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| Bias Settings for Air Tight ATM-2 with TS 6550s Aloha Roesch,Following up, I can report that lowering the bias settings by two marks has improved resolution in the massed trebles of choirs--the music I listen to and which was the main reason I got the Air Tight in the first place. It's still no... | |
| Bias Settings for Air Tight ATM-2 with TS 6550s Mahalo Roesch,I had the bias settings to the recommended left end of the bubble (as suggested by Scott at the Analog Room) too. But I found that old stock Tung Sol 6550s, both greyplate and blackplate (no holes), sounded better biased lower. New i... | |
| Air Tight ATM2 Direct Driven by CDP? Mahalo Jaytea,I'm running the Cary 303/300 through a Thor TA-1000 Mk.2 preamp I'm trying now with good results. Running it direct into the ATM-2 Air Tight made the music sound like amplifed MP-3 files--rough, etched, not great. The Thor seems to m... | |
| Air Tight ATM2 Direct Driven by CDP? Thanks. This is very good to know. I've seen ATC-3 Pres out there, but no ATC-1 pres yet. I'm now using the ATM-2 with a Thor TA-1000 Mk 2, which is fairly transparent, I think. It passes along every tube change in the Air Tight and can sound anal... | |
| Classical SACD's to die for I agree, particularly about the RCA Living Stereo series with Heifitz playing the Sibelius, Brahms, as well as the Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Of current recordings, I'd add "La Stravaganza" with Rachel Podger on Channel Classics and "Le Nozze di F... | |
| Cal Audio Labs CL-15 I haven't had a chance to re-audition the Titans as I've completely changed the system(s):Cary SLI-80 integrated amp;Cary 303/300 CDP;Audience Maestro ICs;Audience Maestro speaker cables;Sonus Faber Concertino speakers with stands.I'm at present w... | |
| Suggestions for CD player $2-3k used? Over the course of four months this past spring, I auditioned some of the players on your list and bought the Cary 303/300, which continues to please me, though I think others are very good as well--BAT VK-D5, McCormack UDP-1 Deluxe, and Lector 7T... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Brahms First Symphony, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, DGG 1963. This is available in CD and vinyl, with the CD transferred from the original '64 analog mastertapes, I believe. The sonic quality of this redbook CD is among ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Stevem1960,Can I ask you to apply your critical observations to the Suprateks compared to other tube preamps? Your comparison is of the Suprateks to SS pres, but how do the Supratek compare to other tube amps on classical music? Pres like the Herr... | |
| Review: van den Hul The Orchid Interconnect I used a loaner from Eugene Hi-Fi of The Orchid XLR between NuForce Ref 9SE and a Cary 303/300. No preamp. The sound I got wasn't what I was expecting--very digital, analytic, and edgy. But I'm guessing this was likely due to the interface between... | |
| Sound Quality or Convenience? In the past year, I've gone from a lovely Denon micro-system and its "convenient" sound, to an Electrocompaniet integrated SS amp and Cal Audio Labs CL-15 CDP and bookshelf speakers; to an Aragon 8008ST power amp, Rotel RC-995 pre, AR Complete CDP... | |
| Review: van den Hul The Orchid Interconnect I really should mention that I ran the vdH The Second and The Orchid in an SS integrated system (Electrocompaniet ECI-3) with a Cal Audio Labs CL-15 player. My impressions of The Orchid RCA were formed with it connecting a Cary SLI-80 integrated t... | |
| Review: van den Hul The Orchid Interconnect I auditioned The Second as well and found it very dynamic and fairly well-balanced through the range, except for being slightly rolled-off in the top trebles. It is a very good XLR cable in my opinion and, for the price, I can hardly think of any ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Aloha,I've become very interested in the Supratek preamps and have read through the entire thread. But the music I listen to seems to lie outside the box for the majority of Supratek owners. I listen mainly to classical music--Renaissance choral, ... | |
| Law of Diminishing Returns - CD/SACD Players Calgarian,Partsconnexion is in Ontario, Canada and modifies the Denon 3910 for Underwood HiFi in Atlanta. I suppose this is as far from you as Cleveland, OH however. Good luck. |