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| Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers All great recommendations for sure, and I have three recommendations: Tannoy Cheviot Spatial Audio X3 While I haven't heard them myself, but audiophile pal in Italy recently upgraded to the Cube Audio Nenuphar speakers and struggles catching h... | |
| First CD player help! I recommend a used Oppo CDP, preferable a 105D, awesome performer. | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes ghastly, I suspect that your are correct that the tubes you mention are the Valhalla of 300b tubes, but at $6K for a quad of new WE 300b tubes, there are much most affordable choices that might reveal a high percentage of the magic of 300b tubes.... | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes Their tubes are too pricey for their performance compared to the best Chinese tubes. | |
| McCormack dna-1 upgrade or no 100% agree to live with it as is or find something else. If decide to sell, you will be out most of the cost of the upgrade, which frankly is the case for most upgrades in my experience. I personally found a very modest improvement going from a ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes This is the supplier I got from Don Sachs for the Linlai tubes: helen@jjyaudio.com I can't find a link to JJAudio. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Wig, This is the contact information for Helen, Don Sachs' preferred source for the Linlai tubes: https://vivatubes.com | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I have a stash of 24 middling NOS 6SN7 tubes including GE, Raytheon, etc tubes, which will get me though this pandemic. The new Chinese tubes are much preferred. I got the stash of 6SN7's some years ago for $10-$20 a tube, all fully tested. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I have a stash of 24 middling NOS 6SN7 tubes including GE, Raytheon, etc tubes, which will get me though this pandemic. The new Chinese tubes are much preferred. I got the stash of 6SN7's some years ago for $10-$20 a tube, all fully tested. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I ordered the Linlai tubes suggested by Don from Helen in China, who informed me that there would be a delay in shipping. Extra tubes in the closet are the way to go, like bullets in a magazine for a soldier: you can't have enough of them. | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! Wow, ~$4400 for a power cord, $1200 more than the cost of my Don Sachs' Kootenai KT88 amp. It is vastly too expensive for my budget, but good for you finding joy with the cord. | |
| HDD format issue for music files Well, much appreciated, I am sure that your answer to my plight. Thanks for the taking time to reply. ;-) | |
| Don Sach's pre amp Pesky_Rabbit, From a derivative stand point, Don Sachs has acknowledged that the inspiration for his preamp came from Roy Mottram's SP-14 preamp. Indeed, Roy mentions Don in his website so their relationship is very solid. http://www.tubes4hifi.... | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? Two that come to mind are the above-mentioned Linkwitz LXmini's (where the sweet spot exists pretty much everywhere in the room) and the venerable Spica TC 50's and 60's. I heard a pair of ML Montis with a Lyndorf receiver and in the narrow swee... | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? Two that come to mind are the above-mentioned Linkwitz LXmini's (where the sweet spot exists pretty much everywhere in the room) and the venerable Spica TC 50's and 60's. I heard a pair of ML Montis with a Lyndorf receiver and in the narrow swee... |