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Industrial/lab DC power supply for audio?
are you referring to some sort of power regenerator? 
Nagra VPA 845 retubing
my dealer said the VPA need tight specs tubes so to work properly and flavorly with their amps. he come across one of his customers whom send back VPA for repair and was inform by Nagra that his customer had used third party tubes and cause certai... 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
hi Atmasphere,just reading thru one of your earlier post, you said "Deep bass seems to me the hardest thing for tube preamps to do right, but if they do that right there will be no solid state that can keep up". BUT i think SPECTRAL Audio would ha... 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
Please kindly read through the posts to understand what I'm looking for. Thanks 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
that's because most people think Niagra not as suitable to play my kind of music which happens to be mostly modern orchestra music and contemporary pop songs. got it? 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
i had heard a couple of SS pre like MBL, Ayre KXR, JeffRowland, Pass Labs, EmmLabs, Simaudio, Spectral etc... they all have the qualities of good SS but their note's extension/decays seems stiff.i wonder if anyone else,other than Charles, is famil... 
Sound of transformers in preamps?
well then, what is the significant advantage since there has been quite a number using transformer for volume switching and output coupled? do resistors has unstable impedance and cause freq response fluctuation due to feedback from amp? Thanks 
Sound of transformers in preamps?
Generally resistors base pre will have more dynamics and midrange than transformer pre. but transformers will outshine in areas like transparency and detail, just my 2 cents. i think it would be hard to notice their musical differences between the... 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
i understand most preamp suggested here are top line and i would be happy with them. i truely value all the suggestions and opinions given forth and especially some seniors whom are very helpful and patience with my queries and uncertainties. i al... 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
dear members, Merry Merry Christmas to ALL, and enjoy more music, more songs. HO..HO..HO... 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
hi Knghifi,Thanks,your comments are very informative. could you describe your impression of Doshi if you can recall,what is its strength? any comparison would even be better, even if it is in a different system. just curious why many hail Doshi as... 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
Yes, thanks Charles. You are spot on with what i feel towards VAC and i know you understand what i'm trying to ask about Dude. just a slight pity that i haven't have the slightest idea how does the Dude sounds. Glad you understands me anyway :-)Th... 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
Charles,Yes! i understand your meaning of an artificial or over done 'black' background. So, what i trying to say is many many audio gears have this artificial black/quiet background, and VAC has less of this. The reverberation of notes from VAC a... 
Best Tube Amp/Preamp combination with Quad 2805s
hi Ralph,may i refer you to an Amp called AMPZILLA 2000 ver.2 Its spec mentioned :100% stable into any load angle 0 to 90 degrees, capacitive or inductive, regardless of waveshape. is this Power or voltage paradigms? Thanks again. I've noticed ele... 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
hi Charles, sorry to bother you with questions again. With some audition experiences, i found out there are 2 types of distinctive background silence. First type: imagine yourself on a huge plateau of grassland or perhaps on Antarctica (going for ...