charles1dad
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| Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC??? With audio components it is about the sound quality when all is said and done. If I heard a component I truly believed sounds "phenomenal" (in the words of musicfx) That'd be the one for me. Yes I'd want it to look good but that's a secondary c... | |
| Pass Labs XP-30 vs Krell Evo 202 Teajay gives an impression of the Pass XP 30 that is quite the contrast to lancelock and Erik. Different ears and most likely different audio systems. In reality the Linear Tube Audio preamplifier could be as good (or better) sounding despite i... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Ozzy,Believe me I understand. These two amplifiers are of such different design and topology and I'm always very interested as to what someone hears in comparison. Charles | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... It's inevitable that as a thread has grown such as this one and as posters have gotten to know one another that topics of shared interest will emerge. This only makes sense to me, the majority of the posters here are quite obviously music lovers... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Ozzy,I agree with Al, what you've assembled looks impressive and I am sure sounds equally so. Curiosity leads me to ask how the music presentation differs in going from the esteemed Pass to the highly regarded Atma-Sphere mono blocks? Congratulat... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo speaker crossover capacitors ... who makes them? Bill,Congratulations on your sucessful Cresendo modification project. I know that you have much experience doing numerous upgrade modifications over the years but I can tell you are especially pleased with this particular one. There are certain sp... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Ozzy,You said the speakers you have built are 8 ohms. Assuming that there are no widely varying impedance dips below 5 or 6 ohms (particularly in the mid to upper bass region) I don’t see the necessity of using the Zero transformers. Someone abov... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Frank, Yes, I know very well the qualities of that table and I had it for about 15 years. I sold to a friend who lusted after those turntables. I am doing very well with Redbook CDs through my current system. Frank it wouldn’t surprise me if you h... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo speaker crossover capacitors ... who makes them? Hi Bill,I can appreciate the time and effort you put in accomplishing this project, very nice work. You are right, this is not a simple crossover by any means.. I know how well the stock Crescendos sound. With the improvement via better parts i... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Frank,Thanks for the music recommendations, I’ll seek them out. Regarding Victor Feldman, here are a couple I believe that you’ll really enjoy. "Merry Ole Soul" he alternates between vibraphone and the piano. As I’m sure you know he’s excellent on... | |
| Question for BPT owners.... I've never used or heard an Equitech product but certainly have a very well regarded reputation. I had considered buying one of their units at one time. I subsequently bought the BPT due to multiple rave reviews, comments from multiple happy o... | |
| Have ~$10-12k...what would you do? I would say that low power 300b SET amplifiers like mine are not a suitable match. I suspect that the Line Magnetic 508ia with its 805 output tubes providing 48 watts coupled with very stout power supply design and high quality output transformer... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Marqmike, Yes, the way this thread has evolved with the many suggestions of recordings is really a satisfying by product. I’m eagerly looking forward to receiving the recordings from Frank’s bottomless reservoir, especially the Milt Jackson Savoy ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Frank,No diatribe needed. Consider this, 71 pages15 monthsOver 3500 postsOverwhelmingly positive vibe hereFriendships formedA multitude of happy users of upgraded fuses Informative posts regarding recordings and musicians with new discoveries to e... | |
| Who has Audio Note AN-Es? What I find near fascinating about this speaker is the vast number of variations due to the multitude of options. There's a HE (high efficiency) version, internal vs external crossover, silver vs copper wiring and voice coil and woofer driver m... |