charles1dad
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| Preamps waste of money? The thinness of some SS preamps is what it sounds like,thin.Good tube preamps come much closer to what I consistently hear live without question(there is color ,tone and developed fullness that`s unmistakable). But I certainly accept people will a... | |
| Preamps waste of money? It did`nt seem(to me) as though Grannyring was defensive.Just pointing out this topic has many previous threads with the same results. There`ll always be two camps and I don`t believe that will ever change.As he says what ever works out best case ... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks Wylmars,I understand your concern and caution.It`s best to obtain information and useful feedback to make an informed decision. Three years ago when I became interested in SET amps particularly the Coincident Frankenstein Idid what you`re doing no... | |
| When to go solid state vs. vacuum? Phaelon,The move to a higher (and flat) impedance will bring out the best in your NAF amplifier.It`s a good decision.Charles, | |
| Preamps waste of money? Dracule1,I agree with you, thin and lean is`nt neutral, just another aberration. Real insruments and voices are full bodied and complete, not washed out and dry.For example a live tenor saxaphone sounds big and is full of tone and color.Some pream... | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks I can`t imagine why the Audion 845 amplifier would`nt be an excellent match with your speaker.Jeff Day of Positive Feedback online reviewed the Sophia Electric 300b SET amp with this same speaker(he owns it) and found the combination absolutely st... | |
| full range single speaker Larryi,Your summary of the current direction and sound of many 'modern' speakers is very astute.Why that route was chosen is puzzling and misguided.Regards, | |
| When to go solid state vs. vacuum? Hi Phaelon,What speakers are you using these days? | |
| Preamps waste of money? If the stars lined up for you in this instance then congratulations are in order. I, like many of the respondents on this thread have never heard a good quality active linestage outperformed by a passive or direct source-amp connection configurati... | |
| Why don't you like Mageplanar speakers? Josh,I`ve heard maggies many times over a 20 year period, most recently the 1.7 and 3.7(have`nt heard the 20.7 model). As I`ve said I like them but don`t love them, there`re other speakers I`d prefer that`s all.If they suit your needs then that`s ... | |
| Why don't you like Mageplanar speakers? I don`t dislike maggies,they sound nice for certain situations.The best quality dynamic speakers just simply have better dynamics,tone,presence and have more realism.Transparency is better with the very good dynamic speakers,maggies have a distinc... | |
| full range single speaker Larryi,Which Horning model did you hear and what amplifier was driving it? Their approach is interesting.Regards, | |
| Preamps waste of money? It`s rare when a resistor based VC is found to be less colored than LDR or transformer VC.Usually it`s the other way around.Resistors are said to have more of a signature according to many who`ve compared different types.There`ll always be excepti... | |
| When to go solid state vs. vacuum? Wolf, I don`t quite see your point regarding speaker matching. Speakers that have low ohm loads,steep phase angles and low sensitivity generally mate better with SS amps,Tube amps will be better served with higher and relatively flat load impedanc... | |
| Tube amp for Harbeth compact 7 Meiwan,Good example, The Mastersound is well built and has very good transformers.Some people tend to clump SET amplifiers and don`r recognize the very broad spectrum they represent.Regards, |