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Wow, that's a monster of an amp. The cost of retubing it as much as many high end amps cost alone.

Yeah, I heard about this as well. Very sad. RIP.

I agree. The 150B is an amazing unit that does tons of stuff,... but most of which you will not utilize on a regular basis.

I read the first review before. The 2nd was new. It's definitely and interesting unit. I liked the pictures in the 2nd review, especially with the Rose's screen being an old style tuner. This thing even plays radio,... it truly does a lot of stuff, perhaps more than any streamer I have seen. Still, ...

AJ, I think you are a little. Also, I think you may be approaching digital in the wrong way. You have built a top of the line system for you analog playback. Really some of the best gear available (and with the new Wilson's arriving shortly, even better). But keep in mind that you did not start your...

Just listened to the White Winds album. This is some really great stuff. I have to sample more of his catalog.

And that’s the part that’s so confusing. If all the services are sonically flawed in some way, then the attraction must be due to the issues like catelog size, search and suggest software etc. Is that a naive or jaded view? I don't think this statement is necessarily true. Whether vinyl, CD, or str...

I dunno … it looks like an expensive and steep learning curve for someone with high expectations. I suppose like all other things in our hobby. But I still subscribe to the concept that you don't have to necessarily jump into 5 figure gear to get great digital audio. I think the only component that...

I don't use Roon personally but a lot of people in the audiophile community do. I don't think it is a question of whether Roon is "good or bad", but rather do you need the functionality of what Roon offers. It's basically a front end to playing music from multiple sources and offers a lot ...

We do have the PV10 schematics in our database so that may help identifying a signal path specifically to look at.

First, welcome to CJO. Great to have you with us. Sorry you are having an issue with your PV10B. It must be doubly frustrating that you were hoping to get better sound out of new tubes only to have disaster strike. It sounds like you did a pretty good job with making sure the tube socket is not the ...

mstrshikadance wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:40 pm That was fast. Managed to find a PV15 today. No phono, as you mentioned above. However, i can solve that another way.

Thanks!

Cool. Let us know what you think of the PV15 when you have it all set up.

Very interesting speaker design. As planar speaker user these models always intrigue me. I guess the question becomes, what do these offer that the top end martin logan or magnepan don't? There is a big jump in price going from low 5 figures to 6 figures. I would definitely love to get some listenin...

Welcome to CJO, great to have you with us.

Congrats on the PV10A. It's a great unit and a good starter into tube gear.

Enjoy the tunes!

I think CJ caps are proprietary so you can't buy them from anywhere else (to my knowledge).

You can try with alternative caps. Everybody has their favorites. I've used Solen before and they make good caps.

I just picked up a slightly beat up SA400. I plan on re-capping it myself (first time project), powder coating the case, and hopefully figuring out what to do with the faceplate. I got it for a steal and it supposedly sounds perfect despite the body damage. He says it was never dropped, just other ...

Thanks for the link. He seems to give a very positive review. Maybe this is another area where China has improved quality?

Hola chicos, I did a little Goggle search and found this Shunguan KT-120. Stereotimes says this:The Shuguang Treasure KT-120 tube, the subject of this review, has some distinguishing features that include the internal carbon polymer compound coating, gold plated pins, Super Alloy, and Teflon insula...

gregorioo wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:36 pm I'm open to suggestions, although I already have the Premier 140 selected and agreed

I agree with AJ. I would just enjoy these. If you are really looking to take a significant step up in performance (and price), then I would be looking at CJ's newest amp offerings.

Technology is pretty amazing and getting to the point that it may be surpassing humans in the artistic fields. The ability to pick out music with just a poor sample quality of a few seconds is pretty impressive. Recently I've also been very impressed with AI generated art like Midjourney ( https://w...