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| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob,Thanks for your reply. You might like this CD by the Acoustic bass legend himself Paul Chambers, "Bass On Top". He led this quartet that features guitarist Kenny Burrell. There's a lot of plucked and con arco playing at a masterful level. ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Hi Mikirob,You're a bass player and I have a comment for you. Last night I attended a jazz performance and the bass player made ample use of his bow on the ballads. This con arco playing just captivates me with its beauty, I could have just melted... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob,Agree with the welcome mat being out for all music genres. The Frankenstein and honestly any good quality SET plays it all, and the lesser SETs will falter. This is true for all topologies, certainly not every solid state amplifier is univ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob,The better the audio components, the more you emphasize music listening vs check Iist of sonic boxes to mark. Yes you do notice them but they are overshadowed by the music involvement factor. The Armstrong-Ellington recording hasn't change... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Hi Seikosha,The limiting factors are the quality of your transformers and the stiffness of the power supply section. This is where budget amplifiers often cut corners. These two areas are crucial according to makers of high quality SETs (make or b... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? If someone can build an amplifier comparable to the Dynamo for 120.00 in parts and 3 hours of labor, by all means do it. I'm very skeptical,talk is cheap. If that 120.00 USD gets you the same quality transformers(power and output),tube sockets, ca... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Nickolas,That's a very nice system you have developed. It must sound quite natural. | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Rebbi,By this point there's been very good actual owner feedback and a "rave" 6 Moons review, pretty encouraging if you ask me.1) Built by an established company.2)The owener /builder has a reputation for developing excellent sounding components a... | |
| Looking for Amp suggestions or Avalon speakers Hi Dkonstruction,I generally prefer tube amplification same as you.If it is in any way practical I'd advised you to listen to the Ayre prior to buying it (true for any component if possible). I don't care for their sound quality based on several l... | |
| Tube Friendly High End "Big" speakers Dentdog,Thanks for your comments. If Jim were closer to me I'd give serious consideration to using his expertise to maximize my room's potential(what ever that may be).Charles, | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Bill,Good points, an "informed" buyer who appreciates the modifications rendered is the key issue. If that's the case then yes you'll have no problem with resale. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I tend to hold on to audio components for a long time, so in my case resale value isn't much of a factor(as it is for others). I do believe in extracting the most you can(within reason) from components you own and enjoy. Most equitment can be impr... | |
| Tube Friendly High End "Big" speakers Dentdog,I believe you regarding Jim's ability to extract the best sound from the system/room interactions. The problem is where someone is located, isn't Jim in Baltimore? So getting him to distant locations is the limiting factor. I don't questio... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi Mel,I'm certain that Grannyring's modifications to his Romulus improved his sound quality(I put the same Jupiter Cu foil caps in my amplifier, they're terrific). But as you correctly point out, improved sound or not, resale value usually takes ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Mel,a good friend of mine has the Aesthetix Romulus Signature and I've listened to it often(it replaced his good sounding Modwright Oppo 105 and then his Lampizator DAC, very good).The Romulus is truly a natural sounding and passionate music repro... |