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| Best Option In A Tube Preamp $1,800 Or Less - Used I'd like to recommend a Doge Clarity tube preamp. I've owned a VTL 2.5, Tad 150 Signature. N.E.W (Cary) pre, Ming Da (Response Audio fully modded), Mike Elliott modded Counterpoint preamp. The Doge betters all of my previous preamps. Certainly not... | |
| Glenn Campbell - new found respect A comment taken from You Tube from this show -Yes, and it is almost unfathomable, but I have read in numerous places that as part of the Wrecking Crew Glen Campell played in over 600, yes six hundred session and recording studio session playing al... | |
| Mirage M7si bass bump how to deal with it?/ I owned these speakers M7si, and the M5si bigger version years back and they are nice sounding speakers for their time and price point. They are definitely NOT lacking bass regardless of placement or amplification. The upper bass is no doubt tippe... | |
| backup cd player Emotiva ERC-3 | |
| A lot of unrealized systems out there... Life circumstances can come into play as well. Divorce, health issues, job loss..... It seems for me that past few years - loss of dad, daughter starting college, mom on the decline..... some of my own health issues... have all whittled down my ti... | |
| Equalizers - don't listen to the nay sayers I had a mint, vintage 1978 Luxman G-11 EQ. Had it recapped about 10 years ago.Was dead silent when in active in the circuit and did what it was intended to do. Decided to sell it for next to nothing a while back. I suspect my hearing is starting t... | |
| Emotiva XPA-200 review I bought the XPA-200 via holiday promo deal when the amp came out - forgot what I paid but I recall about $150 below retail. I use the amp to power some home brew passive Usher subs and could not be happier with the performance for money spent. I ... | |
| SONIC FRONTIERS LINE 3...TUBES & CAPS upgrade I second BrF's comments but in regards to the SF Power 2 amp. The amp was not involving and definitely did not have that magical 'tube' sound I've heard through many other tube amps, VTL, Counterpoint...... I've read that the SF preamps and amps w... | |
| My wife passed yesterday My wife had breast cancer while pregnant with our son over sixteen years ago. We also had a 2 year old at the time. I call that our year of hell plus trying to hold onto a high pressure job in IT. My wife is now a 16 year survivor. I'm so sorry fo... | |
| Audible Illusions Modulus 3 Audio Research SP-11 I owned a Modulus 3 years back. It sounded good but not better than my TAD Signature 150 preamp. Came with a brand new set of National 6922 tubes (not factory recommended I know). They were fried within 200 hours of use. What a tube eater. Sold it... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? The internet (and audio web sites - which continues today and will into the future) is the best thing that happened to audio. I personally got tired of going into hi-end stores having pushy salesman give me their jaded view on why their gear is th... | |
| Suggestions? Tubed linestage pre-amp?? I have a Doge 8 Clarity and it is by far the best tube preamp I've owned versus (VTL 2.5, Audible Illusions Modulus 3, TAD 150 Signature, Mike Elliot Modded Counterpoint SA-1000, Ming Da - Bill Baker modded). The Doge betters them all.There are ob... | |
| Need advice on a tube line stage Doge 8 Clarity and good NOS tubes | |
| Lowend Preamp on a budget. I concur with Schubert. The EE Minimax posted here on Agon is a no brainer for $600. I had a TAD Signature 150 preamp which is also a great preamp for its price point. I sold my mint unit several years back for $675 if I recall correctly. There's ... | |
| Subwoofer: should we even use them at all? I also tried numerous sub set ups and was never quite satisfied with the synergy to the main speakers. I'm sure there are Agon members much smarter than I that figure out the correct components, set up....I went a different route. I had a pair of ... |