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| solid state vs tubes The thing you have going though is the premise if you buy into it that some good tube and SS amps tend to sound more similar and less "tubey", which is the basis for my suggestions.Mapman (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)I agree... | |
| solid state vs tubes I agree with you, Phaelon. There are qualities produced by a good tube amp/speaker match that cannot be duplicated with a solid state amp/tube preamp combination.I have heard a hybrid tube/solid state amp mated with a tube preamp come close (and f... | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers Azuad, since you mentioned deli sandwiches in L.A., I would recommend Brent's Deli in Northridge above Art's Deli (considerably so, IMO), and also an L.A. institution for pastrami, Langer's Deli near McArthur Park.In a pinch, my wife and I go to A... | |
| Sansui TU-X1 tuner vs. Magnum Dynalab 109 Having owned a Squeezebox Transporter for about a year, I find that 90%+ of my listening is via Pandora or ParadiseRadio on the Squeezebox. I even use the Transporter (Modwright modded) as a DAC for an Esoterix UX-3Pi when I listen to CDs.Just rea... | |
| One Super high end cable or mid level set? Performance and price do not necessarily go hand in hand when it comes to audio cabling, IMO.There are a few one-man operations that provide excellent products that are competitive with cabling costing much, much more. Additionally, you can usuall... | |
| tube watts vs transistor watts? With tubes we tend to be satisfied with fewer watts instead of continuously increasing the volume to bring out something in the music we feel we are missing. Sure, you can get this in solid state electronics, but the price is much higher.Rrog (Ans... | |
| tube watts vs transistor watts? Trebejo, I touched on this in my first post. | |
| solid state vs tubes 09-23-10: HifisoundguyTvad, tube gear has reliability issues..bad solder joints, tubes that only last for a short time and sometimes you buy brand new tubes that are already bad, capacitors blowing out and loud poping noises that come and go at an... | |
| tube watts vs transistor watts? 09-23-10: UnsoundTvad, it's possible for a given speaker to have both a low nominal and minimum impedance.Isn't that the same thing as a flat impedance curve? If that's not your meaning, then please provide an example of a low nominal impedance an... | |
| solid state vs tubes 09-23-10: HifisoundguyNobody wants to talk about the problems you have with tube gear but thats all right...What problems specifically? | |
| tube watts vs transistor watts? ...some manufactures recommend power needs assuming that the 8 Ohm rated power of the amplifier will "double down" into the lower impedance that their speakers actually work in. That might require more (8 Ohm) tube Watts than ss Watts.Unsound (Sys... | |
| tube watts vs transistor watts? Discussed at length in the thread archives.The answer is 200 watts.Because distortion from tube amps is perceived more favorably by the human ear than distortion from solid state amps, a lower power tube amp may *appear* to work as well as a highe... | |
| best powercord for atma-sphere amps MA 1 If you don't already have the full bodied and well defined sound of the cello and the double bass with the MA-1, then your speaker/amp match is off or you have problems elsewhere upstream in your system. A power cord is not going to make the diffe... | |
| Best 300B Anyone have experience with any of the Chinese E-Bay sellers of the Shuguang 300B-Z tubes? | |
| What are the alternatives for Kimber and Cardas? Ballan has a good suggestion and a good point.Kimber and Cardas are two solid products. I have found over the years that many cables sound really terrific, and the pool of potentially satisfying possibilities is fairly robust. I have come to the c... |