marakanetz
Responses from marakanetz
| Phono preamp question Rhea should suffice for Helikon SL if active pre is present after.For SL version you'll need arround 75dB of a total gain. | |
| Phono preamp question Yes it will. | |
| $4000 to spend on a SS power amp - help me choose You may add Sunfire 600-II. | |
| Low watt system for rock,electronica? Trelja,Exlude Eagles and REM from the list:-). | |
| Different sound from inputs 1 and 2 on preamp It usually happens with Bourbon fans.My advice is to switch to Jack Daniel's. | |
| Low watt system for rock,electronica? Cdc,Avant-gard has powered woofers 150wpc so this one is out of list.Vons like some current to give out bass.Coincident arn't rock speakers at all. | |
| Are Sonus Faber Cremonas "Tube Friendly"? The only "Cremona friendly" tube gear I know is VTL and Manley's. They use low output impedance transformers (0.7 Ohm secondary winding)Be noted, that the bass can still suffer. | |
| Rhea and tube noise....???? I'm not Aesthetix Rhea user but I guess that for $4k+ the unit should exhibit no tube noise whatsoever.You can shop for small signal NOS at www.audioclassics.com and they have a very good price breaks on them. | |
| Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs They ALL belong to Frank Zappa IMHO and the list of riffs is truely infinite. | |
| SS preamp to give wormth & bloom to Krell KSA amp Newbee,Such one exists: McCormack ALD1.As to temperature, the tube unit is certainly wormer:-). | |
| First time Biasing tubes Don't freak out.The high voltages are inside the box.There's nothing to be affraid of arround the bias probes as you will measure there only milivolts.275mV in triode or 290mV in ultra-linear modes. | |
| Best Redbood CD Player Used/New under $7K I-book G4 . | |
| Time to reflect - why do you post on Audiogon..... Sometimes I see a great post as this one and just want to answer!Sometimes I want my stressed mind to get easier for a minute.There could be more different reasons such as you've described such as to ask the question or to throw some joke. | |
| Best Live Albums? I've got a default for all live albums:Frank Zappa ones -- no contest! | |
| Low watt system for rock,electronica? Yes but only in clock radio. |