glennewdick
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| Does it make sense to use 6k$ Nos tube with 5K$ tube amplifier? of all the current production 300b tubes I feel the Genalex gold lion to be the best overall sound. better then the Shuguaug Western Electric knock offs and they are more money. I've heard or run the Suguaug Treasures, WE's, Psavne (not sure which... | |
| Phono preamp suggestions Ifi Audio Iphono 2 is actually dam good for $500ish. | |
| 300b tubes burn in time? Same brand and model or did you have another model from Shuguaug. I know the Black Treasures and WE's sound quite a bit different. That's said they do take a 50-200 hours to settle, so give them at least 50 hours. I personally found the treasures ... | |
| 300B Warmup versus other tube or SS amps? I'm sure it depends on your amp's my 300b SET seems to be fine after 10mins or so depending also on the time of day as I live in the city so supper time it sounds not great after much better. | |
| Recommendations for improving visceral impact? Vacuum your carpet before critical listening? really we are going there now. Next we will have threads on what vacuum sounds the best. | |
| Why do some manufacturers reverse preamp polarity in the first place? what type of speaker do you have as some speakers using 2nd and 3rd order cross overs have drivers of different polarity so you will never get the right polarity as each driver in the speaker could be different. | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? I ran a Luxman Class A amp 100v with a step down and found it wonderful. You do need a step down as the extra 10-20v in NA can cause issues. If you are concerned think of it this way there is a huge step down transformer out in front of your house... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? + for the ChinookAlso the Gold Note ph10, Allnic audio if you can find a nice used one ( first choice). Another contender you don't hear about much and surprised me was the Audio Note UK phono stages (particularly the stage 2 Audio Note Kit phono ... | |
| Soliciting Member Perspectives: Levinson vs Bryston vs Audio Research 20 year warranty says a lot about Bryston, Levinson isn't really Levinson anymore can't say much about ARC never owned anything from them. Bryston and ARC have stood the test of time rather well with good customer support and product stability. | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? If your using a north American 60hz strobe disc just use an incandescent light bulb for your light source. if you have a 50hz disc then that could be your issue. That's all the lights are for built in speed control on record players that have that... | |
| Opinions On The Following Phono Pre Amps Please In those ruff price ranges I would also consider an Allnic (used or used), a Gold Note PH10, Manley chinook. All highly regarded. Also all have great adjustability. I’ve only heard one of the above, the EAR, and wasn’t a contender to the above IMO. | |
| Best courier for transport from the US to Europe Denmark I sent a turntable to Norway last year and it was silly the shipping cost if you want it in less then a week. If you can wait ship via land-sea it will take longer but less money by far. | |
| Anthem STR vs Parasound JC 2 BP vs any other sub $5,000 Preamp? I've heard the STR integrated and the Lyndorf both in the same room and both are very good specially after the room correction software has had its go. Actually really surprised me to be honest how well it works. I've had serious thought about dum... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** Seriously do like one other mention buy an entry level Project or Rega and have some fun! We need more people into vinyl. Also don’t think you cannot have some good fun with that set up, as you defiantly can. some good points from the rest but I ... | |
| How much power is too much power. how about 20,000 watts I know silly really, I wondered how they power it to get that much power out. Ok I know its not really putting out that much, I've seen power amps for radio broadcasting and they are huge and require a lot of cooling and input power. |