TAD 150

Someone deleted the thread, I don't know who. I was actually looking for you, your advice seemed reasonable and you were familiar with the gear I was looking at.

I've found an elusive TAD-150 for sale used. As soon as the guy gets his new equipment he'll sell me the TAD. And at a good price too. I figure, even if it doesn't work out I should be able to sell it fairly easily.

I did find one person using a TAD-150 with almost the same setup as mine and he raved about it. Just looking for another opinion.

Arni-
One more thing. As someone, maybe you, posted in the other thread, in this price range, with tubes, I may sacrafice some extension in the lows and some resolution/detail in the highs. Do you think that's the case with the TAD. The guy who owns one thinks not and the guy selling me his thinks not. One of the things I love about the McCormack/Vandersteen combo, is the tight, deep bass. I would hate to lose that.

FYI-the TAD-150 that I'm getting is the upgraded model, not the standard.

I plan on buying it. It may be a week or two until I get it, but I'll post back with impressions.

E-

Eagleman-
Keep us posted.

I won't be giving up my McCormack any time soon. If I need to upgrade, it will go back to Steve McCormack for one of his improvements.

I'm very interested to see how the tubes sound. The only other time I tried tubes was many years ago, with lesser equipment. That's where my impression of loose bass and constrained highs comes from.

My TAD 150 will be here tomorrow. I'll post impressions when I get it up and running.

E-

Left work early to come home and hook it up. Let it run for about an hour before sitting down to listen.

WOW! It's VERY nice right out of the box. Smooth, tight, extended, detailed, you name it! I didn't know tubes sounded this good. I can't wait to hear what it sounds like in a week.

If anyone is thinking about one of these, take the plunge.

I'll post back in a few days with more details.

Well...I listened to the TAD all weekend and it just keeps getting better. It's very detailed, yet not at all bright. The bass keeps getting deeper and tighter. Overall, very detailed, yet smooth, solid and full.

So far I'm very pleased with the purchase!

An update. All of the sudden this thing REALLY opened up. Much more low level detail. But not just detail. The dynamics, micro & macro, are much more immediate & realistic. Same goes for the decay.

This meager little assesment doesn't do justice to the 150. I really can't put in to words how good it sounds. I will say my system has never sounded more realistic.