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| Bass reinforcement for very large room Classic Audio Reproductions T1 or T3 will do the trick. | |
| Tube preamplifier tube choice help please You will have significantly more tube rolling flexibility with the 6SN7 preamp. This is an advantage, IMO. | |
| Warm Sounding Power Amp or MHDT Havana DAC? If you're considering changing speakers down the road, then do that first. Otherwise, you're going to be chasing your tail as you try to match speakers to a new power amp. It's the wrong way to go about building a system.Address the real problem r... | |
| Shindo Amplifiers and Audio Note Loudspeakers? what about the Montrachet? uses EL84s which are common.Keithr (Threads | Answers)Sure, the Montrachet is an option, as are the other Shindo EL84 and 300B amps, but thus far no Audio Note speaker owners have reported using them. | |
| Shindo Amplifiers and Audio Note Loudspeakers? I am concerned about the scarcity of the F2a tube used in the Cortese. A Google search turns up no results when searching for suppliers of these tubes, and I'm not sure I want to be locked into only one supplier (Shindo).Just my personal take on it. | |
| Shindo Amplifiers and Audio Note Loudspeakers? Viridian, I see that Art has gone through the Haute-Brion, Cortese, and now as the Corton-Charlemagne. It's hard to keep up with that moving target.Aronss, I was told by Matthew Rotunda, whom I trust to have current info regarding Shindo, that the... | |
| Shindo Amplifiers and Audio Note Loudspeakers? That's helpful to know, Encyclopediabsh. Thanks. My understanding from Matthew is that the Haut-Brion is out of production for many months, so it's good to know other alternatives.Another person I know is using an Art Audio Symphony II with AN-E S... | |
| Ayre K1xe vs First Sound Presence Deluxe Mk II If your goal is quietness, I can't imagine any tube preamp being quieter than a solid state preamp.It's really an apples to oranges comparison.Having owned several tube preamps, in addition to the FS Presence Deluxe II, no solid state preamp I hav... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? 12-18-09: Pubul57I see it had a 100kohm input impedance....and it has a 1.4V input impedance (= rated power), which makes it a nice match for passive preamps.It's power output is only half at 4 ohms, however, so it would seem that speakers having ... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? Pubul57, there's a new First Watt J2 that may be worth investigating. | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? Tvad, some of the smaller McCormack amps actually have a pretty high input impedance.Unsound (System | Threads | Answers)You're right. I should not made a blanket statement based on my limited experience with two McCormack amplifiers.Thank you for... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? Lots of good advice above.My 2 cents:1) If you have always used a tube amp, you will not be completely satisfied with a solid state amp, no matter the brand.2) If you decide to switch to a solid state amp, pay attention to the impedance issue alre... | |
| greater resolution as an end in itself ?? It's both, or neither, or one or the other depending on one's perspective and preferences.Maybe the true perfect solution is owning a forgiving player and a resolving player, thus affording a choice depending on the quality of the recording.Then a... | |
| Best bourbon? Macdadtexas, I like your list. First one's on me. | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? I agree with Mrtennis.This discussion is analogous to juggling water. |