charles1dad
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| Can someone suggest a lush tube integrated under $3000 used @paulcreed ,Thanks for the "syrupy" clarification, makes more sense as to what you are seeking. If you are cautious of 20 watts, consider various used Quicksilver, VAC and conrad johnson options These 3 represent good engineering/design/sound qua... | |
| Can someone suggest a lush tube integrated under $3000 used @paulcreed, A well designed and implemented tube amplifier can offer beautiful and realistic full bodied tonality, timbre and harmonic overtones. In my opinion these are very desirable and coveted sonic characteristics. You can have all of this ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @jjss49 " i suppose in the end, which version is most accurate becomes unimportant, what matters is what pleases a particular user in their system, their room."Agree, and can not see how in the end it can be any other way.Charles | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @david_ten, The vintage movies versus current movie themes and production is a good analogy. I believe that there’s always been a sincere effort in High End audio to pursue sonic "accuracy ". How would one consensusly define this goal of accuracy ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @in_shore,Thanks. I suspected this would be the case. More often than not if a component can reproduce high quality midrange with human voice it will excel with unamplified/acoustic musical instruments. This is not an easily accomplished task. Kud... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @in_shore,Thanks for sharing your listening impressions of the two DACs. Does the Audiobyte DAC superior timbre and realism apply as well to acoustic instruments (Or just human vacals) ? That’s a coveted attribute. Charles | |
| Western Electric or Takatsuki 300Bs? @gsm18439, That’s good longevity for your Takatsuki 300bs. I strongly suspect that your Ancient Audio SET amplifier has gentler operational point settings in the circuit design. I recall that you and I were among the first on this site to get thos... | |
| Western Electric or Takatsuki 300Bs? @jaytor,In my experience the major determinate for output tube lifespan and reliability is the chosen operational points for the tube in the amplifier circuit and the heat dissipation level of the amplifier circuit. The more conservative these set... | |
| Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great??? 500 watts available at 4 ohms from the big Rowland transistor amplifier versus 45 watts available via the tubed Jadis . And the Jadis is an equally competitive amplification choice. There’s so much more involved than quantity of power in achieving... | |
| Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great??? @alexatpos. consider these comments from @daveyf."mk2 and the KT150 tubes make this Jadis amp the most resolving and life like sounding amp I have ever had in my system. The Jadis JA 30 mk2’s drive my SF GH’s with ease..allowing the speaker to def... | |
| pro-ject cd box rs2 vs jays audio cd2 mk3 Teajay did compare the LTA LPS and Pro-Ject LPS and he did prefer the LTA (Linear Tube audio). Another well regarded LPS is the Fidelizer Nikola Signature. Generally speaking LPS are usually considered a clear upgrade to SMPS wall warts. It's impr... | |
| pro-ject cd box rs2 vs jays audio cd2 mk3 @jaymark, Are your findings done with the standard Pro-Ject wall wart SMPS or with the optional linear power supply?Charles | |
| pro-ject cd box rs2 vs jays audio cd2 mk3 @jaymark,That seems the consistent conclusion from listeners who've actually have compared both. Jay's is "very" good sounding but Pro-Ject is better yet. Charles | |
| pro-ject cd box rs2 vs jays audio cd2 mk3 The New P.S. Audio PST is capable of providing SACD playback via its I2s connection. I believe that there are 4 different iterations of I2S available in the marketplace. So the DAC would have to be compatible with the P.S.Audio PST I2s approach. T... | |
| pro-ject cd box rs2 vs jays audio cd2 mk3 I suspect SACD although nice to have is relevant only for a modest percentage of users. It seems the vast majority would make Redbook CD playback sound quality the major priority. I don’t believe there’s a dog in this trio. But the high praise, sa... |