charles1dad
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| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @jbhiller, I have to tell you that those proposed amplifier modifications/upgrades for a final product cost of 4500-5000.00 USD seems very reasonable and doable. This would be a high quality very good sounding tube amplifier with a price that is a... | |
| SET vs Push-Pull (Line Magnetic vs Primaluna) "Too many times I have heard pairings that should have been made in heaven sound fairly ordinary, and rather unlikely bedfellows sound entrancing."@pesky_wabbit, absolutely and unequivocally an astute observation. My experience as well on numerou... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier 'Johnny Hartman's "I Just Dropped by to Say Hello,"' @jbhiller, ahh yes! You have excellent taste. I'm not surprised by your improved sound quality. Not sure why some are skeptical about capacitor and resistor upgrades. In my experience they c... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I suspect that the internal environment of the T1500 is less crowed with fewer parts as SET is simpler. Higher power push pull amplifier will have a higher parts count.Charles | |
| SET vs Push-Pull (Line Magnetic vs Primaluna) @mabonn,There is an excellent store called Pitch Perfect Sound located in Palm Desert CA. They have Line Magnetic, Leben, Shindo etc.3 years in a row I attended the C.E.S. in Las Vegas. The Acoustic Zen Crescendo each time shared a room with Trio... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure 6 Moon’s Srajan Ebaen did review the 30K flagship Allnic L 10000 DHT line stage that utilizes the 300b and lacks an output transformer thus an OTL component. The Allnic 1500 integrated amplifier uses the 300b in a traditional power amplifier outpu... | |
| Cayin A-300b vs Muzishare x9 @cb3489,After only 18 months in High End audio you became aware of and then acquired a SET amplifier, I’m impressed. It took me much longer to reach that stage but glad I did.I had a Symphonic Line which is a very good German made solid state ampl... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure You are welcome. I believe that you'll be exceptionally pleased long term with the Allnic-Nenuphar pairing.Charles | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @yorkshireman, Just saw your post (Watching the NBA champion game😊). I believe that the Allnic is an excellent choice. 1Established and highly respected manufacturer. 2 High standard built quality chassis construction. 3 Very high quality output t... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure As far as specific recommendations go there are no shortage of worthy candidates. Have you determined a budget comfort range? 300b SET are more plentiful and are also generally more expensive than 2A3 SET amplifiers. Again, depends on what level/t... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @yorkshireman, I can not say with any authority that a lower power amplifier would unequivocally be better, certainly as good. @david_ten is enjoying truly splendid results with his superb 2A3 SET . I feel more strongly that the absolute quality o... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @yorkshireman, At 10 watts I'm assuming that this is a SET amplifier utilizing a modest 6db of negative feedback (Many SETs are zero negative feedback). The damping factor is pretty modest as to suit the Nenuphars (Per design objective). I can not... | |
| Jazz Music Question @whart,You’re welcome. I can imagine how well your Lamm Avantgarde Duo combo conveys this beautiful music. Charles | |
| Jazz Music Question @dsper wrote, ’One off topic comment is that my PWT and Mojo Mystique V3 DAC sound better than the table with an old Ortofon Pro s40 cartridge. Not sure if it is a bad old cartridge or the digital is just better’.You have a very good digital front... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @abd1, My then new (2009) Frankenstein MK II came standard with EH 300b tubes and they were solid performers. I soon upgraded to the Shuguang black Treasure 300b which was an immediate and obvious improvement. I later moved on to the Takatsuki ... |