Receivers & Amplifiers

Using the VT200 with an ARC CD5 and LS27. Great balance. Good tight bass. Smooth highs and mids. No listening fatigue. Great combination. The music is effortless. Does run warm with 16 power tubes and 10 signal tubes. Needs to be retubed every 3000...

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anyone used with ELAC BS244?

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Need not say much.

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Great preamplifier BUT really only with right tubes.

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I currently own a very nice XAT-440Q.. I wouldn't call the Amp mint, due to a couple of surface scratches and a slight dark spot about 2" long were some dude who should have had a kick in the ass put on what was like a sticker for a poison control...

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Note: I bought this amp used for under $400 delivered to my door. Very cool!

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use the Myryad for more than 6 years now and still satisfied.

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Neighbor insisted I needed to buy these. He threw in a Lafayette stereo master control center.

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The Jadis Orchestra was recommend by my friend working in the refinery.He told me that Jadis tube amp are all purely made in France and this country is well known for quality product,unlike China product.today you buy,tomorrow spoil already.

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I purchased this amp from a gentlemen who said he received it as barter in the form of partial pay while employed with Carver audio while these were in production, said he was an electrical engineer of sorts and I have no reason to nose down the...

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A cleverly designed and talented amplifier that will work superbly in a wide range of systems

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The Yamaha RX-V1 is the successor to the infamous and highly regarded DSP A1. The RX-V1 means business with its massive 20lbs high current power transformer and large heat sink area.

7 expert reviews | 3 user reviews

If anyone has Triangle Speakers and who is searching an affordabla amplifier, try the Audio Refinement Complete or Alpha and see how the bass is responding to 50W power. it is unbelievable! i compare the AR with exposure 2010S which has the power of...

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just bought my first class a stereo best i have listen to look at a couple Musical Paradise tube amps sounded good but always broke after a month. this has great american built and has the most bass of all I have heard in a tube amp. Still looking for...

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Pioneer VSX-1014TX-K

1 expert reviews | 9 user reviews

Introduction When Mark Levinson announced they would be introducing a $16,000 preamp ($18,500 with the phono section) there was a group of long time loyalists who scurried to authorized dealers to put down deposits while other audiophiles and music...

1 expert reviews | 6 user reviews

I have owned a pair of these monsters since 1990. I run them with an Adcom GFP 555II and 4 Klipsch La Scalas, I have set 1 Klipsch on fire, (wasn't used to their extreme power), rocked out dance halls and blasted my basements for many years.

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Boasting a whopping 120 full-bandwidth-rated watts x 7 channels of high-quality amplification and dual-room/dual-source capability, the RX-DP10V offers incredible thrills and true versatility for home theater and music buffs alike! Its on-board THX...

3 expert reviews | 4 user reviews

I bought the 8150 second hand in 2013 from someone who had upgraded to a Perreaux Audiant (I live in NZ). But in their opinion there was no discernible sound quality difference between the two, they just wanted the digital input features of the Perreaux.

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and thankfully Arcam's very own Johnny Wilkinson appears to be delivering the goods, because this is one hell of an impressive home cinema receiver. For starters it beats all previous Arcam models when it comes to ease of set-up and day to day use -...

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I didn't think that a solid state preamp could replace my Audible Illusions L1 tube preamp but this one did. Don't get me wrong the AI L1 is a very good sounding preamp but the Forte F44 took things up a notch both in transparency and detail. The F44...

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I have had a Mc 60 since 1955 I also have a Marantz 1 pre-amp and two JBL C 31 corner horn theater systems speakers 500cycle crossover 35 pound 375 driver and lens and 4 150-4 low freq. JBL woofers perfect combo for all records Mac low damping factor...

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I knew my Magnapans 1.7's needed some real muscle to drive them. I added a Mcintosh C2300 tube preamp to the mix, and I couldn't be happier. This is by far the greatest sound I have ever heard. These amps are so rich sounding that I just can't get...

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I bought this Rotel integrated amp in 2001 at a high-end audio store in L.A. It was a brand new design and the salesmen were really pushing it. I was thinking I needed a 100 watt per channel amp. This one was rated 60 watts per channel. I told them I...

5 user reviews