charles1dad
Responses from charles1dad
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth, The Lamm I cited above should have been the LL1 Signature model and not the Reference line stage. | |
| The future of preamps Hi Swampwalker,Those sure are some special speakers you'll be listening to. When you have the time let me know how they sound driven by the Coincident (Frankenstein or the prior model 300b amp Israel made?).Charles, | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth,There are certainly very worthy contenders in the realm of premium level tube preamplifiers. I won't attempt any effort to rank them or declare a"best", just too many variables ( system, personal taste) are involved. I can give you ... | |
| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house Himiguel,I'll tell you this with all sincerely, your Tripoint Troy has been an astonishing addition to my system but it's difficult to describe with words. You just hear and feel it, increased naturalness. Charles, | |
| The future of preamps Swampwalker,You have a VAC Renaissance amplifier? I've always thought highly of those push pull 300b designs. You prefer the Atma-Sphere amplifier instead? Different flavors for sure, I can understand the appeal of either depending on a given syst... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... Depends on your personality. I had my prior system virtually unchanged for 12-14 years. My current system is 4 years old and will remain into the foreseeable future. Did some fine tuning the past year but that's done now. Once I reach a certain po... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... Ebuzz,You ask logical questions that don't have definitive answers. Both are important and the weak link in a system will stand out. For this hypothetical choice I'm just bias toward good solid quality tube amplifiers that utilize high quality tra... | |
| Advice on selecting a tube amp Nicknac,You and your wife I'm certain are going to have a fabulous time with that lifestyle, what a fine way to enjoy life! Of course you two need good sound to complete this beautiful picture. Have loads of fun,Charles, | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrnith,I am not certain what you imply by "tube magic" what attracts me to tube component is their musical honestly and thus a more natural and realistic sound. There are some tube components that seem to add a false warmth coloration and ... | |
| SET update Your thead is titled SET update, are you referring to the Melody amplifier? This amp is a push pull class AB design using the el 34 tubes. Congratulations on the amplifier and it has impressed you very much already. You'll have many enjoyable hour... | |
| Impedance mismatch question Thank you Al. | |
| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house Okay Bill I'll shut my mouth and stay out of this.Charles, | |
| Impedance mismatch question Hi Al, Regarding tube preamps would an output trandformer in place of the capacitor eliminate or reduce this potential fluctuating impedance mismatch ?Charles, | |
| The future of preamps Response34,I wish you continued sucess with your Purity Audio components, people love your various models of Line stages.Charles, | |
| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house Hi Agear,My point was this, Bill has apparently discovered better sound in his system with the recent changes and I can appreciate and aaccept that. The emotional and visceral reactions in my own experience implies something for the better has occ... |