rcprince
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| What is the best tube integrated amp? For classical, vocals and instrumentals I think a Jadis Orchestra Reference (or a DA60, if you can find one, afford it and have the space for it) would be a nice choice. | |
| Jadis DA60 I think it is autobiasing, but you should make an inquiry of Pierre Gabriel to be sure. I recall I first encountered it at Victor Goldstein's when he was the importer, and recall him telling me it was essentially an integrated based on the JA80 am... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Drubin, Newbee, find the Delos recording of the Voices of Ascension (downtown from you, Drubin, in Manhattan) singing the Durufle Requiem, I think you may find that to your liking as well. They're style of singing (flat tone) serves the plainsong ... | |
| Tube cdp's and Tubed Output cdp's For Jh2os--there is never too much of a good thing when it comes to tubes!!! :^) I use an Audio Logic DAC, a Jadis JP200 preamp and a pair of Lamm ML 1.1s with no problems, but I do note that the better tubed units and solid state units are soundi... | |
| Tube cdp's and Tubed Output cdp's The only tubes in CDPs that I'm aware of are in the analog/output stages of the players. In the early days of CD, the use of a tubed output stage often had the nice effect of taming some of the digital "glare" exhibited by the early players and CD... | |
| Audiologic owner's... I had Jerry take out my AES/EBU input and replace it with a second coax input, as he felt that it was hands down the better input at the time and I needed a second RCA input from a DVD player that output 24/96 digital signals. My unit doesn't have... | |
| Best used Krell two channel amp? I agree with Bryhifi, the KAV series was never intended to be as much a no-compromise design as the KSA/KMA series. It runs in Class AB, not Class A like the 80, and does not have nearly the same ability to drive difficult speaker loads. It was in... | |
| Instruments of the Orchestra While I'm a decent amateur musician, I see no reason why a person needs formal training or experience to appreciate classical, or really any form of, music. My wife can't sing a note or play an instrument, but she loves music and listens to it all... | |
| BELCOR Trade Name Watch out, it might be on steroids! | |
| Levinson 23.5 or Rowland 7 MK3 amps I'm going from long-term memory here, but they both sounded great with the right speakers. I heard the Levinson with Wilson speakers, sounded very good but didn't make me fall in love, I blame the Wilsons (earlier versions of Watt Puppies). The Ro... | |
| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? One thing to note is that while the LS5 is a great product-I still like it better than virtually every line stage ARC has made because it has the tube-like qualities they seemed to move away from in the SP 11, SP 15 and LS 2 hybrid designs-and an ... | |
| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? For the sound you're describing, Wendell is correct, the SP-10 is what you want--it has a very good phono stage too. The 11 is a hybrid design, and sounds more neutral but definitely more like solid state than tubes. If you want to spend more, a J... | |
| ASC tube trap: which's reflect or absorb side? Ramses' answer is my recollection with my old tube traps, which did not have the button Fmpnd mentions. | |
| Jadis Defy 7 If no one else responds, I'd either contact Jadis directly via e-mail on their website (they have been helpful to me in the past) or, if you're in North America, perhaps Pierre Gabriel, the importer. Does your seller know how to bias the tubes? | |
| Jadis Defy 7 I think you need to re-bias the amp to change the tube type, it's not like the mono amps (JA-30/80/200) which have an auto-bias and can accept various types of tubes without any adjustment. Can't tell you how to bias the amp, though. |