amfibius
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| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? There is no such thing as no preamp. A preamp is simply gain stage + volume control. Just because your DAC has a built-in gain stage and volume control, and you elect to connect it directly to your power amp, does not mean that you do not have a p... | |
| Looking for opinions on Tannoy Prestige line. Hi James, I have heard several members of the Tannoy Prestige family in different systems - the Turnberry, Kensingtons, and a couple of Westminister Royals. Being somewhat of a fan of high efficiency and dynamics, I compared them to Avantgarde hor... | |
| sibilence....any cures out there? You could try a product like Jim Goulding's Diffraction Be Gone: http://www.diffractionbegone.com/You could even DIY your own to see if it gets rid of the problem. All you need is some self-adhesive felt from your local hardware store and a pair o... | |
| Room Correction/Crossover Hi Curriemt this comes a little late for you given that you have already ordered your unit, but I would strongly suggest that you forget about trying to correct your room electronically. I had a look at your very impressive system and it appears t... | |
| Is equal gain OK for bi-amping? Hi Koestner, I would second what Minorl said. I am running a Marchand active crossover and bi-amping with a valve amp on top and a SS Class A/B amp on the bottom. The advantage of doing this is that the valve amp does not "see" any bass frequencie... | |
| Amps Using the 211 Tube I used to own a Cary 805AE SET amp. With this amp, you had a choice of using 845 or 211 output tubes. The 211's sounded more powerful, with better control of the bass. The 845's had a more full midrange, more airy top end, and had more of the SET ... | |
| What speakers to match my new cary 805 AE H.Jung, you would be the third person I know of with that exact pairing of Cary CD-306, SLP-05, and 805AE with the ProAc D38. I was one (a few years ago), and I know of another guy in Malaysia as well. You are not him by any chance ... are you? BT... | |
| Burn-in time for a Shuguang 845B tube? Yeah, the original 845's that came with my amp. But that's not really relevant because the whole amp was burning in at the time. | |
| Original DSD/SACD recordings? Here is one: Julie Fischer / Bach Violin Sonatas on Pentatone. Recorded on DSD. Superb playing and astoundingly good sound quality. | |
| What speakers to match my new cary 805 AE Here are a few suggestions: - Avantgarde Uno or Duo. I have heard the 805AE's driving the Duo's and they are a magnificent combination. The downside - you may not like the larger than life sound, and your room may not suit the Avantgardes. - Tanno... | |
| Burn-in time for a Shuguang 845B tube? I can tell you that my Shuguang 845T's took about 75 hours before they started to open up. By 100 hours they had stopped improving. I remember when I first dropped them in to the amp. They sounded horrible, and I thought that I had made a serious ... | |
| Pass Labs amps and Avantgarde speakers I have no idea whether your amplifier choice will work or not, but please report back with your findings. There are quite a few of us horn users who wouldn't mind a bit of feedback :) | |
| Wavac EC-300B - Feedback Request I have heard a Wavac 300B in my system and it really, really struggled. It could barely drive my speakers to an acceptable level, and it was clipping at low listening levels. If you buy one, make sure you pair it with efficient speakers. I have he... | |
| Benefits of a cardioid subwoofer? Thanks RWW, Marty, and Duke. I have my suspicions about how well these subwoofers would work in a listening room. They are designed as professional audio subs, so the designers probably had a much larger room in mind than my poky little listening ... | |
| Benefits of a cardioid subwoofer? Sigh, guess my threads get no love around here :( |