charles1dad
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| Musician vs. audiophile Repeter,I believe most if not all BAT power amplifiers have input impedances of 100K ohms. It seems this shouldn’t be an issue matching their sibbling preamps regarding Al’s earlier caution. You'd think the manufacturer would make these family com... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream Memory Player Hi Lak,We both have the same splendid Yamamoto YDA 01 DAC. How much of a performance gap do you hear between the earlier PWT and the current model Memory player?Charles | |
| Musician vs. audiophile Hi crazyeddie, I replied to czarivey earlier in this thread that there had to be some musicians out there who happily owned Wilson speakers (law of averages). Thanks for the confirmation 😊Charles | |
| Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back? Hi jond, Yep, overall implementation and appropriate attention paid to the power supply and output transformers are simply unavoidable vital decision points. 300b amplifiers can range from lush,slow and very colored to outstanding clarity, transp... | |
| Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back? Hi Lewinskih01, I believe that either of these 2 choices you mentioned would be wonderful and make you very happy. Another option is Aric Audio, they can built you a very fine single chassis SET amplifier using whatever output tube you prefer. Mac... | |
| Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back? Gary,I understand. I could live happily with the First Watt S.I.T amplifier I had on loan, but still happier with the current 300b SET.Charles | |
| Musician vs. audiophile Hi Frogman,Thanks for sharing your very well presented perspective. I can surely attest to the "engrained" factor of live instruments due to frequent/chronic exposure to them. I’m a former student of the trumpet and still own trumpet and cornet. F... | |
| Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back? Hi Gary,Is the Bakoon impressive enough to replace your 300b SET amplifier? I’ve read positive comments regarding the Bakoon.Charles | |
| Musician vs. audiophile Musicians comprise a fairly large and diverse group of people and there will certainly be marked differences of their listening impressions. To suggest that not a single musician would find the Wilson good sounding is an obvious exaggeration to ma... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts David,Thanks for taking the time to post your listening impressions and comparison of the 2 Tekton speakers. Given your clear writing I feel that I have a very good understanding of what distinguishes them apart. Congratulations! It seems they (SE... | |
| Musician vs. audiophile Open discussion forums can be so interesting at times as people describe their listening experiences. Czarivey and uberwaltz couldn't be more different in their assessment of the Wilson speakers. Subjectivity allows such a very broad spectrum of ... | |
| Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back? Hi guf ,Well you sure had a very fine reference point in the First Watt S.I.T.2. I had the Nelson Pass D.I.Y. push pull version of the S.I.T. 2 designed by him. 40 watt pure class A and one of the finest sounding solid state amplifiers I've heard.... | |
| Musician vs. audiophile Repeter. nycjlee brings up an interesting observation regarding the listening perception of perhaps some musicians. They could in fact be particularly sensitive to speakers/components that they feel deviate from what they recognize/consider a natu... | |
| Musician vs. audiophile I agree with the sentiment expressed above. Trust what you hear. A more expensive system won't necessarily "always" be the better sounding one. I learned a long time ago to have confidence in my ears and go with it. This approach has served me wel... | |
| Done, really done! Zavato ,You find your current audio system "incredibly satisfying " that’s commendable and I hope this feeling continues for years to come. I believe that this state is more achievable if the priority is on the music as opposed to chasing "sound" ... |