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| ARC VT100MkII I truly hate when someone asks about a certain piece of equipment, in your case an Audio Research VT100 mkII, and a response comes back, well have you considered a BAT, or a Cary, or conrad johnson, that being said, have you considered the ARC VS1... | |
| ARC VT100MkII The "sonic signature" can be perceived quite differently for each person, I found the ARC amps to be natural.The amp can radiate a lot of heat, they don't feel hot to the touch because of the fans, but, the can/will warm up a small to midsize room... | |
| Anyone else evolve beyond tubes? Well said Audiofeil...........50% tube failure rate, I don't think so. I have been using tubes, like so many of they above posters, for well over 20 years, even when they were not in vogue, without any type of tube failures. I did have a Cary 2A3 ... | |
| EL84M tube rolling? The EL84M tube is made by Sovtek. Most tube supplier's sell the Sovtek line of tubes. I am sure the reason Kora is saying to use the EL84M is because of the voltage used on the screen. The EL84M is capable of the elevated voltages that the other E... | |
| The most emotional amp out there? I have been using SET amps for better part of 5 years. Even before the SET amp was in vogue. But the one thing I was missing was the dynamics that real music has. Even a soft piano passage has dynamics. The speaker I am using are pretty efficient ... | |
| What is a good sounding classic tube amps to hunt? Don't rule out Fisher amps. I have a fisher X-100-B integrated. With a few cheap modifications including bypassing the preamp section, you will have an amp that is not only cheap to buy but cheap to maintain. The output tubes are about $10.00 each... | |
| Best Power Conditioner One must consider the conditioners from Blue Circle. | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? I have been using tube based pre amps and power amps for almost 20 years. That being said, I just bought a pair of Apogee Stage speakers and quickly realized my current (excuse the pun) amp was not going to fit the bill for powering these current ... | |
| Amp for Apogee Stage's Thanks all for you follow-ups, I currently have Atma-Sphere M60's (OTL's) that I use on a conventional cone speaker that I just won't sell. Some have suggested a tube amp sounds good on the Stages, but does the M60's have enough get up and go for ... | |
| Cary v12 or Audio Research VS110 I owned one of the Cary V12's for over 2 years. I bought it right after selling an Audio Research VT130. Not owning any of the newer VS series of amps I cant do a comparison. However, I have had several of the other Audio Research amps (D70, D115... | |
| Sophia Electric 845 - Any heard it? You are very welcome. Good luck with your search..........Bob | |
| Sophia Electric 845 - Any heard it? I am not familuar with your speakers. Merlin's web site says the impedence of your speakers does not drop down below 6.5 ohms, that being said you should have no trouble driving them. The impedence swing is more important than the sensitivty in mo... | |
| Sophia Electric 845 - Any heard it? I own a pair of the Sophia 845 amps. They sell two versions of that amp. The least expensive is fitted with a solid state rectifier circuit, and the more expensive has two rectifier tubes (5Z3P). I own the amps with the tube rectifiers. A short hi... | |
| Small size tube amps...any recommendations?? You must check out the Sophia amps. They make both an EL34 integratect and an amp they call a Baby amp. The Baby amp is also an integrated amp that is quite musical. With your speakers the Baby amp will work just fine, and it is cheap.http://www.s... | |
| Does Wadia need supratek ? I am probably the only one on this web site that didn't like the Supratek pre-amp. That being said, I was using an 860x direct for about a year. I bought and waited for over 6 months for a Chardonay (I thinks it is spelled that way). After receivi... |