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| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles, I try to be careful about excessive exuberance, as you may have noted with my reservations on the WE replica 101D. But this CV387 is really good in my system and room. I did some looking around to try to find CV387s, to no avail. It looks... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles, Last night's session included Schubert's Auf dem Storm for tenor, piano, and French horn. It just blew me away. I finally have a system that gets French horns right. I hope you are able to find a good pair and they work as well for you. Y... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles, I have had good experiences dealing with brent Jesse. I did not see CV378s on his list the last time I looked, but it is worth giving him a call anyway.Got some more listening in tonight. These CV387s are really opening up. Mikirob, I als... | |
| Best 300B Anyone heard anything lately about release of the Elrog 300b tube? | |
| Best 300B Charles, I would have pegged you for a Brothers K. kind of guy. | |
| Best 300B GSM, I'm not surprised. It is hard to think that one could operate a business that way, but a consortium of trusting and trustworthy gentlemen might be feasible, provided the proper safeguards are built in. I suggest we all let this idea simmer on... | |
| Best 300B There are obvious problems associated with execution of the following proposal, but it almost seems as if there could be a huge demand for a vacuum tube lending library, or perhaps a tube co-op. I'd be willing to spend 1-2K on a pair of 300Bs, but... | |
| Best 300B Charles, If I read a review of the WE replicas that suggested they were really in the same league as the originals, that would probably provoke a response. For now, I'm going to hold my cards on 300Bs. BTW, closing is scheduled for the house in TN... | |
| Best 300B Jedinite, no problem. An opportunity to audition a few good burned in 300Bs in a pair of amps you are about to buy is an opportunity to "treasure."Charles, I envy you. You are only wondering about the Psvane WE replicas. I'm wondering about those,... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Schubert, Both you and I had humble beginnings and did rather well. That is the exception, not the rule.Mapman makes a good point above. I have referred to it as a culture of mediocrity. Since I have not lived in Germany, I am going to defer to yo... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Schubert, I am slowly developing a theory that the peculiar characteristics of German culture and worldview, as those of us who grew up and lived in the 20th century came to know it, are due primarily to one historical event. The 30 Years War. Com... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Jafreeman, there are those who would argue that the government's interference in survival of the fittest has actually widened the gulf and is additionally adding to the demise of the middle class.We have more poor people post "great society" than ... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES or NAD M51? Davehg, I found that transferring wav files to the HAPZ1 was problematic to say the least. On the other hand, AIFF, flac, ALAC etc. transferred flawlessly. I found in a few cases the wave files sounded best, but this was 2 albums of many. Most of ... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Schubert lived in Germany for a time and is an astute observer. I would be slow to dismiss his observations. My experience with Germans is limited to the field of organic chemistry in an industrial setting, and further limited to brief customer/cl... | |
| ILLusion Liquid Air Umbilical for Modwright units Wig, I agree. The Illusion is a substantial and very cost effective upgrade for the MW HAPZ1. Based on your comments, it is clear the same applies with the MW 5400. |