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| Who are your favorite custom amp builders for low powered triode amps? I’m a huge fan of Oliver Sayes out of Brooklyn. He makes incredibly affordable DHT designs, cloning and building off Korneff 45 and Yamamoto designs, amongst many others. He can source top notch transformers and components, either ones he may reco... | |
| Boressen speakers @ronboco Thank you as well! Unfortunately I have not had the pleasure of having Rockport in my system, though I have heard them at shows and dealers. I know of a few customers around the country that have th as well. They are another brand I would... | |
| New to Preamp - Preamp suggestion around 10k Honestly, I would stay away from the Cary SLP-05. It is a massive unit and too “tubey” sounding to the point that it loses the holography. It also doesn’t have a very low noise floor, which is very important for headphones. My pics would be: PS... | |
| Boressen speakers @arafiq Given your preferences, I would stay away from the X3. If your heart is set on going Borresen down the road, I would opt for a higher series like Z Cryo or 0 which are more refined and have more density to the tone. I would also agree th... | |
| Boressen speakers @steakster That comment absolutely made my day. Thank you! | |
| Boressen speakers @arafiq I missed the part where you said you have an Aavik amp. Which one are you using? I see it’s not listed on your profile. | |
| Boressen speakers @arafiq They are very, very different speakers tonally. I also have a lot of affinity for Joseph Audio and have heard all of his current speakers. I would say that Borresen is brutally more honest in the midrange. While I love the detail, tonal ba... | |
| Boressen speakers @gladmo by refined, I mean less etched and with more natural presentation. The Z3 Cryo had a sliiiightly more brash character - maybe just a bit more distortion. It wouldn’t get fatiguing, but depending on the rest of my system synergy (I am a dea... | |
| Boressen speakers I have heard many of them and owned two pairs. I went up the line from Scansonic MB-6B to Borresen Z3 Cryo to Borresen 02. The 02 are still to this date the best speakers I’ve ever owned. I am a dealer for a few other brands, not Borresen, and I s... | |
| Meitner MA-3 vs Lampizator Baltic 4 I just read the WBF on the Lampi Baltic 4. So far it’s got Ron Resnick, owner of WBF breaking in his unit, while basically another fanboy is gushing over the unit when it is placed in a fairly near-field setup with bookshelves right against the wa... | |
| Meitner MA-3 vs Lampizator Baltic 4 The streamer in the MA3 is not endgame, and the Aurender N150 is likely better than it. That said, you will also have a hard time getting smooth analog sound from the Aurender N150. The N200 will sound more robust as a streamer with a bit more ton... | |
| Belles and Legacy I’m seeing the Belles monos only deliver 112 at 8 ohm. Does it go up to 175 at 4 ohm? When I had the Focus SE, a Modwright KWA150 SE controlled it really well. I did notice a significant loss of bass control with a 50wpc amplifier. I’d bet the B... | |
| Digital Dilemma @navyachts Go with the DH Labs Mirage. It has an isolated 5VDC line separate from the rest of the signal, and the whole cable uses silver-plated copper conductors. I’ve owned both the Mirage and cables that run into the thousands and I still advoc... | |
| VPI JMW 9 wire problem You can also contact Steve Leung from VAS Audio. He is good friends with Harry Weisfeld and is just next door or so to VPI. He takes in JMW repairs and upgrades. If you are repairing, might as well ask him to repair with reference wire. It won’t c... | |
| New amps @tony1954 the speakers are positioned to beat interact with the room, but that also matters on what comes out of them, where an amp has a profound impact. Often in an upgrade path, a person may replace their amp with one that delivers more across ... |