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| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? I am surprised that the Dynaco gear hasn't been mentioned. The ST-70 is still highly sought after. I prefer the improved versions, VTA I believe was mentioned but not in conjunction with Dynaco unless I misread. Anyway, in addition to Roy's amps, ... | |
| beginner seperate system I didn't do a good job of proofing my original post, when buying tubes, I go through Don, not Roy. Don uses the best new production tubes, some of which are better sounding than NOS tubes. Roy uses lower end tubes IME. Roy designs rock solid gear,... | |
| beginner seperate system Hi dcevens,As for your concern about Don's preamp, if Don should meet with some tragic circumstance after you bought a preamp from him, Roy Muttram, and Bob Latino are loosely connected with him, so I am sure that they would help, but frankly his ... | |
| beginner seperate system In your price range, Schiit audio is worth consideration. The thing that I hear time and again about Chinese gear is that when you buy it, you own it, they reputedly have lousy service. Remember, that’s hearsay, I can’t say that I know. The Freya ... | |
| Am I asking too much? I was way off on the 6SN7 heater current, it's 600ma AC, so if you have 2 you would want a 2.4 amp DC capability but I am a big believer in potential, so I would want 3 amps DC available. | |
| Am I asking too much? Udog, it sounds like it's a noise floor issue. Your DC likely isn't quiet enough so you are hearing some noise that it isn't filtering out. You have a few options, you can, if you know how to work on audio equipment without killing yourself, add s... | |
| What is the best way to tame a slightly bright speaker? Vandersteen CS2 Signatures use ear bleeding tweeters, but they run the audio signal through 3 capacitors in series. I am not sure that I would recommend doing that, but adding a solen cap or padding the signal with mills non-inductive wire wound 1... | |
| Higher Efficiency Speakers Hi pstores, I had the same Vandersteens you have, as well as KEF 105 Reference 2s, Thiel CS-7s, B&W Matrix 2's, and upgraded the caps and resistors in line with the audio path in all but the CS-7s, because before I got around to the CS-7 cross... | |
| Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns Hi liamowen, I believe that your 6DJ8's are a weak point. I have an AR LS15 which had V-Cap teflon caps bypassing the factory caps and thought I was done. Then I read about the Schitt Audio Yggdrasil DAC. I was so impressed with it that I bought t... | |
| Have you had enough of Classic Rock? Tired of "Classic Rock"? Yes, and no. I still listen occasionally as it is the audio of my youth, but it's not all that otherwise, IMO. I listen to music that I would have hated in my youth quite often now. I like big band, Sinatra, some swing I s... | |
| The awakening... I have argued that there are basically 3 types of listeners, those who are happy with virtually anything that puts out sound, then what I call the Vandersteen crowd, they want polite music, then there are detail fanatics. The bottom line is that y... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers If they had glue issues it's likely that in time the other panels will also fail. One thing that often works is a Better Business Bureau complaint. Best Buys once damaged a phone when installing a Zagg screen protector. The store refused to do any... | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) I currently own KEF105/2 Reference speakers, B&W 801Matrix Series 2 with the crossover mods they used in the series 3's, the series 2 crossovers had transformers that induced signals into each other, and all electrolytic capacitors have n ml b... | |
| Which Amp to complete my system? With Don Sachs you get a lot more for your money, much like Schiit Audio he sells direct to market, and using Maida filters his DC is dead quiet, a must for high efficiency speakers, as well as for maximizing detail and timbre. You should at least... | |
| Where do cables upgrades have the most impact? I have multiple "High End" cables, and EVERYONE of them have been a disappointment. The LEAST disappointing expensive cables I have are Cardas and since Cardas bought a foundry, it turns out that while they are proprietary, meaning Cardas doesn't ... |