntosh Preamp Also, FWIW, on a C2500 I swapped in NOS Telefunken 12AX7. Huge improvement across the spectrum. | |
| REL Hum. Stumped Alas, I too have the hum with my pair of S/812s. Amplifier is pure balanced, BAT VK655se, which apparently presents its own unique issues with the Rel Speakon. @last_lemming I am completely ignorant of technology, so I'll never be able to rep... | |
| Qobuz hell Qobuz "customer service" in one word: awful. | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? No. Probably. And have the same pattern as @markalarsen. |