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| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? mglik,Agree 100% that the Berning OTL and the Kondo Ongaku could both be considered to be uber quality amplifiers yet as you note unquestionably different sounding. I don’t see how one could be declared superior to the other. They will simply appe... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? The VAC Statement is I'm certain a fantastic amplifier. It's high power push pull tubes which go in a different as would the big Jadis amplifiers. The Berning and Lamm ML3 would definitely intrigue and interest me much more. Berning OTL versu... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? Mike,Thanks for your informed reply. I should have been more clear with my inquiry. I know based on my listening neither the Dan’Agostino or Boulder are what the OP is searching for. You characterized the no NFB/simple circuit/linear genre of tube... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? Hi mikelavigne,Of all the various posters here you are the one who has actually heard the Berning amplifier. Not only that but you've heard it in 'your' audio system. You are very impressed with it. I do not doubt its excellence. The Dan'Agostino ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I googled the Yamaha AS 3200 and according to Yamaha,THD 0.07%Damping Factor (DF) is 250 at 1K HZ and 8 ohmsThose numbers suggest a generous amount of negative feedback NFB is utilized. On paper not a particularly good match for the Nenuphar but l... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Steve,Cube Audio's Grezegorz made it clear to Srajan Ebaen that the voice coil excursion and the phenoic spider of the Nenuphar are very well controlled by the magnetic field provided by the very powerful neodymium magnets (81 total). He also ment... | |
| Primaluna EVO 300 Integrated or Separates? Hi facten,I took a look at your system page. You have a very nice audio system and I'm certain it sounds quite wonderful.Charles | |
| Primaluna EVO 300 Integrated or Separates? Hi devilboy,As you I suspect if could be a case of poor quality tubes in your particular Raven amplifier. On the other hand it’s certainly possible the amplifier just is not a good match with your Nola speakers (it happens). The Hegel seems to be ... | |
| Primaluna EVO 300 Integrated or Separates? I have no dispute with those who recommend Primaluna as a good amplifier option. I do believe that nquery makes a strong point regarding the Line Magnetic (LM) 508a or 805a options. This is a pure class A SET using DHT 300b tube to drive the 805... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure The Nenuphar driver was very specifically designed to mate well with high output impedance amplifiers. It utilizes a "powerful" magnet to control the driver. Srajan Ebaen certainly confirmed this with his review where he used multiple amplifiers... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure The F1 and F2 amps really have output impedances that high? This seems impractical for use with most any speaker. 80. and 15. ohms? Is there a missing decimal point? Particularly elevated for a transistor amplifier. What would be Nelson Pass' rati... | |
| Yamamoto YDA-01 DAC “They sound too HFi and not natural at all” Yep, I completely understand and agree 100%. Again that’s why I have had this DAC for so many years. It just sounds right playing all types of music. I believe you are going to love your Raven amplifier/... | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 SET Aric,Thank you very much for your detailed and informative reply. I completely understand your rationale for the numerous choices that have to be made in regard to design and implementation of such a high quality amplifier. Given all the factors t... | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 SET tby, Congratulations on acquiring this custom built amplifier. It must have surprised you to discover that it provides more satisfying bass performance than your more powerful previous amplifier. I’m pretty certain it is superior in terms of trans... | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 SET Hello Aric,That is a serious looking and attractive 2A3 SET amplifier. I really like the decision to have a separate power supply chassis and especially all polyfilm caps (very long lifespan). This seems to be an all out effort 2A3 design (hefty ... |