helomech
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| Affordable integrated pure class A? You could build a couple of these and pair them with a small preamp:https://diyaudiostore.com/products/amp-camp-amp-kit?variant=7072933085218 Otherwise, consider the Sony TA-A1ES. It's more of a quasi-class A, but still gives the class A sound - v... | |
| Can this be good first tube amplifier? Tube rectification is not necessary to achieve the lush bloom and liquid midrange of tubes. Such claims are based on nothing but myth and conjecture. | |
| Can this be good first tube amplifier? Try also Stabilant -22 Contact enhancerStabilant 22 is garbage. Can’t tell you how many electrical failures I’ve seen as a result of that junk - too many.As for your barely coherent rant, not all expensive caps are good caps. There’s more to perfo... | |
| High efficiency is critical. For that budget range, look at speakers from Decware, Omega, and Zu Audio. If your Heresys are first gen, you could upgrade to the IIIs, then take them a bit further with outboard crossovers from ALK. | |
| help decide what av receiver under $1k to choose Best bet is to seek advice on AVSforums. | |
| Anyone with experience with the effectiveness of the AVA HUMDINGER? I tried the Humdinger to eliminate Rogue transformer hum, and it didn't do a thing. The unit is extremely well made, and I have no doubt it does exactly what they say it does, only what it was eliminating was not causing my hum. AVA were very ea... | |
| Seller is responsible to get item to you, intact. yes? or no? UPS Store is the ABSOLUTE WORST !!!! They wrap everything in bubble wrap and send it.... 90% chance of damage. And UPS employees play football with the packages... I have only had claims with UPS.I prefer FedEX .... they have never damaged anythin... | |
| Anyone with experience with the effectiveness of the AVA HUMDINGER? Did you ever manage to solve this hum issue? | |
| Replacing The Factory Jumpers On Magnepans - Does It Improve The Sound? You're much better off putting those $ toward a pair of Mye Stands. | |
| 12AU7 Genalex or Psvane for Cayin Hybrid Integrated H80A Very curious how a true NOS tube will fair in my system, since I have never tried any NOS tube. Concerned mostly with noise that some report NOS tubes exhibit, but then again that concern may apply to just about any tube.NOS are less noisy than th... | |
| Preamp tube Any particular tube is going to sound slightly different depending on the amp in which it’s installed. Some of the best advice I’ve been given in this hobby is to buy NOS tubes from Andy at Vintage Tube Services. Spend a little more $ now to get t... | |
| 12AU7 Genalex or Psvane for Cayin Hybrid Integrated H80A Why waste your $$$ on these new production tubes? Even the best won't last as long (or perform well for as long) as a halfway decent pair of NOS tubes. Call Andy at Vintage Tube Services. Tell him the sound you prefer and he can hook you up with a... | |
| Anyone compared GoldenEar Triton 7 with Triton Reference? I'm not at all surprised by your findings based on my auditions of the 7s, 2s, and 1s. I have one of their ForceField subs and like it, but found their Triton series incredibly overpriced. Revel Performa series is a much better value - the same fo... | |
| Ethics are sliding by members! Something about Maggies attracts tire kickers. | |
| Still looking for an amplifier upgrade- but with a new twist..... I'd first look for a tube preamp with a stepped attenuator/resistor ladder volume control. That should yield better channel and instrument separation. Those Alps pots are a weak link IMO. Don't get me wrong, I own some gear with Alps pots and they... |