avanti1960
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| Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200 @gochurchgo feel free to be excited. the 20/20 sounds clean, dynamic, airy and energetic. good for all types of cartridges. possibly better suited to a tube system or a more laid back cartridge and turntable, high mass belt drive . an ... | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps running a nice class a amp with a very nice 6sn7 based tube preamp with a tube rectifier and have never enjoyed music more having tried every other option. biggest impact is the projection of the sound into the space of the room as if it were a ... | |
| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 running an xa25 with a very nice tube preamp. a solid, transparent dynamic linestage is by far the way to go for energy, blistering dynamics and soundstage. many people grossly underestimate the contribution a top quality linestage can make. | |
| Rogue Audio ST-100 versus Atlas Magnum III the st 100 has more and better power supply caps and i am sure other upgrades not apparent in a casual chassis picture. i had the cronus mag 2 which has the atlas amp section and then the stereo 100. im not sure how they did it but the stereo 1... | |
| Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200 @gochurchgo The 20/20 is a dual mono design and has more filtering caps than the Insight. Look at the chassis pice. The Duo is a dual chassis dual power supply design with yet even more filtering caps. Ron Sutherlae would be happy to ex... | |
| Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200 Sutherland 20 20. So clean and detailed it doesn't sound like vinyl. Does everything well. | |
| Cary Audio SA 200.2 SE power amp (latest version) try using balanced connections if you can | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 8 / Triode TRX2 the triode amps are unsung heroes in the us. super clean and transparent sound that is valued by the asian audiophile market. i love them but not for everybody. pairing with complementary speakers is a must. | |
| "warm" solid state integrated amplifier mcintosh luxman class A sugden parasound hint rogue audio pharaoh | |
| Tube integrated amp recommendations Had a raven blackhawk, loved the sound, ultimately lacked the power i needed in my room, also came with NOS svet winged Cs and amperex / mullard small signal tubes which helped tremendously. went with a Rogue Cronus Magnum II and loved it. more... | |
| MC cart recommendation max $2000 for 1200G stock cartridges i have used on my GR in order Lyra Delos. Amazing in all areas. Ortofon Cadenza Blue. good dynamics but lacks the soundstage, detail and refinement of the delos Audiotechnica ART9XA. Would have been a winner if i had a SUT. The A... | |
| New cartridge selection: help wanted Delos for the win. Takes ~ 100 hrs to smooth out, it will sound bright and exaggerated prior to. Then it becomes a proper sounding vinyl cartridge. It thought the Ortofon Cadenza had a big sound stage, the Delos is bigger noticeably so. Dynam... | |
| AGD Audion GaN Class D In The House @rh67 Congrats on the AGD Audion amps, I have seen them and they look very cool and from the sound of it they aren't just another pretty amp. However I am interested in your thoughts on the Pass XA25. No doubt the AGD wins out but what are y... | |
| The best integrated amp for Klipsch Heresy Mac would be nice but Klipsch Heritage sound awesome with Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III. Smooth, refined transparent sound with the 100 watt gusto to really make them come alive. | |
| Why does bass have more “punch” when I stand up vs. sitting? standing also reduces the relative level of mid and high frequencies making the bass appear louder in addition to the room modes.best results will happen if you can move your speakers well into the room, 4 feet to the wall if possible. also if yo... |