From our Signature Sound High-end Audio Facebook page.
Things were getting a bit messy in the main listening room, so motivated by the impending visit of some customers from out of town today, I did a bit of cleaning and straightening things up! 😎
Looking good Rich! Nice to see you still displaying/playing the Merlins, those are just diffusers with the interconnects draped over or Maggies?
Looking to get into a good tube preamp for not much money? This one owner Joule-Electra LA-100 (original MK1 version) preamp, though about 21 years old, is in fantastic shape and perfect working order. I have thoroughly gone through this unit on my test bench and all tubes have been checked, power supply filter capacitors tested, etc etc and will give many more years of great sounding use. The unit was obviously very well cared for and little used by the original owner and is complete with its original facotry box and manual. No remote control on these early Joule-Electra preamps, the line stage uses two NOS 5751 tubes and the power supply has pairs of OA2 and 6EM7 tubes. This is a smooth, natural sounding preamp with wonderful tone and sound-staging. This preamp retailed for $2,995 when new, this classic all tube Joule-Electra preamp is yours for only $895!
Feel to message, e-mail, or call with any questions or your request to purchase.
This used (one owner) 3.0m pair of Cardas Clear Speaker cables are in fantastic condition. About 8 to 9 years old, these are not the later/revised Clear Rev 1 speaker cables (which is the current version), but these cable spent their years delivering great sound connected to Merlin VSM speakers. Retail new, these were $4,950 retail, this used pair is a great way to get some great sounding speaker cables for only $2,200. They are terminated with Cardas factory forged spade termination and come with original Cardas factory packaging.
Feel free to message, call, or e-mail with questions or your request to purchase!
Check out this terrific just published review of Rega Research’s new Planar 8 turntable by Michael Fremer of Analog Planet/Stereophile Magazine. Micheal gives a in depth looks at the design of this table (and what has been improved over the previous RP8 - a whole lot more than meets the eye it turns out) plus a great interview with Rega’s Phil Freeman (head of Rega engineering) where even more details of the Planar 8 are discussed!
We have the Planar 8 on demo here at Signature Sound with a sweet Kiseki MC phono cartridge on it. Let me know if you have any questions or are interested in trading in your old table towards a new Planar 8. You will not be disappointed. 😃
Rega Research’s Less Is Much More Planar 8 (Plus Exclusive Interview)
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Call it “P8” or “Planar 8” but do not call this new Rega turntable “RP8”. That was the previous 8. Despite the obvious superficial Rega similarities the new Planar ...