charles1dad
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| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Pass Labs vs Atma-Sphere, two thoroughbreds, should be quite interesting. Charles | |
| PS Audio BHK 300 mono VS Modwright KWA 150SE mono VS D'agostino Classic stereo Hi,I'm happy that you finally had your home audition with the Ypsilon electronics as they are genuinely superb. I thought you'd be very impressed with their gorgeous natural sound character, natural is hard to do.I know you're quite interested i... | |
| SS preamp with tube amp Kenny,I’ve used tube preamplifiers exclusively for the past 20 years and actually agree with what atmosphere wrote regarding superior low level information retrieval. Only in the context of the OP’s question concerning "tube character" I happen to... | |
| Do I need a power conditioner? I believe that leotis made a good decision due to the attributes provided by a high quality balanced AC power isolation transformer. My confidence is based on the technology and good implementation of balanced power supplying audio components. The... | |
| SS preamp with tube amp Kenny,Your Boulder SS preamp driving 300b tube amplifier is an excellent example of what I meant. It can be done quite successfully. There are othere on this site who've done this as well. The bigger issue with the Aerial speaker is the difficult... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Jason wrote "this stupid tweak is fantastic! " nice summation 😊😊Charles | |
| Preamp for a Line Magnetic i518? Ekimg,There's has been much positive talk and commentary regarding the Linear Tube Audio Micro ZOTL preamp. Professional reviewers and actual owners are very happy with its sound quality. Charles | |
| SS preamp with tube amp Hi Greginnh,Your speakers were likely designed to mate with a SS amplifier given the Stereophile measurements provided by soix. That's why in my earlier post I stated that "assuming" you had speakers appropriate for a tube power amplifier.Charles | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hi Jason,Very nice and sincere post from you and I'm glad you're yet another listener who has found success with these better fuses. For the record Geoff has not been anti upgrade fuse in his commentary on this thread.Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts rotavirus,I don't own Tekton products but based on comments from owners on this and other threads I've read they seem quite happy with their speakers and dealings with Tekton. Who are the "plenty" people who've been shafted? What will ultimately d... | |
| How old is too old for a Dac? Spoogemonkey, In the realm of High End audio I'm convinced you can take any audio product and there will be a fan base for it and inevitably a counter group that swears it's a terrible product. I'm yet to find an exception to this observation. Yo... | |
| SS preamp with tube amp Generally the output impedances of SS preamps are quite low so I suspect you'll be fine.Charles | |
| Quality of outlet not directly powering equipment important? Al's reply is well written with clarity and knowledge that has become par for the course and is admired on this forum.billbartuska, excellent brevity with its implied wisdom and logic.Charles | |
| SS preamp with tube amp Greginnh,Given the context of your inquiry I’ll state my perspective. In terms of obtaining or retaining "tube character" I believe the power amplifier has more influence in that regard than the preamplifier. I believe that SS pre/tube amp or tube... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Tubesnstats,I've tried many 300bs but not the original/vintage Western Electric (just too expensive to fool with). I did try the reissue Western Electric but it wasn't impressive in my amplifier. As much as I enjoyed the superb Takatsuki I must sa... |