charles1dad
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| What Are The Top 5 Audiophile Shows In The USA? I `d agree with Jwm`s assessment.RMAF really has a nice friendly and laided back atmosphere, just a pleasant vibe.The number of rooms and manufactuers is good,you could hear every room if there 2 full days.CES is the big daddy in terms of sheer si... | |
| Ayre MXRs/Thiel 3.7s Hi Doggiehowser,The Ayon CD5 has its own tube preamp section. Running that into another preamp is essentially using two full preamps which is one to many.I don`t know if the Ayon`s preamp section can be bypassed to avoid this redundancy.Charles, | |
| Coincident Frankenstein mk.2 amps Joe ,Believe me I understand.I thought the Franks were"good" right off the UPS truck and they just kept improving with time.Your First Watt J2 amp is a different sound but makes a very good reference point.I moved from a 100 watt push pull tube am... | |
| Tube vs. SS Dilemma Atmasphere is right,the amp -speaker match determines so much regarding outcome. A good tube amp on a proper speaker has no problem reproduing complex musical passages. This tube amp just may not be appropriate for your speaker that`s all. But aga... | |
| Coincident Frankenstein mk.2 amps Joe be patient, these amps need roughly 200 hours to burn in. They will steadily open up.The tubes need some hours also.Germanboxers and I gave you our honest opinion, we both find the Franks wonderful. Too early to say but perhaps you may not fee... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Swampwalker,There`s no arguement,and I`ve said his component has gotten much praise and compliments(Grannyring for example). My point is don`t be condescending and dismissive to those listeners who chose an active component rather than his.All com... | |
| Tube vs. SS Dilemma Hi Larryi,As you pointed out,there`s such a wide range of sound quality in tube components,you can love one and totally dislike another(same for SS gear as well). You read the forums and for some people there`s much angst and frustration with choo... | |
| Tube vs. SS Dilemma I don`t see a problem, your clearly prefer the SS components more,so you know what you like and that`s good. This should be your foundation and now you can build upon it. No one can tell you what you should like more,that`s your call. | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers George it`s interesting how you dismiss the results of others who don`t agree with you. Grannyring and others on this site have put their money where their mouth is and actually purchased your component.Most of them thought highly of it but ultima... | |
| Stillpoints and reference-level speakers Bill I understand. It`s just me and my wife now(the kids have moved on) and the speakers are in a dedicated room,so the risk is lower than in the past.I`m sure Star Sound can offer reasonable suggestions for you.Charles, | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers It seems some prefer a more realistic sound thus the preference for high quality actives.Everything sounds different(not just actives) including passive devices(they have their signatures also) and even going direct the sound varies. Anything inse... | |
| Stillpoints and reference-level speakers Bill,They are fairly stable but not as secure as the original cones due to 52 inch height and narrow footprint of the speaker(same cabinet as yours). They are in a seperate room and there`re no children or pets to worry about.The improvement is we... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Bill.We have a piano in our that sounds beautiful. I attend the local jazz clubs frequently and love them. Any audio component that strips or dilutes that tone,body,weight and dynamics that I hear"always"in live music is a flawed component. If thi... | |
| Stillpoints and reference-level speakers Agear,Mechanical grounding is a fundamental issue and shouldn`t be ignored.Your comment about capacitors is interesting. I replaced the lone capacitor in my speaker crossover with a Duelund CAST and the improvement was immediate and obvious,it got... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Any component that preserves the full tone,harmonics, body, scale and dynamics that are so obvious with live music is closer to the truth.Most listeners 'long term' won`t be happy with a device that`s incapable of maitaining this vital signal info... |