swampwalker
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| What is the best Amp/pre Amp for B&W 803 diamonds Contrary to the conventional wisdom, I have heard 802s and the 803Ds sound very very good w a good tube amp. Particularly a push pull EL-34/6CA7 amp, making about 50wpc. You would need one w a very very good power supply but I would not rule tubes... | |
| Phono preamp with two inputs: two MMs or MM+MC? Doshi will configure your phono stage however you want; multiple MM, multiple MC, or a mix. All active gain stage, no SUT. | |
| Potential seller's strange policy Well if he is tried to charge you an ebay fee for an item sold on this site, I'd be pretty careful about buying anything from him, unless of course it's that awesome bridge he's got listed with a $0.01 reserve ;-) | |
| Your three favorite audio dealerships? That is so sad and a warning tale for family businesses to have a success plan in place w, for example, key man insurance to make sure that there are enough funds to make a transition. And no I am not an insurance salesman. | |
| Potential seller's strange policy He's trying to hedge his bets on the shipping to make sure that it's not heavier than he thought after it's packed up. OTOH, if you are paying a %, it shouldn't matter how many invoices it's broken into. | |
| Luxman Class A Integrated Slight Buzzing Noise Most likely it is a mechanical noise from the transformer. Could be loose, could be from a slight amount of DC on the power line or could just be endemic to the particular transformer. It should not affect the sound. | |
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| List of Audio Tube Measured Noise Performance "High gain tubes will tend to have more noise than those that afford less gain"Truer words were never spoken but the real question is how much noise is introduced by different types of the same tube (high or low gain). | |
| List of Audio Tube Measured Noise Performance This is a great start, Scott. Maybe the manufacturers will start paying attention to these results, once they are more statistically robust. I know I will, my active gain MC phono stage uses 12AX7s. Well done. | |
| amp or preamp to extend upper end I think that there has been a lot of variation over the bast 10-12 years. My wife's 2002 325xi had an ongoing electrical problem but was one sweet driver. Felt like it could rev forever. She traded in on a 2011 328xi that was sluggish and the run ... | |
| MHDT Paradesea Repair? New Tube? I'll check to see if I have settings for the tube and will pm if I do. | |
| MHDT Paradesea Repair? New Tube? If you post your location, there might be a member nearby w a tester. I'm in the Hartford CT area and might be able to help if you are near there. | |
| What is the best OTL out there? I have owned Joule (VZN-80), Atma (M-60), and Berning (ZH-270), but not all at the same time. Tried running the Berning source direct and it did not make it for me. Had the Joule and Atma at the same time and both are excellent. In the system I ha... | |
| Ken Bernacky Stereo Surgeons The interesting thing is that here in CT, Geno IS god. | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Drewan77- From your posts above it looks like might have some advice for me as I consider taking this route to upgrading the SQ of my system which can read about here. I am considering actively crossing over the output from the pre-amp so as not t... |