charles1dad
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| Analog vs Digital Confusion Al, Well as usual, once again you present a very reasoned and compelling viewpoint.Both formats are capable of exceptional sound and both can sound very average.Much depends on the front end set up and of course quality of the particular component... | |
| Sound of transformers in preamps? Meant to type Masataka Tsuda designer and owner Silicon Arts. | |
| Looking for a power conditioner/regenerator/filter Zd542 offers good advice.I`ve used a BPT BP-3.5 Signature Plus conditioner which provides balanced AC power.Its been in my system nearly 4 years and will stay there.My experience has been the opposite of Stringreen. I`ve gotten improvement in soun... | |
| Sound of transformers in preamps? Sksos1,I have an admiitted bias for tube components but I`ve heard only high praise when the VRE is mentioned(I have`nt heard it).The most musically natural sounding SS power amp I`ve heard(so far) is the Silicon Arts zl-120 built by Masakada Tsud... | |
| Sound of transformers in preamps? Sksos1,Some of the very best natural sounding preamps available use interstage and or input transformers.It will always be about designer talent,implementation and quality of parts selected.Those designers if they were incline to do so could come ... | |
| Tannoy Westminister Royal SE Pre-amp Preference? Wylmars,I respect the opinions of Atmasphere but we all have our own experiences.Sure,by all means try an amp like he suggests, but please give that Viva SET a good listen with your music and form your impression.IMO that wonderful sounding 845 am... | |
| The Making of a Jazz Audiophile...Interesting Read Thanks for posting this interesting article.I agree with the jazz musicians. Good audio equitment allows more connection and appreciation of the beautiful music they`re able to play.The more musical emotion presented,the better the component.Regards. | |
| What amps do Electrical Engineers own...why? Almarg,You and Atmasphere do a very good job of expalining the potenial detrimental effects of NFB and superfluous damping factor.I don`t have the engineering back ground to discuss this as you two, but I sure can hear it often enough.I realize th... | |
| Attention Lowther owners DX3 vs. DX4 Thanks Brett,You have such high sensitive speakers, you need hardly any gain from your preamp for good volume levels.My speaker is a 14 ohm load and sounds better at my amp`s 16 ohm tap compared to the 8 ohm.Bet your amplifiers would also sound ex... | |
| What amps do Electrical Engineers own...why? Atmasphere,Are you suggesting these EEs with bad sounding amplifiers can`t 'hear' that they`re bad or that they don`t care as long as the specs are good?How can anyone buy audio components(presumably to enjoy music) and not judge them based on how... | |
| Attention Lowther owners DX3 vs. DX4 Hi Isochronism,Tube amps seem to love higher impedance speaker loads.I`m surprise your amps match better with the 8 ohm load rather than the 16 ohm load.Is it that your amps are 8 ohm and don`t have a 16 ohm tap? just curious, which of your amps d... | |
| Tannoy Westminister Royal SE Pre-amp Preference? Wylmars,Congratulations, you have an excellent foundation for a superb system.You can`t go wrong with the big Tannoy driven by that beautiful sounding Viva 845 tubed amplifier.I`m bias towards a top quality tube preamp but why not try both tube an... | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Hi Knghifi,Phillip listens very intently and I`m curious to know if he`s tried any transistor preamps.Maybe he`s been there and done that already.There`re so many good choices in audio components you can find exacty what you want if you`re patient... | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Phillip,Are you considering any solid state preamps as well?Regards, | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Merry Christmas Phillip,I understand your description of these two superb preamps and getting a feel for how you hear.Phillip one point has to be made though. Some of what you hear is related to the amplifier in use and really, the effects of 'all... |