amfibius
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| Are passive preamps better? The most important factor when considering a passive is to look at the impedance match between your source and your amplifier. A passive simply muddles things up - unless your impedance match has a lot of leeway built in, a passive simply will not... | |
| High vs. Low Efficiency Speakers I do not think it is possible to generalize. I have heard a few high efficiency speakers: Lowther, Tannoy, Avantgarde, and Zu. And I have heard a few low efficiency speakers as well. In general, low efficiency speakers have a brutal kind of sound.... | |
| Power amp s for Avantgarde Duos? Hi Ola, your speakers are very sensitive towards quality amplification. I heard a pair of AVG's hooked up to Audio Note Oto SE's. The sound was simply unacceptable - not transparent enough, poor imaging, and a LOT of horn coloration. I was about t... | |
| Review: Wadia 581i CD Player Thanks. I was also told that the Wadia ideally needs to be left on for a few days to allow it to stabilize. I plan to repeat the test by bringing my CDP to his place. | |
| Tannoy Speakers Williewonka, the Tannoys I heard were all driven with Cary amplification. The Glenair with the Cary CAD-300SE monoblocks (17W SET), the Kensington with my Cary CAD-805AE (50W SET) which I had just returned as a trade-in. I cannot remember what amp... | |
| Tannoy Speakers Well i'll post the first contrary opinion. I have heard a TD12, and a few Tannoy Prestige speakers, including a Westminster Royal. Each of these speakers was fitted with the Tannoy super tweeter. I did not like any of them. Just a note - the owner... | |
| Please, help me choose speakers for my Graaf GM200 That's easy! Try Avantgarde Uno or Duo. I have heard your Graaf OTL's with the Uno and it was very, very good. | |
| Audiophile Results There is always the option of getting a preamp with an A/V bypass feature, so you can keep your 2 channel signals completely seperate from the HT system. Take a look at the system diagram in my system. | |
| Review: Wadia 581i CD Player Cytocycle that is a possibility but the output voltage of the Wadia is actually lower than the Cary CD-306. When we volume matched for the comparisons, we had to raise the volume on the Wadia to match the Cary. Jond you are absolutely right, the W... | |
| avantgarde UNO nano seeking a matching amp I have heard the Avantgarde Uno's paired with Audio Note Oto SE, and Graaf OTL. I have also heard the Duo's paired with Cary CAD-805AE. Proper amp matching with these speakers is absolutely critical. I heard the Uno's with AN Oto and Graaf. The so... | |
| Review: Wadia 581i CD Player Elberoth, because the Cary preamp only has one XLR connection. Also, we only had one pair of each particular cable at hand. You are right to point this out, because the players sound different when played single ended and XLR. There was a differen... | |
| Review: Cary Audio Design SLP-05 Tube preamp I have had my SLP-05 for 18 months, and been on AudioGon for just over a year ... I can't believe that I haven't seen your review yet! I agree with everything you said, but thought I would add a couple of things: 1. Do not bother tube rolling the ... | |
| Cary CAD 211AE tube rolling By the way, you should also read this other thread I started about tube rolling 845's. Plenty of helpful responses there: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1186141602&openfrom&1&4#1 | |
| Cary CAD 211AE tube rolling Jaytea, a few months ago I upgraded from a Cary CAD-805AE to a 211AE. As you know, the 805AE is basically half of a 211AE but arranged in single ended instead of Class A push-pull. So, I would think that my results on the 805AE would be generaliza... | |
| Tubes for Cary SLP-05 I have enough 6SN7's to start my own shop :) I have Sylvania, RCA clear glass, RCA grey glass, Elektro-Harmonix Gold, Western Electric, and the cheap Chinese jobbies that came with the SLP-05. The Western Electrics are the most dynamic - clean, qu... |