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| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Roxy 54,This is great to hear, thanks for chiming in!I am glad to hear as well that the 300b tubes are decent for a starter. I'm not sure what the brand of the caps is; in the invoice he describes it as "silver gold oil." So, we'll see.I had also ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob,I remember having so much fun building the Bottlehead Seduction phono preamp. I don't get to work with my hands in my "normal" life and I find it very relaxing. And thanks for the good wishes.Gsm,Never occurred to me that Amazon.com sells ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles,Thank you for the good wishes.Ultimately, there were several things that swayed me in this direction.First, I did want to buy from an established company that would give me good service and support down the road. in addition, Charles, your... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Ladies and gentlemen, We have a winner DRUMROLL It's The Audio Note Kit 1 with a Three Input Switch and Upgraded Capacitors!Thank you to everyone here for your help and for the marvelous education I have received from all of you!Rebbi | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles1dad,Did you mean Bottlehead or Audio Note in that last comment. | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles1dad,Spoke with David at Common Sense Audio about modding the 300b amp. He opined that the whole modding thing is bullish*t. He said that they did many prototypes and listened to many different parts and simply chose the ones that sounded t... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mdemaio,Bingo!Look, this hobby (and industry) are full of colorful characters all over the place, and his confidence that there is simply nothing better out there - "the best speaker ever made, the best amp ever made" - well, take it for what it's... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles,You have been extremely helpful, thank you!What do you think of the tube quality "issue" on the Audio Note kit?Sounds like you are very curious about that Audio Nirvana amp, yes? | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles,Last night, I was thinking that I should just get myself a Dynamo and be done with it and have a bunch of money left over for re-tubing. However, since the consensus here seems to be that the 300 B is something really special and that I sh... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Okay, Folks,Here's where this starts to get really interesting. :-)I spoke to Brian Smith over at Audio Note Kits. Very nice, very energetic guy. He was adamant that the Audio Note Kit 1 in its standard configuration would have no trouble at all d... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mdemaio,Wow, that Audio Nirvana amp looks really interesting! $1550 for a beefy 300b SET? Hmmmmm... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Al,I appreciate your learned input. I am really not terribly worried about running out of gas with an SET amp. I could be proven wrong, of course. But my listening room is closed in and not terribly large around 11' x 16' with an 8 foot ceiling.... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? The AN kit weighs about 40 pounds, for whatever that's worth. :-) | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Charles1dad,Good question.The Bottlehead's trannies are made in the USA by Magnequest, apparently. Magnequest also sells upgraded transformers (several levels of them running $400 to $650) for the Paramount kit. Paul Joppa, the designer, says that... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Well, for a variety of reasons the Antique Sound Labs AQ 1005 DT is off the table, as I have reason to believe it may be only a so-so amp, plus it's not clear to me who'd service the thing if it needed warranty service.I think that if I go with a ... |