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| DCS Puccini into Lamm M 1.2 w/o preamp? I agree with Anupmc. Direct into the amps is the best way forward unless you have some kind of euphonics happening that you cant live without.My feeling is the Lamm amp on its own will give you enough tube sound. You can switch the output voltage ... | |
| Oyaide, Hubble, FIM etc, any consensus on flavors? Nilthepill,I would say around a month... So in that case maybe it just doesnt suit your set up, or it is just showing up something you need to tackle in your system? I must admit, when I first had some 20 amp lines put in I had some large ARC tube... | |
| Oyaide, Hubble, FIM etc, any consensus on flavors? Dont forget to let all those changes settle. It took quite a long time to for my sockets to settle and sound "natural". The Oyaide took weeks then became awesome. I wouldnt go back to normal ones thats for sure.Nilthepill I would hang in there. 20... | |
| Oyaide, Hubble, FIM etc, any consensus on flavors? Hi Blindjim,I suppose I could take the PSA apart and swap the sockets over. I think the PSA sockets are square while the Oyaide ones are rounded. So there would be a gap where the socket and the casing meet. Probably ok but not great.I too am a be... | |
| Oyaide, Hubble, FIM etc, any consensus on flavors? Hi Blindjim,umm... cry first then straight into mad laughter as you reach for your wallet. The face plate does seem excessively expensive. I do not use one. I have not tried one either. It probably works. Oyaides thing is all about damping and goo... | |
| Oyaide, Hubble, FIM etc, any consensus on flavors? I found the gold Oyaide and the gold furutech to be the best outlets I tried. They sound similar to their equivalent plug. Both plug and socket add to each other and amplify the character.I have a very clean system and was looking for a little war... | |
| Maggies a waste if only 3' from backwall? Used that close to the wall they will sound muddled and flat. There wont be a problem with having bass but the speaker will be strangled and lose it's air. Maybe for special listening you could pull them into the room more. | |
| Best speakers for about $2000 a pair "quality issues"? The only one I know of is that the old speakers had issues with UV light rotting the glue that held the wires to the diaphram. But that was only after about 15 years or so. I know for a fact that glue was changed and improved man... | |
| Tube-amp for Magnepan? Hi Germanboxers,Lol. Obviously that was going to be my next guess. My wife is german. I know exactly what you mean...! | |
| Tube-amp for Magnepan? Hi Germanboxers,I understand and I do take your point about maggies vs power vs dynamics. What I was trying to get across was that in my experience to squeeze that last bit out of them, in the end you need power. But you can drive them with any am... | |
| Halcro DM68 or Pass XA 200.5? I would concur with the some of the above comments. The Halcro is an amazing amp. For some it may lack that rounded class A type sound, but be in no doubt of it being one of the finest amps. The Pass Labs I know less well, but they always sounded ... | |
| Tube-amp for Magnepan? Hi Atmasphere,A nice list of which I have most. To be very anal, which version of Tour de France soundtracks do you have? I have the original and the remaster which came out a few months ago. I was shocked when they brought out a remaster. I alway... | |
| Tube-amp for Magnepan? Hi Germanboxers,come and listen to some Avantgarde trios and you will understand what I mean by dynamics and dynamic swings, large or small. It is Just about the only weakness Magnepan has IMHO. Your amps are lovely. I heard them on Zu speakers. T... | |
| Tube-amp for Magnepan? My experience with magnepans of various sizes is that tube amps can sound great on them. I had the ARC VT150se monos on 3.6rs and it was sublime.The problem is you never reach the limit of the speaker with tubes. I had Audio valve monos too but th... | |
| Why are there so many Mac users? the Mac is more straight forward to set up. Straight out the box it sounds good. PCs demand a large amount of setting up. Obviously you could get a PC built especially, but I guess that takes some effort too. |