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| A New? Way to Buy Loudspeakers?? I love Crutchfield for what they do. My go to for their stuff. Sure beats Best Buy. That said... nice try on this one. Takes me hours of listening to decide. The real question... is it working for some customers. | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? Conrad-Johnson. I’m surprised there is so little mention here. I’ve owned their products for more than thirty years with no problems whatsoever. The availability of service is a huge issue for some of these brands. c-j will service anything they’v... | |
| Speakers positionning Another factor to consider is the space between the speakers. In general, the farther apart the are, the more toe in may be needed. Hard to imagine, for instance, that speakers 12 feet apart sound their best with no toe in. Each of us has their... | |
| 84k speakers... Big disappointment Have a 2018 Audi S5 and the B&O stereo is fabulous. Better than any Merc or Lexus I’ve owned. | |
| best preamps Conrad-Johnson GAT Pre and the new ART amps. Superb.Enjoy. | |
| My Experience with Dave from Audio Doctor NJ oldschool1948... since you're in the DC area, JS Audio in Bethesda is an excellent dealer offering a number of the fine brands mentioned here. I've felt with them for years and still do now, from Florida. | |
| Question for tube aficionados Hi Folks...Need to correct almarg and raindance about those grid resistors. I was in touch with Jeff Fischel, now heading up c-j, about those PV-11 grid resistors. Apparently the sources the previous posters used were wrong. Here is his reply to... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! How about YES and NO. Yes it's about better sound vs. Redbook CDs. And No... of course it's about making money for content and software owners. There's no free lunch. The question for all and each of us is this free sound improvement worth the... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... Like others here I've owned some powerful, high quality SS amps. The good ones always sounded terrific... until I compared them back to back with my conrad-johnson tube amps. Owning both at the same time allowed switching out amplifiers as quick... | |
| Need some Amp help - a little new to properly powering speakers Many good suggestions here, two that stand out are:If you increase power and keep the same mass market level of product, you will hear little improvement. Be sure to go up in quality vs. power, you will hear the difference.You should audition a g... | |
| Brands that have the least depreciation I'll mention two not said so far... Wilson Speakers and conrad-johnson electronics. I've had good resale and trade in experience with both. | |
| VPI vs. SOTA VPI and Sota are both great brands. You can buy refurbished Sota directly from them... call to see what she's got in house. You might also call the elusivedisc folks who are really good at this and exceptionally fair to deal with. Also, I note ... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Agree with much of what has been said here. A bit of twist in the response... equipment quality is more important to the ultimate sound quality in the preamp, whatever you use. Getting the magic sound of tubes is more significant in the power amp.... | |
| Member's recommendations for tube amplification You should audition conrad-johnson tube amps. I've used various models for 30 years and all were excellent. Enjoy the quest and the music. | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? To the "no one has ever lost an amp comment, my friends at Conrad-Johnson tell me that when an amp comes in for service, aftermarket fuses are the first thing they check. Inevitably, the AM Fuse not responding correctly is the cause of the proble... |