charles1dad
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| Review: Lahave Audio Khara Speaker Bill,Congratulations! These speakers seem ideal for you and I'm glad you found them. They must be a fairly easy load to drive as you're using a KT 150 SET amplifier with sucess(I thought you had a Thor amplifier). I've no doubt that your music sou... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Tubegroover,The strange thing is that I didn't say anything bad about Magico, just expressed They have not impressed me . I freely acknowledged that they have loyal admirers who defend them vigorously.Charles, | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Tubegroover,Your comments are true, particular circumstances and conditions can have significant influence so I try to factor that in. Ironically I usually find myself in agreement with Trelja more often than not, well we'll just differ in this ca... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Trelja,The only Acoustic Zen speaker I've heard is their Crescendo on 3 different occasions driven by the fine Triode CORP 845 PSET amplifiers. This combination was wonderful sounding each time and I was able to play my own familiar music.Honestly... | |
| High efficiency speakers Sksos1,I believe Ocellia has superb products, it's disappointing to hear you had service issues with them. I assumed Samuel would have that aspect covered as well. | |
| Which dig source,passive front-end,ICs,amp combo? I believe a high quality active preamp provides superior sound quality.Since you're obviously curious about passive/direct source you should try this approach to solve this dilemma. There's no substitute for direct experience in your system. Charles, | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE Mel,In a previous post I congratulated you on your ownership of the Magico S5 speaker and wished you many years of enjoying them, I meant every word I wrote. I can easily accept and acknowledge that taste and preferences vary amongst all of us. It... | |
| CD player, audio out, discrete vs. op-amps..? It's "possible" that the op -amp could play a role in what you hear. I've read that they rely on generous amounts of NFB. A discrete circuit can be designed with little or no NFB used. Just a generalization(other varibles as well at play). The bes... | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE Usermanual,Your comments and disposition are the epitome of immaturity. You insult anyone who disagrees with your childish defensive behavior and narrow viewpoints.You're right and everyone else with alternative perspective is wrong. The persisten... | |
| Differences between Line Magnetic 518 and the 219 Good suggestion,I've read this review before and found it well written and insightful. | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE People have test driven(heard) the Magico and were not impressed.They don't impress me, but so what, just my opinion. I totally get the point that you and usermanual find the Magico to be your Porsche standard, others simply do not. It doesn't mat... | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE The Subaru -Porsche analogy doesn't hold up at all. Audio components are judged by their sound quality to a given listener and nothing else. Brand prestige, cost, snob appeal etc don't matter, listening does.For some listeners a good DIY amplifier... | |
| Which dig source,passive front-end,ICs,amp combo? Numerous people on this site have tried the Lightspeed passive product. Some love it and some preferred their active line stages after comparisons. It isn't expensive and is worth an audition, could be what you're looking for.Charles, | |
| Best 300B SET I recall reading about this amplifier several years ago. Knowing the esteemed reputation of the designer and builder I'd imagine that it is a superb SET amplifier. It's likely difficult to find these days unfortunately. There's so much high qualit... | |
| Speaker Sensitivity Question... Zd542 is right about power ratings of amplifiers, they're not always a reliable indicator of true performance.Some amps rated at 50 watts per channel will clearly out drive some amps that claim 100-150 watts per channel.There are numerous factors ... |