avanti1960
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| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 usec cary slp05 on sale now. the slp 05 is awesome and makes you understand just how much a preamp can do! I pair mine with a Pass XA25. wonderful sound. https://www.ebay.com/itm/353966567192 | |
| Best MC Cartridge Pairing for Technics SL-1210 GAE? AR9XI is an awesome choice even with the black cube seii. If you have the budget a Lyra Delos (my current champ) is the best sounding cart i have owned, better than the ortofon cadenza blue, AT ART9 and Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC star ES. | |
| Any truth to my feeling that MM carts are possibly better than MC on rock recordings? Not for me. I had one of the best MM cartridges in an Ortofon 2M Black. Sounded very good compared to other MM cartridges I had but compared to my LOMCs the black was left in the dust for all music but especially rock. It lacked dynamics, sound... | |
| Is it me? Will I ever be satisfied? It can be a rabbit hole for sure but if your system does not sound great I would hold off on buying anything else until you research and experiment as to why specifically it doesn't. electronics, tubes, speakers and cartridges take many hours t... | |
| Axpona You have to ask :) ? Having been to many AXPONA shows I absolutely love them. Look at the vendor list and target the rooms that interest you the most. lots of industry experts will be there to talk shop. with every conceivable system topology a... | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile Definitely good news for schiit and audiophiles looking to spend less. however the idea that it competes with $50k preamps is simply not true. Owning many class A products past and present whether stated or implied the rating applies to produc... | |
| Using Two Subwoofers with Two 2-Channel Amplifiers. one amp feeding the two subwoofers should work well. connect the high level leads direcly to the used speaker terminals on the amp, left to left, right to right. | |
| Does carpet deaden the sound too much? no. but coming from another direction is your system less lively with every source or just vinyl if you have it? it is quite feasible to have a super dynamic, lively system even with carpeting and acoustic panels which improve the sound in oth... | |
| Rogue Pharaoh II vs Naim Supernait 3 for Revels The pharaoh sounds much better thsn the sphinx. the pharaoh is much smoother, cleaner, has huge bass depth and punch. the bass punch is super impressive. no contest really as it should be with an amp that costs 3X as much. | |
| which amp for bedroom system with harbeth 7es-3 XD I had the Rogue Stereo 100 and it would be a good match with the C7ES (which I also owned) but they sounded better with my old rogue audio cronus magnum ii which has become quite a classic pairing with the C7s. not recommending the cronus magnu... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression these will get you started... good price. good seller. https://www.ebay.com/itm/324982808300 https://www.ebay.com/itm/143762001910 | |
| Next move from Parasound HINT? i switched from a parasound a21+ to a pass labs xa25 and the sound is so much more alive, clear and dynamic. look for a pass integrated. also a rogue audio pharaoh ii is worth a look. | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @xcool do hang in there, lots of burn in required! the ultimate upgrades do seem to be subtle but some tube and rectifier changes can be dramatic upgades. for tube rolling tubes 1,2,4 and 5 affect non balanced inputs, just get two matched pa... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? @jjss49 i heard the exact opposite as have others. | |
| Who's using Harbeth with tubes, what speaker model and how many watts per channel? @fjn04 i had the c73s3 with the rogue audio cronus magnum ii. one of the best sounding systems i have owned or heard, i could easily sell everything and go back, i know someone that did! rogue builds their amps with dynamics and slam, their ... |