dpatterson
Responses from dpatterson
| Bose 901 series VI & Yamaha A-S2000 I sold Bose back in the day and owned a pair of 901s. I would highly recommend you go in another direction. I would agree with Dtc's comments. | |
| Step up from music hall 2.1 Rega P3-24 or Music Hall MMF-5.1. | |
| Doge8 tube seating chart There are 8 tubes in the Doge. 4 12AT7s are the linestage and 4 12AX7s are the phono section. You can refer to pacificvalve.us for more detailed information. | |
| If one had to be longer which would it be? I would tend to agree with Mofimadness unless you are talking very long runs for the interconnects. I use 2 meter interconnects from my preamp to my monoblock power amps which sit next to the speakers. My speaker cables are less than one meter and... | |
| Speltz Anti-Cable VS VH Audio CHeLA spkr Cable I would have to agree with the above posts concerning Speltz anti-cables. I use both the speaker cable and interconnects in my system with great results. | |
| What you drink while listening sessions? Bud cans! | |
| Playing the wifes music choices My wife uses our rig on a regular basis but usually when I am not home. She plays more vinyl than cds. When we are both listening I usually pick the music but our tastes are very similar. | |
| Am I nuts or what? Apple TV The Eastern Electric DAC is outstanding. | |
| Tube amp, more low end You are probably going to have to make a big jump up in power to drive Gallo 3.1s with tubes. At a 4 ohm impedance and 88db sensitivity they are not an easy load for a tube amp. | |
| Good integrated for Magnepan 1.6qr You are probably going to hear a lot "need solid state with lots of current to drive the Maggies". However I have heard a friends system using Mag 1.6qr and tubes with less power than the Cary and I thought it sounded darn good. Of course we are n... | |
| Amp for Coincident Super Eclipse Those speakers are very efficient and present a very stable load to an amplifier. Time to try a little bit of SET magic! | |
| pacific valve&electric I purchased a Doge 8 preamp from them several months ago. The Doge is the real deal at this price point. I am very pleased with the purchase. The company is very responsive and communicates well.I would gladly do business with them again. | |
| Inexpensive Bookshelf Speaker Stand? Sanus Basic stands. Sell at Amazon for 30.00 | |
| Listening china.. any xindak, shengya experiences? My whole system was made in China with the exception of my Music Hall turntable. Consonance Cyber 800 monoblocks, Consonance Cyber 222 preamp, Soundquest SQ12 cdp, and Von Schweikert VR4jr speakers. I have had no performance or service issues. The... | |
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