charles1dad
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| Magico Q7 . . . wow Jwm,Many would agree with your impression. Two very different approaches.I`ll always prefer musical realism rather than 'audiophile' genre accuracy(artificial). | |
| $$$Sensitive Speakers with $$Amps? Kenny are the Hornings you`re interested in the same as Trelja`s? I ask as you heard the Horning driven by the 8 watt 300B Tron SET and found it to your liking very much.Perhaps there`re different woofer arrangements among the various Horning mode... | |
| BPT 3.5, Audience aR12, or Equitech 1.5Q? Grannyring congratulations! this product is worth every penny.It`s one of the most cost effective audio purchases ever for me.It improves naturalness and realism as well as reducing (significantly) hifi-ish artifacts and character. | |
| $$$Sensitive Speakers with $$Amps? Kenny with the Horning you`re lucky in that you have many choices available. OTL, DHT tubes as SET or PP design,low power SS(in class A) etc. Just with 300b amps alone there`re so many good choices for less than silly money.Many Horning owners see... | |
| $$$Sensitive Speakers with $$Amps? Hi Kenny,I believe you`re moving in the right direction and there`ll be no looking back. The Hornings and Rethms are both very good choices. I agree with other posts above in that a good 300b or 845 amplifier(is a used amplifier a consideration?) ... | |
| Fine trumpet , alto sax recordings? "Finger Painting" features beautiful trumpet playing by Nicholas Payton.Beautiful music and excellent natural recording. Also has Mark Whitfield(guitar) and Christian McBride(acoustic bass). | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? Musical is a compliment IMO, it means the speaker is closer and faithful to,well, music. That`s why it`s emotionally involving(like live music is). Analytical to me suggests artificial,canned and psuedo detail and clinical this=amusical.There`s no... | |
| Why is the market for used Levinson amps so slow? Hi Unsound, I guess miracles do happen.LOL.Regards, | |
| Sirius radio quality vs redbook cd player I agree with Tpreaves, a 'good' RBCD setup is much better. | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? I agree with the OP`s choice of terms and find them applicable. I`ve encountered speakers/components that do present a character that can be categorized as "analytical". They do sound clinical,sterile,dry.flatten.bleached.Simply amusical and artif... | |
| Can 10W 300B tube amp drive Martin Logan Ascent i? John makes a good point. With higher sensitivity-higher ohm(load) speakers amp quality matters more than amp power watts. I have a very good push-pull amplifier(100 watt ultra linear and 60 watts in triode mode). The PP amp has a bit more bass wei... | |
| Why is the market for used Levinson amps so slow? I suspect more people are aware of the 'reputation' for very poor service and high cost for repair/parts. Who wants to put up with that these days? | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? Well stated Elizabeth.Who would really buy speakers or a componemt based purely on superior measurements and thus believe an audition to hear them is unncessary? Does anyone rely on measurements to that degree? On the other hand you can buy based ... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? I agree with Soix, the two don`t 'have' to be mutually exclusive. For me the choice has always been easy, I`ll always select the speaker or component that sounds the best and get me emotionally involved with the music. At that point measurements a... | |
| Can 10W 300B tube amp drive Martin Logan Ascent i? Franz456,The choice of output tube is just simply subjective, there`re too many variables that affect preference. You could have two amps with the same output tube and they could sound radically different.I`ve owned el34,6550/kt88 amps and the bes... |