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| Amps which are Great, but either Unknown or Underpriced The Yamamoto A08S 45 Single Ended Triode Tube Amplifier is gorgeous with a pair of 98db sensitive Lowther PM5A (Alnico) drivers in Open Baffle. It is hand-made and illuminates textures, detail, transparency, a haunting sense of 3-dimensionality an... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I have been a member of Audiogon for many years. I read member product recommendations, or criticisms, very carefully when I am researching information about audio products that I am considering for possible purchase. And that is how I discovered ... | |
| MG1.6 crossover upgrade merits. I would like to offer another view here of the whole question of updating the Maggie 1.6's.I did update my pair over a year ago. I used Alpha Core inductors and Hovland capacitors. I was careful to draw2 diagrams...one of the original circuitry (w... | |
| I recently emailed John Atkinson of Stereophile Hi Everyone,Yes...there is a certain momentum in these threads that gives rise sometimes to an ever increasing bite to our observations. May I suggest that there are a great number of now successful audio manufacturers, that started in their garag... | |
| Maggies on my mind. Hi RLB61,I own the Maggie 1.6qr's. I heard them in several "showrooms" before I purchased them. If I would have depended on how they sounded in the various "showrooms" I never would have purchased them. Most audio "salons" do not know how to set u... | |
| Help Blue wire fell out from behind Maggie 1.6's Sorry to be answering my own thread...but I layed down my Maggie on the floor and peered up that thin slot with a flash light (my god, this sounds scandalously erotic) and low and behold I saw the "tab" the blue wire fell out of. However, the smal... | |
| I recently emailed John Atkinson of Stereophile I was 12 years old when I first heard a "hi-fi" system. It was in the home of my uncle Jack. Jack had a profound love of opera and he was rather a good researcher, dedicated, systematic and disciplined...just like we more recent audiophiles are.I ... | |
| Has anyone tried SET tubes amps with maggie 1.6's Hi Blw,I think you suggested very clearly the limits of low powered SET amps or low powered SS amps like the beloved Pass Labs Alpha 3's (for example) when using them with planar and electrostatic speakers.There are several thoughts I would like t... | |
| Has anyone tried SET tubes amps with maggie 1.6's Yes Eldartford,I can see that the idea of using an "underpowered" amp must seem to you like an exercise in futility. Granted. But what is going on here is an attempt to find the limits of what a modest, but beautifully crafted amp will do, with a ... | |
| Has anyone tried SET tubes amps with maggie 1.6's Hi Paul,I have been looking for an alternative to the expensive REL sub and perhaps your Hsu VTF-3 will fit the bill nicely. Is there anywhere that I can get information about it easily? Otherwise I will try to research it a bit...the chance of he... | |
| Has anyone tried SET tubes amps with maggie 1.6's Hi Dh,I am following your thinking very carefully and I believe that you find yourself exactly where many of us who listen critically find ourselves...what I mean is that you can locate more or less what you are looking for in reproduced sound...I... | |
| Has anyone tried SET tubes amps with maggie 1.6's Hi David,Thanks for the information. You have cleared up a question I hadabout the differences between the Aleph 3 and the newer iteration, the Aleph 30. There has been so much written about these two amps! It now appears that the company that act... | |
| Review: Carver Professional ZR500 Amplifier Hi Jccornelison,what a positive review!!!!Where can I find out more information, on whatappears to be a most amazing amp?Perhaps this is exactly what I have been lookingfor to drive my maggie 1.6's.Can you go directly into the ZR500 given the2 "le... | |
| Spectron Musician II vs. "Big" Tube Amps Hi 1markr and Budrew,it would be wonderful if you could keep us postedas to how you like/liked the Spectron ampsand what your systems are like.Thanks in advance for your help and feedback.Best-Richard | |
| Has anyone tried SET tubes amps with maggie 1.6's Thanks Emil,I read with interest Set mans system on Audioasylum.Seems he loves his 20 watt Welborn Labs Appollo DIYamps for his maggie 1.5's.My search for the right amp still continues...Best-Richard |