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You have to call Astron direct and order SL-11 and have them mod it, cost 95 bucks plus shipping. Cryoman sells that power cord for 65 bucks. These mods improves the Itube by at last 200%.
That's a lot of money for an Astron.
I'd just use something else all together at line level. There's lots of things out there.
So $95 is too much but $369 is not?
Cryo'd Itube plus Astron 9v power supply with Reality Cables power cord will set you back about 500 bucks. This is a killer combo with the Crown XLS.
This demonstration was a real "Wow" for the attendees. The Rickie Lee Jones (RLJ) cut was played at realistic, but certainly not unpleasant, levels in the relatively small hotel exhibit room on speakers with an estimated sensitivity of about 89 dB. The average power typically read 1-2 Watts, while the power on peaks often topped 250 Watts (the power display monitored only one channel, so these numbers should be interpreted as Watts per channel). On this cut, most peaks occurred with an aggressive "thwack" to a snare drum positioned dead center. - Bob Cordell
This demonstration was a real "Wow" for the attendees. The Rickie Lee Jones (RLJ) cut was played at realistic, but certainly not unpleasant, levels in the relatively small hotel exhibit room on speakers with an estimated sensitivity of about 89 dB. The average power typically read 1-2 Watts, while the power on peaks often topped 250 Watts (the power display monitored only one channel, so these numbers should be interpreted as Watts per channel). On this cut, most peaks occurred with an aggressive "thwack" to a snare drum positioned dead center. - Bob Cordellhttp://www.cordellaudio.com/he2007/show_report.shtml
I'm happy others hear the baseline sound I hear with the Crowns (or vice versa, since I'm new to this particular circle!) Especially with so many different speakers, cables, sources, rooms, etc. I'm using a modified Jolida JD100 CDP, with output "> 2V, 47 Kohms," directly into the XLS1500, with the amp gain levels at 10 o'clock. With 94.5 db Omega speakers I'm getting deep layered clarity and sometimes shocking dynamics and fullness in my roughly 24x20x10 room. While I could adjust the gain levels, for some reason I don't. I haven't heard anything that was so quiet I had to increase the gain , but at the same time I'm amazed at the variance in recording levels on discs.On a side note, the Lady overheard me discussing the lack of remote volume control and muting in my system, and asked what was the problem. I explained I had to pause the CDP via remote when the phone rang, doorbell rang, something popped up on TV that interested me, etc. She said wouldn't it be just as good to pause the CDP and pick-up the music exactly where I left off, instead of muting or turning down the preamp volume and letting the music continue to play while I was preoccupied with something else? Initially I thought this was a preemptive strike against me experimenting with a dedicated preamp. But then I thought about what she said...LOL
To the folks out there who have added damping weight to the Crowns, what did you use, bags of sand? looking for something cheap and cheerful. I'm setting mine up now, used some sorbothane semi-spheres as feet. They are rated at 2-4 # each, and with the Crown weighing in at around 8-1/2 pounds, guess I can add about 6 more pounds to the top of the chassis or where ever.
