charles1dad
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| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house Hi Bill,Look forward to your comparison and impressions. By the way are you using your 45 amplifier in this system? Charles, | |
| which tube? If you're seriously considering SET amplifiers you must have an efficient easy to drive speaker or you'll never maximize the potential of the SET. You have to consider the two as an inseparable pair. If you do this then your chances for sucess and... | |
| Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp Denon53,I appreciate your comments and I understand what you're seeking. Given your stated budget and solid state preference I'm sure there are experienced people on this site who can provide good guidance. I've migrated so completely (and happily... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Fplanner,That was well said and true. Upon placing the CT1-U digital cable in my system there was an immediate improvement. However over a period of weeks the sound quality continued an upward climb. In hind sight probably a couple of months to re... | |
| Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp John,Yes, "natural" is the key term. | |
| Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp Hi John,Well you certainly understand my point of distinction within the audiophile vernacular. Here's my example of transparency. If you were in a room and someone is playing their instrument (no microphone) there's nothing between you and the so... | |
| Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp Hi John,I respectfully(I enjoy reading your posts on this site) disagree with your assertion that warmth and transparency are mutually exclusive. Perhaps our definition of transparent may differ, mine is clarity and lack of a veil or perceptional ... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Wig,I don't have the Crescendos but my Coincidents are of very similar size and have 5 driver configuration(two 10" woofers are side mounted). They're 8 feet apart, 5 degree toe in and I sit 11 feet away. | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Lack of a hifi character is exactly what makes the Crescendo speaker superior sounding to the vast majority of the currently in vogue "audiophile" favored speakers that are frequently raved about. | |
| Coincident Frankenstein mk.2 amps "I stopped analyzing and just enjoy the music" Joe, you couldn't have summed it up any better than that. If you get the Takatsuki you'll be very pleased but I've really come to realize how good the EML XLS is. The truth is that you can't go wrong ... | |
| Coincident Frankenstein mk.2 amps Hi Joe,Did you ever try different fuses in your Frankensteins? I hope the amp turned out to be what you were expecting. Charles, | |
| Who makes Thanks Bombaywalla,This also explains why certain amplifiers rated at say for example 40 watts/channel can out drive another amp that's rated at 100 watt/channel . Power supply quality matters. | |
| Where do the tubes go? Studio 1,You raise some good points for the OP as far as distinguishing in general pentode vs triode tube amplifier options. I like many who ventured from SS amplifiers to tube amps went the route of pentode initially, (triodes came later). These ... | |
| Who makes Hi Bifwynne, It doesn't seem that Shakeydeal was making a proclamation but rather just stating an opinion about his preferences. I know this is of course pure subjectivity but I understand his rationale for feeling that way. Charles, | |
| Thinking about Sonus Faber Stradivari .... Tboooe,Very well put my friend. The components that connect to your heart and engage music's emotion is the only way to go IMO. Every thing in my system was chosen based entirety on this concept with no regrets. Charles, |