Thanks for your insight.  I don't have measurements, but you telling me a generalization can't be made solely based on core types is enough to settle my worries.  The guy building the amp also happens to make the transformers (SAC Thailand/Silk Transformers), and after I posted this he told me...

A builder is making a 45 tube transformer coupled amp for me, and gave me the choice between EI core and C Core transformers.  He described the EI core as having a more warm/organic/tubey sound.  The C Cores, along with being more expensive (though not a factor), apparently have better...

Is it OK to use a 6N5PJ in one channel of the amp, and then a 6N5P in the other?   These are the only tubes I have; just wondering if it'd be OK to use the amp with these two apparently different tubes.

Hey guys, just wanted to point about the excellent customer service from La Figaro.   So pretty much my 339 took almost a month to arrive.  None of it was La Figaro's fault; it appears FedEx or whomever decided to sit on their hands with it and didn't tell either of us.  I waited 3 weeks until...

What's this about a new 339?  Anyone know when the new version will be shipping, or is it already shipping?

Should be fine; I haven't heard the Modi, and while I feel the price differential of the DAC between the other two components is a bit substantial for my preferences, I've heard good stuff about Schiit in general so I'd wager it's up to snuff.  When you do eventually move on up though, I would...

Keep in mind that it's not simple enough to just ask, "what's best?"  Audiophilia is like cars, some like coupes, others like luxury sedans, some like BMWs; others like 'vettes.     At any price level there's multiple pieces of equipment at the same level, but with different flavors or...

Quote: USA.  No customs issues at all, but part of it's probably because stated value was $100 by accessoryjack.  Not what I prefer, but it was very well packaged and based on the good reviews for the website I feel there's an appreciable chance the website'd take care of me in the event of...

Agreed, for party speakers I'd get some cheap stuff off craigslist.     However, if it's not a concern for you then I'd highly suggest Tekton pendragons for your application.   http://www.tektondesign.com/pendragon.html   From the reviews I've read you can easily get even better than...

I got mine from www.accessoryjack.com. though AFAIK I ordered the last one last Monday (it still shows in stock but when I asked how many the day before I ordered, they said they only had 1 left)

just placed my order for a W3000ANV! :)   I'm looking to order a Minute 45 tube amp for this.  Do you guys think the W3000ANV mixes well with very stereotypically "tubey" amps like the MInute 45 apparently is?  That's the kinda sound I tend to enjoy so I'd be pleased to hear if W3000ANV is...

In regards to 2, it has a 10 ohm resistor in parallel.  I'm pretty certain from my research that this means the resultant resistance is then R1+R2/(R1+R2) which means my speaker amp is going to see about a 9.7ohm impedance.     In regards to 1 and 3, people run speaker amps with the...

Hi guys,   I'm trying to use my Cary 805C monoblocks to drive my Senn HD650s.  I'm aware I can just use a headphone cable terminated to speaker leads, but what about using this?   http://hifiman.com/Products/?pid=104   I'm aware the impedance presented by the headphones is going to...

Quote:   Yup.   CuTF = Copper Teflon Foil   PIO Cu = Paper in Oil Copper

Quote: Sounds awesome!  Let us know how it sounds!  From me looking online, the only cap that some people say is better than vcap CuTF is Duelund cast cu, so I'm very interested to see if that's true in this case.