Brad , these came today, I will say these work , I have not yet use all the different taps yet to find out which one works the best with my set up, these work by changing the impedance of the speaker so the amp will work better, so far the sound is better bass { controlled } mids are better than before, treble sounds clearer to me but the same. I will not be able to get to all the different taps in a few days it might take a few weeks,but these do work. the web site is zeroimpedance .com I will keep you up to date as much as I can about this Zero thing . Greg |
Brad ,I did in fact have the Maggies and they were very good speaker, they didn`t fit the room as well as I wanted {WAF}, you what I mean,plus the low end was not what I wanted either. I sold them and bought Innersound Isis, these are great speakers .I have them also on Audiogon too, to pay upcomming taxes, but have found the money to pay it , so maybe I won`t have to sell them.Now the upgrade will cost $250 I`m sure Mark will do the fuse for you while its up the for the Magnum mod, the tubes will set you back about $30 to $40.The next thing I`m going to do is buy the Zero autotransfomer to help drive my speakers with the Rogue amp, the amp should sound a whole lot better driving a high impedence load than a low one, I`ll let you all know how this turns out. Don`t buy the sub yet, this autofomer may help the bass alot. Greg |
Bradz, if you have the money go with the 99, if not the magnum upgrade is very good. It is better than a stock 66 in all areas, you can use a number of different tubes after you done the mod to the 66. the tube I use is the E80cc, if you use this tube be sure to let Mark know so he can mod it to use that tube, you will never go back to a 12au7 after you hear it. Greg |
Bradz, the tube can be bought at the tube store, and Dekay is right ,its not a direct replacement, but you can use it in the 66 after you have Mark change the fuse out on the line stage. If you don`t do this it will blow the fuse after a few days, and you will end up changing it . The sound of the unit with the tube in it is awesome , the bass is tighter the mids are about the same ,the top end is extended. the tube also sounded to me more transparant. It also has more gain, the dynamics are much better. You will like the Magnum 66 on its on , but that tube is very good, another tube to try is the 7316, I have not tried it , but the word is, this is a good tube as well. Do the Mod and you`ll like the unit much better. |
Bradz , also the unit I have is a Magnum 66, and it does not sound as good to me as a stock 99, very close , but no cigar. The 66 Magnum is a very good pre-amp, much better than most of the others out there, it just not going to keep up with the 99, and if you do the magnum on the 99 , well you right back to the begining, the stock 99 will sound way better than a stock 66, same goes for the Magnums too. I have the 88 ,but I don`t have the magnum of that unit , so I can`t say much on it, I `m going to do it soon. |
Brad , They cost 383 a pair , these are sounding very good today ,I`m still in the 2x tap, I `m going to try the 2.75x tap later today, you can call Paul and talk to him more about the Zero`s, I will say this if you have a low impedance speaker , you need the Zero`s with any amp SS OR TUBE OR OTL`S its is giving me sound that is well better than I`d hope for. you can e-mail me here ggresham@islc.net |
Brad ,I wanted to get back to you about whats going on with the Zero`s in my system, Shit this is great . The amps seem to like the 2.75x taps on the Zero`s driving my Innersound Isis , the speakers already had great imaging ,but now there even better. The resolution is much better as well, I`ve heard more from this setup than I have ever heard before, small details are now much easier hear. You don`t have to strain to hear them, dynamics are much better as well. I have played the drums for 35 plus years, and they sound more real , more like the wood that they are. The drums have more of there own space between them than before, all the instruments now are easier to follow and each has its own place in the sound field. the bass tighten up alot, pitch is better on the lower end than before. I beleive you should look in to these as and up grade to your present system, mine are keepers. Greg |
Brad , I don`t know what kind of speakers you have, so I would not know if the Innersound amp would be better. The Zero`s will reduce power in a solid state amp if you set it up to drive 16 ohms, the whole purpose was to get the amp to see an much easier load from the speaker to the amp. The Rogue sounded better driving my Innersounds at 11 ohms instead of the 4ohms taps. I talked to Mark about these and he wants me to send him the web site so he can look into it. |
Brad ,the Zero`s are working great, I` m using my Meadowlark shearwaters now , and there kicking some real great music right now. I had Mark send me the 12au7 he is using in the Magnum 66, I`m running it right now. Its still to early to tell about this tube , it might do as well as the E80cc, we`ll see.Did you get a hold of Paul about tring the Zero`s with your system. I wish I still had my Maggies to try with this amp and the Zero`s, bet it would have been AWESOME |
Brad , I do live in the great state of South Carolina, The Rogue 120`s will sound great on the speakers, I have the 88 and it drove the Maggie 1.6 very well. The speaker was a little to big in my Living room, the wife wanted to get some thing that sounded as good but did over power the room with the size. We then tried the Innersound ISIS and found them to be much better, I have lived with these for a year now, the size of the Isis is still a little to big and I may just put the Meadowlark Shearwaters back in the Living room. The deal was that we would do a H.T. room the way I wanted and the two channel room { Living room } would keep the speakers as small as I could ,not to mess up that room with speakers. We Have people come by and thats the room they are in most of the time, I will sell my Isis sometime this week. The Meadowlarks do sound good ,but the Innersound are much better in every way to the Maggies and the Meadowlarks.That tube that Mark sent has really started to sound very good. I`ll keep you posted. |
