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| Prima Luna evo300 owners @tablejockey - What you are saying does not negate my statement, and none of my statements are false. Yes, that one in particular is subjective. I don’t disagree when you say “the stock tubes can be just fine to some ears”, but I do think upgradin... | |
| Prima Luna evo300 owners @thecarpathian I would agree with most of what @yakbob says, though I’ve never really had issues with KT-150s being noisy or dying. Below are my additions. Overall, the EVO series is a very modern tube amp design and sound. This means that the am... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. @bkeske His review was also not the only one. Just came across this one which coincidentally also classifies the unit as a “classic” tube stage. FWIW, though the unit may reveal more than a listener had heard before, it doesn’t mean the unit is f... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. I don’t know what to say, @bkeske. I had the same experience as the review. I didn’t even know the review existed until after I tried the unit. For context, I borrowed a friend’s trumpet in stock form to compare for a few days against the Modwri... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. @bigmac1963 Thank you for sharing your appreciation. Hopefully I did not say anything in my guidance that biased either or, and you made the decision given the considerations that were shared. As with most gear selection, there is usually a tradeo... | |
| Prima Luna evo300 owners @stereo5 Thank you for the kind words. My goal is to keep being an audiophile and serve the community first and hope my business will be successful as a result. It hasn't been easy considering I have limited capital and only a handful of brands th... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. Agree with you as well tablejockey and it was never my intent to go there. | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. +1 lewm I just get frustrated when I am trying to help and people misinterpret and assume that I am influencing decision-making in an illogical or biased manner (lewm, though thank you for acknowledging my clarification) or question my integrity ... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. @yogiboy Again, "classic" is exactly what I meant. There are "classic" tube stage sounds and what Lew characterizes as "modern" stage sounds. "Classic" was NOT intended to pigeon-hole all tube stages to be colored and slightly rounded on top. This... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. @lewm I was speaking about the Hagerman specifically, not tube stages in general. I don’t know how my comment was perceived to be a general statement on tube stages. In stock form the Hagerman is known to be rounded. Rolling better tubes helps thi... | |
| Bookshelf speakers on a bookshelf (Sad) Also, in addition to being IN the shelf, from my experience Wilson and McIntosh will generally produce a very warm, less than resolving sound. Wilson benefits from "whitish" sounding electronics like Simaudio or Audio Research to sound its best. | |
| Bookshelf speakers on a bookshelf (Sad) @mduffy18d The speakers you list are all very good, but in your case, implementation is everything. Sticking anything with a rear port or side firing direct on a bookshelf is always going to result in muffled imaging and will sound congested as th... | |
| Upgrading @clearthinker Thank you for the correction. I mixed up a word in the response which made a big difference in interpretation. I meant to say “Agree with those” not “Agree with most”. My suggestion still stands, as quality of power delivery is the f... | |
| Upgrading +1 ghdprentice for letting us know what is in your system. Agree with most that power cords is where I’d start, but it depends on the quality of the components. If your components use quality power supplies and your line isn’t that dirty (or you... | |
| Bookshelf speakers on a bookshelf (Sad) If you’ve really got money to spend, consider the Raidho XT1. if you want 85% of the performance for 70% of the cost, check out the Scansonic MB-1B. Both speakers are incredibly musical and highly resolving, and they play enormously huge for th... |