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| Anyone compare LS 3/5A Soliloquy SM 2A3, Spendor I've had them all in the past. None are optimal for 213/45 SET amps and would be marginal with push-pull amps using those power triodes. But you'll get good tonal sound if not much dynamic life, within the limits of the amps driving small, ineffic... | |
| 6sn7 and 12sn7 octal preamp for under $5k The Melody 101 is designed in Australia and made in a dedicated factory/craft facility in China. Not only is the parts content world class but it is mostly point-to-point hand wired with exquisite attention to detail and it is finished to premier ... | |
| 6sn7 and 12sn7 octal preamp for under $5k Melody Valve Pure Black 101Valvet L2Both are linestages under $5,000 in the US. Both have remote control for volume. Both have the vivid, muscular, refined characteristics of 6sn7 and both benefit greatly from NOS or near-NOS replacement tubes.The... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks Ed,I've heard the DeHavilland several times in a number of situations. They are well-built; Kara provides great service. I wanted to prefer the Aires to the Audion Black Shadow (the Black Night is a 300B PSET integrated) because Kara makes her amp... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks Jwm,I wrote that Bob Hovland recapped my amps, not that Hovland caps were used. In fact the value here was that Bob gave me an opinion about what caps would make specific improvements and after some discussion that included Dueland and others, we ... | |
| How international is your system? For two systems:Speakers USA - ZuPreamp UK - AudionPreamp German - KlimoPower amp UK - QuadPower amp France - AudionTurntable UK - GarrardTurntable Japan - LuxmanTonearm German - Thomas SchickTonearm Japan - StaxTonearm Japan - VictorPhono Cartrid... | |
| Best bourbon? I recently had a scarce Willett's 20 year. It challenges the Pappy Van Winkle 23 year for pinnacle bourbon ranking, honey smooth with a trifle more spice. The Van Winkle 20 remains a not-cheap but still more affordable weekly sipper.Phil | |
| Know anything about the BSG Technologies QOL? Ozzy,I'm not sure how Zu cables are pertinent to this thread but I certainly don't get upset over anything audio. All cables are pretty much fixed parametric equalizers so they're all flawed from a fidelity standpoint. We each just select the leas... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks I haven't heard the Trenner speakers and I emphasize that my earlier descriptions are of differences of degree. The Viva amp sounds beautiful and it will impress someone who hasn't a lot of experience with 845 amps as being fast, vivid and dynamic... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks First, compared to other tube amps, I consider 845 SET in general to be exceptional contenders for superb musicality on a wide variety of speakers. So my comparative comments in response to question are just that -- comparative.In isolation a Deha... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks First, compared to other tube amps, I consider 845 SET in general to be exceptional contenders for superb musicality on a wide variety of speakers. So my comparative comments in response to question are just that -- comparative.In isolation a Deha... | |
| Know anything about the BSG Technologies QOL? >>loudness in live music is a mysterious thing. e.g. The loudest a solo violin can play is about .02 acoustic watts. A bass drum could pump out 20. That is roughly 1000 time louder, yet ,subjectively both can compete because subjective loudn... | |
| Know anything about the BSG Technologies QOL? Is this where we are now -- mid-fi costs $10,000 - $20,000 and ultra-fi starts at $120,000? That must explain the dearth of outlets to buy anything hifi anymore, and the shrinkage of the market from one of hundreds of millions of people to a few h... | |
| Know anything about the BSG Technologies QOL? Is this where we are now -- mid-fi costs $10,000 - $20,000 and ultra-fi starts at $120,000? That must explain the dearth of outlets to buy anything hifi anymore, and the shrinkage of the market from one of hundreds of millions of people to a few h... | |
| Mach2Music mini and Amarra : Huge disappointment Getting 'Best of Show' recognition in a hotel hifi exhibition is like CNET saying your smartphone has the best screen for watching movies on a handset. So what?If you're not getting good sound out of a dCS Debussy DAC, you have a serious problem u... |