avanti1960
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| Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"? @lonemountain studio monitors tend to sound accurate and analytical to most people. one of their design goals is to allow studio engineers to hear any flaws in the recording. some people like them for home use too. me personally i can take them ... | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up No ! I have had Rogue Audio amplifiers (Cronus magnum integrated, stereo 100 power amp). Each of them starting sounding great by the end of a record- e.g. 40 minutes or so. Definitely an improvement after side 1, maybe an hour max. | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster in all fairness to Cary dealing with nearly double the recommended input voltage that the OPs DAC has in balanced mode is a tough thing to accomplish. in fact I have read in other manufacturer’s amplifier and preamplifier manuals that input volta... | |
| Compare Bob Carver Black Magic 25 and Rogue Stereo 100? I have never heard the Carver but here are the facts- with stock tubes it puts out 25 watts per channel. it does not appear to have a large bank of filtering or storage capacitors. it weighs 19 lbs. reports are circulating that it actually ... | |
| Luxman 590AX II Break-In @jeffreyw if the speakers are fairly new you can expect better bass from them as they accumulate hours- ~ 200 + or so and the bass will peak. also if new try playing some music with powerful bass for 24 hours continuously to help break them in m... | |
| Hybrid Tube Preamp - Loud Pops and Crackles Try this with your tubes (from a well known tube seller) Now, what if I heard something? For noise, at normal listening volume at your listening position you will clearly hear hiss, pops, crackles, rumble, whistles, or any combination of the abo... | |
| Soundstage drastically worsened when I replaced a solid state AV amp with tubes. If you haven't already do turn off all audio processing on the MX123 including Dolby: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Surround Upmixer DTS: DTS-X, Neural:X Surround Upmixer, DTS Virtual:X Auro: 3D, Auro-Matic, 9.1, 10.1 IMAX Enhanced. Also turn off Audyssey o... | |
| Luxman 590AX II Break-In how many hours on the speakers? | |
| Pass Labs Speaker Choices Another sweet pairing is both the Pass XA25 and XA30.8 with Spendor D7.2 speakers. The XA25 sounded magical and had decent power with the 90db sensitive speakers. The XA30.8 had more power but did not sound as good overall. | |
| McIntosh Amplifier Gain Specs at Speaker Taps I do not yet have the amplifier. If people have successfully used the 2-ohm taps with 8-ohm speakers that will be an encouragement to consider one. | |
| Pass Labs Speaker Choices Depends greatly on which Pass amplification one has. The XA25 amp which has is the best sounding amplifier I have ever owned and heard could put together a forever system with some refined higher efficiency speakers like the Volti Audio Razz or ... | |
| McIntosh MC1.25KW vs Luxman M-10X I heard the Luxman at an audio show and did not care for the sound- very dry. I had a very long listening session with the Mac 1.25 KWs (you are talking about the 1200 watt mono blocks, right?, these are serious amplifiers !). they were drivin... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster @xcool I used the Neutrik brand adapters a few times and never had an issue. | |
| Advice on Integrated Receiver The Aria is good but the Lehmann offers a better value. The power supply in the Lehmann is superior and I made good use of the bass rumble filters on it that tightened up the bass response by not wasting energy on sub sonic frequencies. https://w... | |
| Replacing tweeter in Harbeth SHL5 Plus use small diameter long needle nose pliers and pry then away from the tweeter connector. grip the connector from the side and gently leverage the edge of the tweeter flange like a fulcrum. |