avanti1960
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| Splendor D9’s.2 vs B&W 803 D2 which I own the Spendors love a class A or an ultra smooth amp like the OPs Levinson. They do not sound their best with a neutral or slightly forward presentstion. They do like power too, their special subwoofer-not-required bass comes from their unique tran... | |
| Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics It surprises me that people still talk mainly in terms of tonal balance when discussing tube amps. The warm, rolled off tube sound as it were. Forget about it! It isn’t what you want anyway. Modern tube sound is better than that. Tube sound is now... | |
| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above Don't do it. | |
| What comes after Harbeth 30.1s? Check the Spendor D7.2. Amazingly fast, clear speakers with a midrange worthy of Harbeth's best. Bass that is quite special, exceeds any Harbeths I have heard or owned- no subwoofer required thanks to the transmission line port. Ease of placeme... | |
| Which Harbeths? congrats! the C7s are incredible speakers. they are also very rich and refined, which really is not a bad thing. refined is not the absence of excitement and dynamics. refined is walking the thin line between detail and forgiving so that even ... | |
| VTA adjustment on Technics 1200G if cartridge is new it will most likely sound better after 30 to 100 hrs of use.first you should level the top of the headshell on the flat part using a small circular level. make sure the platter is level ( remove mat first ) .replace mat. now ... | |
| Which Harbeths? I owned the C7ES3 and absolutely loved them- amazing midrange and a smooth rich overall tone with a perfect tweeter that added just the right amount of cymbal sparkle. The 30.2 are very good but can be overly smooth. The choice could come down to ... | |
| Preamp dilemma The SLP 05 is an end game piece. Hands down. | |
| Looking for integrated better than my Rogue Sphinx @sunnyjim I have heard the Pharaoh and Sphinx many times and owned the Rogue Cronus Magnum II for over 3 years. I also had the RP7 preamp and the Stereo 100 power amp. The Cronus Magnum sounds so much better than the Pharaoh and Sphinx. No comp... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 or Conrad Johnson ET7 S2 I had a Rogue Audio preamp with 3 levels of switchable gain 3, 12 and 16db. this proved to be very useful too. | |
| Which amp would you choose and why - Pass Labs XA-25 or First Watt F8? @ghdprentice i use the balanced out on my preamp because it goes through another set of tubes. i tested it with my previous amp and using balanced out sounded more spacious and 3 dimensional than using single ended out. | |
| REL vs JL AUDIO Having owned both here are the pros and cons-JL Audio+Powerful, nice sounding bass with deep impact-Cabinet resonance colored the midrange of my monitors- a deal breaker-Difficult integration even with high level inputs and continuous phase contro... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 or Conrad Johnson ET7 S2 charles,gain is continuously variable- 0 to max on the dual front controls. right now i have them set to half | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 or Conrad Johnson ET7 S2 @langla your decware amp appears to be an intrgrated amp and does not have high level preamp inputs. if it did the gain issue would not be a problem with the cary because it has adjustable gain. you could consult with decware, i bet they could ... | |
| Which amp would you choose and why - Pass Labs XA-25 or First Watt F8? @aberyclark i wished it did too but i was able to use the balanced outs on my preamp and balanced cables by using a neutrik xlr to rca adaptor at the amp. sounds better than using rca to rca. |