charles1dad
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| Single driver loudspeakers Hello John,What is your opinion/experience with the PHY-HP 12 inch driver? It has the reputation of being a superb driver. It was used in single driver designs successfully by Ocellia and Musical Affairs in their products. 97 db sensitive and 16 ... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Hello Larryi,I have not had the opportunity to hear the Berning 211/845 amplifier. I suspect that it is quite good sounding. I'm biased towards low-moderate power tube amplifiers but I have heard very fine sounding higher powered SS amplifiers i... | |
| RVG RIP Correction,I wrote that RVG recorded for Pablo and this is incorrect. That was Norman Granz's label and he used other recording engineers.Charles, | |
| RVG RIP I will miss him. What a long and very productive life he had. I have many Blue Note, Pablo and Prestige recordings done by him. Although he's recognized more for the Blue Note label I believe that the Prestige recordings were the superior sounding... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Tommy lion,Clifford Brown is a genuine iconic jazz trumpeter. As I became more deeply involved with jazz I discovered the fabulous Bebop trumpeter Fats Navarro and could hear some similarities between him and Clifford. It was later that I read ... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Hello hddg,When I mentioned that I heard the VAC and Atma-Sphere preamplifiers with my 300b amplifier I was referring to the Coincident Frankenstein MK II SET. 😊Charles, | |
| Sony CDP-XA7ES vs CEC TL-1 transport Good advice from Bigkidz to try before you buy if possible as different ears and systems yield varying results. The PS Audio PWT was better in overall musicality than the CECT TL-1 directly compared in a friend's system. Different people will he... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Hi Richard, Yes system synergies will be the determining factor. I find it virtually impossible to say that one is clearly superior to the other. The ARC REF 6 could be the perfect fit in one system and yet be outdone by the CJ GAT in another sett... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Hello Richard,Tube preamp idea is a good move. You may or may not prefer it but it’s worth the effort to listen to one in your system. You have the right attitude. Keep in mine that amongst tube preamps each will sound different from oneanother. H... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Richard,If the opportunity arises to hear/audition the Aavik I say go for it!It'd be much fun to compare it to your Rowland fronted with a high quality tube preamplifier. Charles, | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Ricred1,At Axpona (Chicago) this spring I heard the Aavik driving Raidho speakers. I was with 2 friends and we felt that the sound of that room/system was decent but nothing particularly special (it wasn’t bad sounding to be clear). It wasn’t a pr... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Ricred1,There are many excellent tube preamps in the price range you stated. Here’s a short list. Three I’ve heard and know well. Atma-Sphere MP-1 MK IIICoincident Statement Line Stage VAC Signature MK IIThree based on trusted word of mouth. Shind... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Inna,The bass quality of an amplifier is so tied to the speaker that you really have to discuss them in tandem as this link is that strongly intertwined. In the example I cited the Rockport Altair is 4 ohms nominal load and drops to roughly 2 oh... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Hi ricred1,Thank you for the kind comments. When expressing opinions on an open forum there's the risk of unintentionally offending someone's cherished audio brand /components of choice. My friend's massive Krells actually sound very good driving ... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Hello Inna,The particular Ypsilon amplifier I referred to was I believe in the 80K range at the time (2011). My friend’s Absolare Passion Signature when he purchased them were 52K (2013). No question that both are Uber priced audio components. I h... |