amfibius
Responses from amfibius
| Cary CAD-211AE tube rolling Thanks Onemug. I had an 805 before "upgrading" to the 211 (more of a sideways move, really). What do you like about the Sophia and EML? In what way are they better than the KR and WE? | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player Hi Xavier, I too bought an MPS-5 after umm-ing and ahh-ing about it for a few years (see my initial post in 2008 in this thread!). Part of the reason for the delay was an unconvincing demonstration early in 2010 of a player which was brand new out... | |
| Reliability of Cary Audio Products Here is my feedback (all Cary system here). Cary CD306: problems with the CD tray. Would get intermittently stuck, or worse, "eat" some discs (i.e. tray would eject leaving the disc stuck in the transport). Fixed under warranty 3 years ago. Never ... | |
| Ultralinear vs. Triode vs. SET Very simply: a pentode based amplifier will be more versatile with speakers. A SET is very finicky and will like some speakers and music more than others. Despite the poor measured performance of the SET, it somehow manages to sound more realistic... | |
| sophia 845 markIII and cary 211M AE Woodpark, what tubes do you have in your 211AE now? It would be nice if you could report back on the Sophia's once you have them installed. I have the same amp, and would like to know :) | |
| Best 845 tube out there? Thought I would report back again. My amps have hardly been turned off for the past 12 days as I continue to burn these valves in at maximum effort! They now have nearly 150 hours on them and they are massively improved and are still improving. It... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 vs. Cary CD-306 Manjy although my MPS-5 can be used as an outboard DAC, I have no intention of doing so. I have a rather large SACD collection, and the whole reason for buying an SACD player was to maximize my investment. Do report back on how the MPD-5 fares as ... | |
| Best 845 tube out there? 72 hours of burn-in on my 845T's now. The tubes are starting to open up, with the top end more extended. Bass is still poor, but getting better. Soundstage now extends to slightly beyond both speakers. Front to back layering still not as good as t... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 vs. Cary CD-306 Thanks mdhoover. My player was delivered to the dealer in October this year, so presumably it is a July or August build. I do not know if it has the upgrade, but I will ask. I know some people who have the DCS stack. I did not bother asking becaus... | |
| Best 845 tube out there? I have received my Shuggy 845T's from Grant Fidelity. The first thing I noticed was that the elements on one of the valves was not aligned properly. Three of the four valves sit at 45 degrees on my amp, this particular valve sits at 30 degrees. It... | |
| Best Amplification for B&W 802D Hi Tathata, if you are new to audiophile systems that is one hell of a speaker you have there. As you have discovered, speakers like the 802D are very demanding on amps. Anything less and it will show up the amp mercilessly. Unfortunately it looks... | |
| Best 845 tube out there? Hi Ed, I would second Davvie's request. Are you planning to obtain a pair of Shuguang 845T's in the near future? | |
| Best 845 tube out there? Thanks for the clarification everyone. I have ordered a quad set of 845T's from Grant Fidelity. Will post impressions once I get them. | |
| Dan D'Agostino is back with a new line Have to apologize for my above post. Turns out that I reached the wrong conclusion - the new D'Agostino amp is indeed a Class A/B design, not a Class D. | |
| The best tweeter design Wesexias I have the Acapella plasma tweeter in my system, and a friend has a Lansche Corona plasma tweeter. IOW - I have heard both plasma tweeters which are currently in production. If I had to pick a second best, I would nominate the Heil AMT (a... |