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| New Scansonic MB2.5B vs older MB2.5 @temmple Your post is over a month old but I’m just seeing this now. I would say that the 2.5B is a very versatile speaker, and its sonic signature will be shaped by their placement and the quality of the amp it is paired with. I have heard them t... | |
| what best internal cable in tube preamp? I know Cardas and Duelund always tend to be the first that are voiced, but DH Labs makes incredible internal wiring for components and speakers. Their wiring includes copper, silver coated copper, or pure silver all in different gauges, as well as... | |
| Comment about SS and Tubes @cinqcepages Got it, thanks for confirming. It might be possible to bi-amp them if your speakers have separate taps for bass and mids/highs. That said you would still need a crossover to help with the frequency duties and gain matching. When I fi... | |
| Comment about SS and Tubes Are you bi-amping then? Using the 805AE for mids-highs and the 200.2 for bass? Or did you unseat the 805AE? I’ve owned the SLP-05 with ultimate upgrades as well as very heavily modified and upgraded 805AE so I know the benefits and challenges of ... | |
| Many of us want to Changegrade instead of Upgrading @erik_squires Thank you for this thoughtful post. I relate to it greatly. I was on both upgraditis and changitis paths for over a decade. I ended up having three systems designed around three speaker designs - 3-way, electrostats, and horns, and t... | |
| New VPI purchase @travisg Congrats on your new table. I loved (and still love) my VPI Classic 3 even though my primary rig now uses a Clearaudio Innovation Wood. +1 to gjohns and invest in the outer ring when ready. Also consider getting Isoacoustics Gaia II foote... | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 300 This seems very odd. How big is your room? A pair of 212’s at 60% sounds like a lot! Are you sure you are using the low level input and not the LFE input on the back of each 212? What happens if you use the built in headphones with the amp, does ... | |
| Has anyone bought the Psvane Acme 300B Vacuum Tube? @wrm57 Thanks for your report back on the EML - I would agree with your assessment and understand what you mean by the Taks being more resolving. Sometimes there is just more there in the midrange, even if it means being more relaxed at the freque... | |
| 3k Phono preamp upgrade options (JC3+, XP-17, etc) Nice @riskymilk! As mentioned on other threads it can really shine with good tubes, quality aftermarket power cable, and an upgraded fuse. Should you like the unit, the upgrade to a PH9.0X is well worth it down the line. Please let us know what... | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience @sbank Aurender does not support Roon. Many people are partial to Roon due to its user interface, but if one has not paid for a lifetime pass, they continue to throw money away on it monthly. Aurender’s ecosystems are sonically quite impressive gi... | |
| Late night blues A few of my favorite “late night blues” albums, a bit more on the classic side: Muddy Waters - Folk Singer Lightnin’ Hopkins - Last Night Blues Eric Bibb - Spirit & The Blues Not totally blues but fits with the Dire Straits track you listed:... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? @vonhelmholtz Why not invest in a proper high resolution file server instead? Do you already have the CDs that you want to be playing through a transport? If not, you will still have to find and buy them. Most high resolution albums, even DSD vers... | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience A good LPS for digital is absolutely not snake oil as long as it is replacing a lower-performing built-in power supply. I’ve used separate LPS’ in many instances, all of them have made a positive difference. The most surprising? Adding a Farad Sup... | |
| Implications of vinyl on musical trends? The “decline” of vinyl is really just due to Moore’s Law. Cassette tapes, then CDs, now streaming and serving. These other media types are easier to mass produce, and at likely less cost. Meanwhile, as radio took off even more in the 70s-90s, mor... | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question @erik_squires Absolutely agree that the output transistors are typically the first to go of any transistors in the unit. |