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| Specs to look for when matching tube pre to SS amp I believe one "rule of thumb" is the input impedance of the amp should be at least 10x the output impedance of the preamp. My McCormack DNA 500 is one of those SS amps with input impedance of only 10K ohms, and it works fine with the SF Line serie... | |
| Audiophile book of "Common Sense" well Marco, at least someone here knows shit from shineola! | |
| NAD 3140 - I know nothing I own one too, and it has served me well since 1983! | |
| Alon/Nola drivers Jeff, sorry to hear of your support problems. My experience has been exactly the opposite. Carl has been very supportive of my upgrades, and very helpful with suggestions. I get the sense he and Marylin run the company so they are probably busy du... | |
| Alon/Nola drivers based on my upgrade experience with Nola, the bass drivers are custom, and likely the midrange also. The HF drivers are from Norway, but would guess they are built to Carl's specs and not off the shelf. All use alnico magnets. Definitely not somet... | |
| Some random thoughts for Tube newbies maybe consult the manufacturer for advice. Chris Johnson was very helpful when I recently purchased a SF Line 2SE. I am sure most of the other tube equipment manufacturers would be pleased to help folks choose the best tubes for their components, ... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? Denf, Unfortunately, I have never heard the Halo JC-1's, but I would really like to hear them someday. They were actually my other "finalist" when I purchased the McCormack and I forgot to list them in my post above. I don't know that they would b... | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? for a smorgasbord of good rock bass players, check out the two "Deep End" cd's by Gov't Mule, which Warren Haynes and Matt Abts made with a variety of bass players, after their friend and band mate, bass player Allen Woody, passed on. While you're... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? McCormack DNA-500, definitely. Others considered were the Pass .5 series, Sim W-6 or W-10, Belles 150A Reference monos, and Krell cx models. | |
| Review: McCormack DNA-225 Platinum Edition Upgrades Amplifier George and 4yanx, after upgrading to a DNA-500, I promised myself I wouldn't think about comparisons and further amp upgrades for awhile.....still working on the preamp thing a bit though. 4yanx, good to hear you are enjoying your new Platinum upg... | |
| Tubes for Sonic Frontiers Line 1? Who knows??? I am new to this also, having just purchased and tubed a SF Line 2 to try something different compared to my Muse 3 Signature SS preamp. Sort of a mixed bag. I talked with one "well regarded on the net" tube vendor who basically said ... | |
| Need help with tube linestage-SF vs ARC vs Others Bigkidz, I had sort of a similar issue with my Vk-500 amp, while the bass was great, and it sounded quite good at lower to moderate levels, when the going got rough...like during complex passages at moderate to higher volume...well, dynamics (espe... | |
| Need help with tube linestage-SF vs ARC vs Others Thanks Semi, your comments are very helpful. In your opinion, how much does the LS16 give up to the LS25 and the non-SE version Line 3, and in what areas. I am narrowing down to LS16MkII or Line 3, probably to be upgraded later. Thanks | |
| Need help with tube linestage-SF vs ARC vs Others Thanks everyone so far,Mthieme, how good is the Vk-30? I used to own a Vk-500, and it sounded pretty good, but sort of broke up a bit when asked to rock on complex pieces. The DNA 500 was a definite improvement. Could you elaborate on the strength... | |
| Dual-Disc Destined to fail?This reporter thinks so Don't get me started.....I feel like a rant, but will try and control myself. The thing is, we have these highly resolving systems that we have put our time and money into, and the software is crap. My DVD audio discs sound good enough to let me k... |