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| Best SS amp for Zu Druid Mk IV speakers 100wpc for 101dB Definitions? 32wpc yields 116dB peaks. Do you require this volume? | |
| Why does "Monk's Music" vinyl sound strange? Slightly off topic, but I own a SACD/CD hybrid version that's outstanding, IMO. I've listened only to the SACD layer. | |
| Integrated changes input selection by itself You're doing a good, systematic troubleshoot. | |
| Best SS amp for Zu Druid Mk IV speakers I've heard tell...from a dealer of Zu Audio and Pass Labs...that the XA-30.5 is a great amp with the Definitions. | |
| Best SS amp for Zu Druid Mk IV speakers The Bel 1001 MK II listed for sale today. | |
| How make my Ayre system "warmer"? What was the manufacturing date on those CCa's you had? The ones made after '67 could singe your ear hairs with their stridency.Rodman99999 (Threads | Answers)One pair was 1959. Another pair was 1961.My understanding is that CCa made in 1967 or l... | |
| Does good technology guarantees musicality? I agree, yes. | |
| KAB 1200 vs. everything else. $6500 (retail of digital player). $2500 current used value.$4500 retail value for entire analog front end, including phono preamp.$1800 (retail value of Technics SL1200 MK II and KAB mods + used value of Dynavector XX MK II cart) | |
| Benz Micro M2 loading I would try it at 220 ohms, yes. | |
| Does good technology guarantees musicality? To Audioengr's point about AKM DACs...I have owned a silver disc player into which were installed Crystal DACs and AKM DACs during various "upgrades", I am perhaps the only one who will admit preferring the Crystal DACs (others have mentioned thei... | |
| How make my Ayre system "warmer"? Rodmann99999, it's also the gear into which the tubes are placed. I only ever directly compared Mullard/Siemens tubes in a Lamm LL2 Deluxe preamp, Wright Sound WP200C phono preamp, and a Moscode 401HR amplifier. In these units, the Siemens CCa (ea... | |
| KAB 1200 vs. everything else. Folks, some of you are proposing spending more money...more expensive phono preamp, more expensive table...Not gonna do it. I have a silver disc player worth $2500 that is superior to the $4500 vinyl rig. Why would I dump more money into vinyl pla... | |
| How make my Ayre system "warmer"? Mullard and Brimar tubes sound different enough to me that I would not put them together under the same "sugary and glazed" umbrella.I have rolled Mullard Blackburn production tubes with Amperex 6922 white label tubes and Siemens CCa, ECC88, E88CC... | |
| KAB 1200 vs. everything else. 12-26-08: Piedpiper...you could have spent the $800 on a better arm and used the cart you had with possibly better results.You have changed your advice. Previously, you stated, "The question is whether the $ spent on the Dyna would have been "bett... | |
| Thinking about moving to a tube pre - suggestions. The lack of any product for sale on Audiogon can be due to a number of reasons that may or may nor have anything to do with quality of a product or its popularity.An item may sell only a handful of units in a given year, making the pool of availab... |