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| What speakers use SEAS or SEAS-sourced drivers? Aliante. | |
| Help power pair of Infinity Kappa 9's please Timlub is right on. Power is not an issue with the Kappas by and large. It's all about current, since the impedance drops ridiculously low. You need a very high current capability amp. Tim, when I bought the Aragon, I looked at a Sumo Andromeda am... | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps Thanks all. What are the purported advantages of OTL amps over those with transformers, aside from eliminating possible transformer hum and obviously making the circuit more "pure" in a sense? Hum isn't an issue with the MastersounD or the Franken... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Tonality/timbre is very neutral in my opinion, Charles. They don't seem to color the sound at all- what's on the source is what you get, right down to very fine soft sounds at the fringe of the recordings. They pull everything out of the source. T... | |
| Help power pair of Infinity Kappa 9's please Don't want to be a jerk here with only negative comments. Sorry. You want good, very loud sound for 2500 bucks or thereabouts? Look at the Zu Soul for around 1800 bucks/pair, and pair it with a Peachtree Nova integrated amp for about a grand. Sell... | |
| Help power pair of Infinity Kappa 9's please I have the Kappa 9's. They're now in permanent storage in my attic, waiting for the day that I get the urge to rebuild them just for fun's sake.Those things were God awful on amps. As many have said, the efficiency is way off what you posted. 88-9... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Update: The Frankensteins are really opening up. Very clear, great imaging, dead quiet. Bass is authoratative, not rolled off, and the highs are excellent, with little roll off as well. Think some of the grainy character was due to the MIT cables ... | |
| I need a lower gain 12au7 for Mastersound Ddderek,I've found el34's- the Winged C, actually, to be "noisy", with a hiss at idle even with the volume turned all the way down. That, however, was on a Golden Tube Audio amp, which don't have the best build quality. MastersounD is in a differe... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Found a cure to some of the issues. Well, not a cure, because it wasn't really a problem....the Discovery cables added more neutrality to the Franks...definitely cleaner. Going to go with some Coincident IC's to clean things up even more. The big ... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Very true. Also very true about comparing a 300B tube to the output one gets from an 845 tube. But I have been just a bit surprised by the relative headroom the amps seem to have....the MastersounD seems to have a LOT more- more than I had expecte... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Are yours a bit grainy on warm up? For the first 15 minutes of listening or so, they seem a bit dirty- but once warm, they're crystal clear. It's an interesting transition from the Franks to the MastersounD. The former is exquisitely detailed- you... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Ah. I see that Grant imports products from China and sells them under the Grant name. My bad.Got the Frankensteins today. Too soon to form much of an opinion, but they seem very transparent in the mids without coloration. Doesn't seem to lack much... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Nice. The Grant is made in Canada, no? It looked like a very nice amp cosmetically, quite attractive, and the reviews were very strong. I'd have gone for it had I been able to use it as a power amp only, but that's not an option, nor would it have... | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? Nice to hear. I purchased them with the upgrade Blume offers- the Shuguang Treasure Black Bottle 300B's. Should ship tomorrow- arrival Saturday or Monday. Could be a VERY nice weekend here. | |
| Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps? I think I will...so psyched to try them out, I actually sent the payment today- by overnight express no less. Really want to hear these amps. I see yours have black faceplates- were they the first iteration of the Franks, Montejay? What are the di... |