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| What is the minimum distant for Zu? Zu has said in the past that Def models with rear-firing sub-bass arrays can be used as close as 2" from the wall behind them. And it's true. Is that ideal? Depends on your room and how much flexibility you have for placement.What's more important... | |
| integrated for zu definition 3 Scott,A well-designed 845 amp that gives you dynamic muscle with Def III without losing any of the involving intimacy of SET is, for the most part, beyond your budget. If you get lucky in the used market, terrific. Any of the big glass amps that a... | |
| Tonearm Ideas for Garrard 301 Rebuild I use a Thomas Schick tonearm with a Garrard 401. I have several tonearms and have owned dozens over the years. The Schick is all you need, plus it's simple, direct, consistent. No fussing once it's set up. It looks the part, too.I use Zu103, Deno... | |
| Marantz 250 & 3300 ? Speakers Some of the production runs of the Marantz 240 and 250 power amps were quite nice. Of the vintage-correct speakers, Large Advent, Dynaco A50, Dynaco A35 and Dynaco A25 mate well with these Marantz transistor amps, taking the edge off the top end a... | |
| Ebtech's Hum X Ground Loop Exterm. Do they work? The Ebtech Hum-X does work as claimed, but whether it works for your system problems specifically is highly situational, and there's no reliable way to know for sure until you try one or more. You can use a cheater adapter as a cheap advance trial... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? >>Are they improving further as they open up?<<Yes. But Def4 breaks in much more rapidly than Def2 did, with then a long tail of very gradual improvement. The interval from set-up to quality sound is quite brief.Phil | |
| Your favorite SET amp? Wavac EC-300B... If you can afford $16k, stretch just a bit for Audion Golden Dream 300B PSET monoblocks. For a step dow in cost, Audion Black Shadow 845 SET monoblocks.Phil | |
| Difference in 300b and 845? For both tubes, the circuit and the execution quality of same in the amp are highly influential. Both are triodes commonly used in single-ended amplifier topology. While it's possible to get a 300B amp with disciplined bass, and it's possible to g... | |
| Comments on the Audion Black Shadow 845? I own the Audion Black Shadow 845 SET monoblocks, and the Audion Golden Dream 300B PSET monoblocks. I have each pair in a different system, but switch each between systems frequently. I've also heard the 3-box Elite in my system and a recent pair ... | |
| Rogers LS3/5a question LS3/5a had greater continuous longevity in my systems than any other speaker so far. I ran a double LS3/5a system for over a decade (think a miniature version of TAS' double Advent system from the mid-70s) and later used them in in secondary syste... | |
| Enough SET Power for Rock and Roll 845 SET is the ticket. On 101db/w/m Zu Definitions, I can cave in my skull on clean heavy rock with 25w of 845 SET drive. You can also try PSET 300B at similar power, or 211 SET at about 16/16w with surprising drive. But unless you go for exotic b... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? >>...so please Sean and everyone at Zu, don't tempt me a few years down the line with Def5s etc....<<There's ALWAYS something next. You just have to know when the train has traveled far enough for you.Phil | |
| How do you tame a Denon DL-S1? >>I see the MC gain section is in two copper boxes.<<That's shielding. Gain is active, and it sounds astonishingly good, regardless of its affordability.Phil | |
| Hovland HP100 service? Yes.Phil | |
| How do you tame a Denon DL-S1? You need additional gain, so you have three options: 1/ add a step-up transformer, 2/ add an active pre-preamplifier, 3/ get a preamp with a MC input with the two gain stages you need internally cascaded.Loading requirements are different for SUT ... |