charles1dad
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| Spectral audio today If the new Spectral SV series is much better sounding and more organic (Per carey1110 "way better" ) than the older models I heard that is good news. I wonder what changes were implemented with circuit/part selection to eliminate the pervasive dr... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Cal,I’ve used various silver IC and speaker cable over the past 20 years. I’m currently using Ocellia silver cables the past 7 or 8 years. As with you I just haven’t heard the thin,bright or edgy sound supposedly attributable to silver. In fact th... | |
| Spectral audio today When I heard Spectral at CES years ago it was an all Spectral system driving big Avalon speakers. The room demonstration was conducted by Dr. Keith Johnson demonstrating his own Reference recordings. He seemed quite pleased with the sound. I wa... | |
| Spectral audio today I must agree with listening impressions posted by ebm. I’ve heard Soulution amplifiers on about 4 or5 different occasions (Audio shows) and the overall sound was consistently dry and clinical. It’s hard to determine how much contribution the Soulu... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions Protoss71,On the surface I can understand your concern/skepticism. The 30 pound weight reduction (roughly 17%) per speaker isn’t insignificant. Could it be due to smaller magnet assemblies/inductors/ cabinet/bracing? I do not believe that Tekton w... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night David, Thank you so much for your role as the conduit between Alford and Margaret and the Audiogon community. This is simply sad news and I’ll miss Al greatly. My sincerest sympathy to Margaret the entire family. Charles | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg The heartfelt and sincere tributes posted by members are a crystal clear reflection of the caliber of person Alford is. I suspected something wasn’t right when he didn’t respond to a recent personal email that I had sent him. This wasn’t like him.... | |
| Viva Solistino Amp Hi maxboy00,It gratifying to read that you are very happy with the Viva SET amplifier. I believed it'd be an excellent match with your speakers and expressed this several years ago in this thread. Congratulations and I wish you many years of enj... | |
| Looking for a phono preamp that has volume control Jeffex00, Yogiboy raised a good point. You have to consider the input sensitivity (Measured in millivolts/volts) of the power amplifier you intend to drive. Phono stages will vary in this driving voltage capacity. The Icon suggested by tablejockey... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions sid-hoff-frenchman, You have some fun (As well as insightful) times ahead of you given the numerous component matching/switching comparisons available to you. I believe that each separate combo is going to sound good yet notably different. Good t... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions sid-holt-Frenchman,I'm quite interested to read your listening impressions of the Don Sachs components compared to your familiar Schiit components. I suspect the sonic presentations are distinctly different.Charles | |
| Tubes? mmporsche,Wow! Switching from the constellations to the 211 tube integrated is quite a leap across the amplification spectrum. I suspect your current system sounds marvelous.bigwave1, I understand your point regarding the advantages of higher effi... | |
| Tubes? I am partial to tube amplifiers and particularly SET amplifiers (With suitable speakers). However I have to agree with clearthinker and say that a SET even utilizing a high power output tube such as the 833 wouldn't be the best direction to take w... | |
| Goldenear Triton One.R - can it be driven with low power tube amp? Hi mocean, You did the right thing by trying your 20 watt solid state amplifier driving the Tritons and the outcome wasn’t satisfactory. One can rightly conclude that the Vista Audio Spark amplifier wasn’t a good match. However cakids had a Much b... | |
| Goldenear Triton One.R - can it be driven with low power tube amp? cakids, In your case George is putting the cart before the horse. You've done the ultimate test by using your Manley Stinray and finding "excellent " sound driving your Tritons. George hasn't done this and yet proclaims low powered tube amplifiers... |