charles1dad
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| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Hello Maxmad,I wonder if the Coincident and Cary amplifiers differ enough to cause a difference of opinion with various tubes. Or could it simply be our different pair of ears? The RP did`nt impress you much yet I found them to be top tier in the ... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Phaelon,You raise a crucial point, there are just so many variables involve when trying to evaluate{fairly) and compare tubes or components in general.I was highly impressed with the RP in my system(as I tried to express earlier). If the Takatsuki... | |
| Great Cables ... That Get Little Attention Sksos1,Thanks for your feedback, I`m glad I followed my gut feeling and selected the Ocellia.It`s very enlightning to know that 4 former Kondo cable owners(and yourself) could except the fact that a much less costly product could out perform their... | |
| Great Cables ... That Get Little Attention Sksos1,Interesting perspective on the Kondo cables.At one time I gave 'serious' consideration to buying them but ultimately thought they`re too expensive. I wanted a very natural, honest and holistic cable. I`m glad I got the Ocellia Silver Refere... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State Bradluke0,Your experiences and evolution mirrors mine,there`s no turning back.Gfdt, You are most likely better off with SS amps given your goals with the current setup/speakers you have.There`s really nothing difficult about tube amplifiers, with ... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State Hi Unsound, It`s simply what works best for us as individuals. Many would share your viewpoint and many others mine. Fortunately we all can be happy either way.Regards, | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Gwalt,Your plan makes sense to me. The builder of my amp designed the circuit to be as he says "very easy" on the 300b tubes to greatly extend their lifespan. He alo used large over-speced transformers. Even when the amps are on 12-16 hours the tr... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State Mechans,I`ve wondered about that very same issue for years,why so many 4 ohm speakers on the market? Having owned higher powered SS amps with lower impedance/effiiency speakers and then moving to lower power tubes with a higher ohm load and effici... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State I`m a person who generally prefers tube power amplifiers but it all depends on the speaker being driven. I agree with Atmasphere,Unsound and others in this situation.Your speaker design seems to demand SS amps given it`s difficult load characteris... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? My sincere sympathy to the Rosenthal family. I always enjoyed reading the many contributions paul provided on this site. He will surely be missed.Charles, | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Markus, After my very first session with these tubes I wrote Israel Blume and said that he really should find a way to hear the Takatsuki in his(pride and joy creation) Frankenstein amplifier.I know he`s quite fond of the Black Treasure(for good r... | |
| Great Cables ... That Get Little Attention Hello, Musicallyinclined,I don`t know what his dealer network is. The company is based in Montreal, I`d check out his web site.Regards, | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Antigrunge,You make a good point(regarding what the market will bear).I`ll say this, at least in this case Takatsuki came through with a product that lives up to the high cost.So often this is`nt the case(particularly high end audio).Every time I ... | |
| Great Cables ... That Get Little Attention Sabai,Congratulations! you`ve found a cable that will likely keep you happy for a long time.My experience with a little known product is a company called Ocellia(French Canadian). Their Silver Reference IC and SC is profoundly good, just fantastic... | |
| Tube Preamp/solid pwr amp or solid pre/ tube pwr Hi Minori,I don`t see where anyone has said tube pre with SS amp can`t sound wonderful.The point being expressed(at least to me) was that tube amplifiers are more likely to provide what was called the"tube effect"(system influence) more dominatly ... |