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Thank you for that suggestion. I've had bad luck with EL34s in the past but I know that the Air Tight is supposed to be wonderful. There's an original dual rectified one with the Tamura transformer...

posted about 1 year ago

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Luxman OTL out, Fisher SA-100 in. I think this is the best compromise of SET and solid state sound. Good bass, very transparent. Still searching for a keeper amp. Almost bought Shindo CV391 the oth...

posted about 1 year ago

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Thanks! The plinth is from dasacoustic.com. He's also on eBay. It's birch ply with a mdf top, all clear lacquered. He has an amazing selection of idler plinths and can make any armband you need as ...

posted about 1 year ago

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Got rid of the 300B SET. Replaced with a Luxman MQ-36 OTL amp. Very rare in the US with US voltage. I've never hear anything close to this in my home. Wow. Also it's super hot, so there's that. Goo...

posted about 1 year ago

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Thanks. I looked really hard at the dynavector but I love the aesthetic of the 12" SME!

posted over 1 year ago

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Thank you! It took months to get the table and then have it painted and rebuilt and then find the right arm and cartridge. I'm really happy with it!

posted over 1 year ago

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Thanks! I added a photo of the turntable and phono preamp.

posted over 1 year ago

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@thosbĀ I was reading about a vintage dealer in Utah and his unbelievable system (hundreds of thousands of dollars) and noticed he had a littl...

posted over 1 year ago

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So besides the noise, how was the Joule amp tonally? I want to try an OTL next with my ESL57s and I've been very interested in the Joule. Hopefully they've resolved the noise issue. I wonder if it ...

posted over 12 years ago

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