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| Dynaudio Audience 42 ot Triangle Titus with Rotel I would agree with Chris and his post above. The Titus sounds it's best when driven with tubes, especially SET's in the 10-20 w.p.c class. It will surprise you with it'sspeed, clarity, and detail, but can get edgy with a lot solid state gear. | |
| BPT 3.5 Ultra v. Hydra c Due to the fact that your monoblocks draw 1,200 watts max. each, it may be pushing the envelope a bit with the 2,500 watt transformer on the BPT 3.5 Ultra. I would consult with Chris at BPT on the issue first. Those are some fairly high current am... | |
| Spectron Musician Reliability Issues.... The Musician II I had was a fine amp to say the least, both sonically and functionally. It sounded even better running out of my Hydra as a conditioner. | |
| Coincident Total Eclipse vs. Von Schweikert VR 4 I have owned both the VR4HSE and the Total Eclipse, and can tell you that the VR4HSE sounds fantastic with my new VAC Phi 30/30, and I get plenty of strong, deep and tight bass with this amazing 32 W.P.C. amp. I have a feeling that something was n... | |
| Placement of Magnepan 1.6's or 3.6's Hi Tony! From my experience with Maggies, they will usually sound best against the longer wall, but the 11 foot depth of the room is just as big a problem, especially with the piano you have. Having them on the short wall is not the best setup eit... | |
| VAC 70/70 III Owners......6SN7, 300B Recomm. I have owned 3 VAC 30/30's over the years, and have just upgraded again to the newest VAC Phi 30/30 which I am extremely happy with. I have stuck with the original 300B's for outputs, but have done much rolling with the 6sn7's in different positio... | |
| Warm integrated ss amp around 650? I would agree fully with Mattybumpkin's post above...The Audio Refinement Complete made a great match with my VR4.5's I had a few years back, when using it as a "temporary" amp when I was saving towards a good tube amp.It was very smooth, full bod... | |
| ASL WAVE 8 and MMG's Not even close to enough power or control to drive a pair of MMG's. You need a more stable amp for such a load, withat least three times that much power even in the smallest of rooms. It is a wonderful little amp for the money, but find an easier ... | |
| Power Cords for VAC 140/140 or 70/70 tube amps I also tried the Power 3 mentioned above on my 30/30 Signature... It gave me a stronger bass and fuller lower midrange, but rolled off the extension on the highs considerably in my system. If you are looking for a cord that does not change the ton... | |
| AZ Satori vs. Audience AU24 Hello 1markr... To answer your question (off topic), I am currently running my Resolution Audio Opus 21 player directly into the VAC 30/30 Mk V Signature with wonderful results. I agree that the tube "magic" is not all there with some of the very ... | |
| AZ Satori vs. Audience AU24 1markr:I agree fully with your comments on the speakers, and have compared them to speakers up to only $10k here at home, and will say that they bettered some recent top contenders in that range. They are not very attractive, but I would not call ... | |
| AZ Satori vs. Audience AU24 1markr:I am currently running a VAC 30/30 Mk. V Signature amp on the HSE's with great results in my small room. I have also tried the Spectron Musician II recently on them, and found it to be a great match for them if I had a larger room and a gre... | |
| AZ Satori vs. Audience AU24 I will agree completely with the above post with what I have heard with my system. I have been using my AU-24's on my new VR4 IIIHSE's for around 6 months now, and have found them a wonderful match. In my case, I am using two separate runs, one to... | |
| Spectron versus Gryphon Callisto I can't comment on the Gryphon, but have tried MANY others on my VR4 IIIHSE's, and have found my Spectron Musician IIto out-shine all of the solid state amps I have tried by a good margin... Detail is amazing, ditto for the bass, and mids and high... | |
| Athena ML-1 Polyphasor : Any idea what this does? Thank you Mgottlieb! That makes a lot of sense now, for the rca cables that are "built-in" to these boxes are about 28 ft. long going in, and about 2ft. long coming out on the "amp output" from them. I could see why, in theory, they might be used ... |