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| Tube Amp for Magnepan 3.6 - Rogue Zeus/VTL-MB450 At modest price points the higher powered amps sacrifice at a lot of purity compared to lower powered amps (tubes or soldistate) in my experience. I have no experience with the more expensive designs. Maybe purity is no longer a problem at those p... | |
| Most Flexible Audiophile Preamp how can it be most flexible but not offer multichannel inputs? I understand your need for lots of sources, I have 8 sources and am considering two more. (CD, Phono, Tuner, SACD, DVD, tape deck, VCR, Laserdisc) The Meridian 860 is interesting, how ... | |
| Tell us compliments received on your system... "I thought records were supposed to suck?" or "Where is the record noise?" (it was a dead quiet LP) The first comment was my favorite. (Again, like dirty, my friends are of the current mp3 generation andhave never heard decent vinyl playback) I al... | |
| Tube Amp for Magnepan 3.6 - Rogue Zeus/VTL-MB450 Tim, are you sure it's the power rating. I know the sensitivity is the low 80s, but jeez how much power headroom is enough? To me it almost seems that it might be another design spec that is at work here. (power supply? current? energy storage?)Th... | |
| New Audiogon Categories? Those are new to me. | |
| $25k vs $200k Rock on Piezo! | |
| Does this DAC exist? What is analog passthru in a DAC? Do you mean one that can function as a linestage too? | |
| cd player advice dvd player with Adcom GDA-600 DAC. that mates well with the trebley nature of the adcom gear. the gda600 is very smooth, like the rega planet (At least the one I heard). a gda600 should be about $150 used last time I checked. | |
| Review: Magnepan MG-3.6r Speaker Bright? Maggies with ribbons can sound a leanish, but not bright. Bright is like eosone with what sounds like +6dB to the tweeter. Maggies do not sound like that. I used to think they were bright, but I had Acoustats prior, and they were severely ... | |
| Got any of your dream system yet? I would write a check to GTT audio. | |
| 4 ohm tap vs 8 ohm tap Thanks for the corrections Al. I did a quick internet search and you are right on the money. Thanks again. Gotta watch who you get advise from! | |
| 4 ohm tap vs 8 ohm tap At the 4 ohm tap, you would be running the signal through more transformer windings than at the 8 or 16 ohm tap. The 2 ohm tap (if you have one) would go thru even more output transformer windings. And all things being equal (and they never are) m... | |
| Need Recommendations On Surround Speaker Package I second slappy's magnepan recommendation. Maggies and Adcom should be dynamic as all hell. Highly recommended for the dollar. Ditto on Exertfluffer's handle. For some reason, that comes to my mind everytime I see him, weird huh? Speaking of Exert... | |
| Modifications to improve gain of ASL mini phono. IS the 12 o'clock position the maximum position on your dial? If it isn't I don't think you have a problem. If that is the max position on your dial, then you may need a linestage (not a phonostage) with more gain. you don't want a hair trigger vo... | |
| Is table really more importsnt than cartridge? Agree with Newbee. The thorens cannot keep up with newer designs. I heard a Michell GyroSE with newest DC motor absolutely slaughter a thorens in every conceivable category. It was not even close. The thorens is good for what it is, but there is b... |