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| Zu Soul Superfly 8 ohm experiment >>I looked at the anticable site, but it seemed like the autoformers were made for dividing the ohms to a smaller number...8 ohm tap on an amp to 4 ohm speakers...the issue with the super fly's is they are designed for 16 ohm taps and my amp... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>I'm just saying (as Srajan did before) that just because a speaker doesn't have a crossover, doesn't mean it's better than others.<<There's an error here that is a misstatement of what's actually been said by me and others about cros... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>Input tubes on the BS's are the Amperex White Label 6922 (I think?).<<Against type, Sean tubes Audions for some reticence. All of the Amperex 6922s are quite nice; beautiful sounding, really. But they are polite and smooth, not vivid... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>"Koln Concert", a favorite of mine, the piano was difficult to listen to at normal listening levels.<<I thought this was interesting, so I got both my original vinyl and later CD copies of Koln Concert to listen to on Black Shadows/D... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>...but within the first hour of listening to the Audions I heard a "phasey" annoying brightness on certain piano recordings...<<Jordan,Not surprising. I have to ask: Are you driving your amps directly from your DAC? The tubes selecte... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Warren,The Koln concert. (I can't recall how to get an umlaut over that "o" on my PC in a web data field.)The vinyl is great. The CD has some glare but a good DAC can leaven that.Phil | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup >>Magico/Constellation Audio sounded better at the last HE show than Zu/Audion- admittedly under show conditions and in different rooms<<No kidding. Uh...the Zu room was absent anything more than casual (and asymmetrical) setup, and th... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup GB,You can expect brand new 845B tubes to be improving for the next 150 hours or so. Some congestion in the lower midrange should fade away; deep bass will tighten up some, and the top end will open gradually. They're a little chalky fresh out of ... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Other than academically, there's no point in comparing the Zu103 cartridge to the Soundsmith Straingauge system. They are two entirely different instruments that address differently-ordered priorities. Outside of both cartridges serving their owne... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Charles,The Ypsilon SET-100 uses a single-ended triode input tube followed by 16 parallel-single-ended MOSFETs. And a bunch of transformers are involved.It is both "single-ended triode" and "singled-ended transistor."Phil | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Spirit,The short answer is, Nope.There's a longer answer, if you're interested:I haven't heard the Ypsilon SET100s nor the Koda electronics. As for the Ypsilon, massed paralleled single-ended MOSFETs aren't the top item I'm looking for in solving ... | |
| Zu Soul Superfly 8 ohm experiment Impedance matching between amp outputs and speaker can have strong effects. Resistors are cheap and easy, but if you settle on the advantage, here's an even better way to do it:http://anticables.com/autoformers#!/~/category/id=3461167&inview=p... | |
| VALVET Amps & Pre: any feedback from Audiogoners? I am very familiar with the Valvet L2 preamp and have had some time with the Soulshine 6sn7 version, both in my own systems.The L2 preamp is toneful and has a big, rambunctious sound. The Soulshine is comparatively more disciplined and restrained ... | |
| VALVET Amps & Pre: any feedback from Audiogoners? I am very familiar with the Valvet L2 preamp and have had some time with the Soulshine 6sn7 version, both in my own systems.The L2 preamp is toneful and has a big, rambunctious sound. The Soulshine is comparatively more disciplined and restrained ... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Charles,I missed the 845 part of your question, in my answer about Lamm. I think the Lamm SET amp is more resolving and accurate than the 845 Black Shadow or any 845 SET amp. But the Audions are more emotionally communicative and engaging, with re... |