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| Finest integrated SE under U.S. $ 6,000.00 Pboutin,I have another suggestion for you:-deHavilland Aries 845 monoblock. Here's the link:http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/aries845.htm It's not a 300B or 2A3 design but I've heard the Cary 805C Anniv edition mono blocks (that use 845 tubes) &... | |
| Need help upgrading speakers........ Trailrunner1Before I start giving you advice, let me ask you a few questions that might help you answer your own question!(1) What did you NOT like about the Vandy 2CE? OR, did you just get bored looking @ them so you are making a change for the s... | |
| Class A amplifier choice, need suggestions Blueswan ,I think you asked about power amps operating in class-A mode & *NOT* power amps listed in the class-A section of Stereophile!!! Zaikesman pointed this out correctly. I feel that should have been clarified. S'phile should never have l... | |
| Amplifier Recommendation for B&W Nautilis 804 Brianmgrarcom,Unfortunately, there is no standard procedure to determine this! Nothing in the spec will show you this either! It will be determined by the listener him/herself. If the store you are auditioning the B&W has a number of amp brand... | |
| Working backwards... Ekistler_sj,I'm running B&W 604S2 with German Symphonic Line RG4-3 mono blocks. What I learnt w/ these speakers (don't know if this is extrapolated to other Brit speakers) is* B&W need lots of clean power - "lots" => high current source... | |
| Amplifier Recommendation for B&W Nautilis 804 Jeffsel,Agree w/ all the people posting above because EACH one has recommended a power amplifier that is "brute" in terms of current sourcing/sinking capabilty. I own the 604S2 speakers from B&W & from my experience these speakers NEED a "... | |
| How can you tell if a speaker has impedence dips? Meech33,Here is the link to the Stereophile review done in 1998:http://www.stereophile.com/showarchives.cgi?628:3I'm "sending" you directly to the measurement page showing the impedance & phase plot. Lowest impedance is 4 Ohms @ approx. 200Hz ... | |
| Amp Stand Recommendations Please Txlef,IF you want to spend some money, then a bunch of people have given you recomendations! Some of the stands they have recommended are great looking. I've heard none of them so I cannot tell you how they sound. My suggestion is much more modest... | |
| Shelter 501 questions/concerns TWL, 4yanx,Just a comment 'cuz I DO NOT want to side-track Ozzy's thread here:-Thanks for the info re. the OL Silver & Shelter 501. I have a OL Silver on my Bluenote 'table & was wondering what my next move should be (whenever the time com... | |
| Totem or B&W? Matt,Some points for you to consider:-As a 604S2 owner I can tell you that B&Ws, in general, require lots of clean power amplification. By "clean" I mean refined, which indirectly means an amp on the expensive side rather than the cheap side. ... | |
| 6922 tube question One_speed,It's real funny that you should mention that the Sovteks are overly warm & that the bass is bloated!!!! Sovtek 6922 are *NOT* known for this character! In fact, as Newbee correctly pointed out, Sovtek 6922 are known for the diametric... | |
| OL Silver vs SME 309 Jyprez,You are going on the premise that if it looks cheap, it must sound cheap!! I'm sure that you have past experiences to back up this reaction. I'm also sure that many of today's audio gear warrant this reaction! However, in this not the case ... | |
| Which tube amps can I use with my B&W 803N? Bigkidz & Jrd,I agree w/ both of you re. using ss power amps for B&W speakers. I'm considering the N803 as well & would like to know which ss amps you guys recommend? TIA! | |
| Brubeck's 'Time Out' listeners Mprime,I have the "Time Out" LP - Columbia CJ 40585 "digitally remastered directly from the original analog tapes". I listened as carefully as I could to the 2:37 --> 4:20 section. Yes, there is something that I can hear from the right-of-cente... | |
| Soundstaging and imaging are audiophile fictions. Jeffery,IMO, I feel that your statements are not true! From whatever little I know, "imaging" of speaker defines how balanced the sound volume is from each speaker. If the speakers image well then the soundstage gets re-created more correctly vs. ... |