charles1dad
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| Solid state to tube @thr1961 Based on this experience, I added an ARC preamp and power amp and am thrilled with the sound, even in these early days of tube burn-in. Of note, even my wife noticed the difference and she typically never hears the differebe hard for ... | |
| Solid state to tube @ronboco Both tube and solid state amplifiers if push-pull can be either class A bias or class AB. If they are single ended circuits (Rather than push-pull) then they are pure class A by default. For example, all SET or SEP tube amplifiers are ... | |
| Solid state to tube @ecpninja on the Reference 3a Speakers website they openly tout that their speakers are very easy to drive and tube amplifier friendly. In fact, two amplifiers that they recommend for use with their speakers (Listed on site) are lower powered tu... | |
| Solid state to tube @ghdprentice Thank you and likewise. You certainly have an audio system to be proud of and I’m sure does justice to your music reproduction. Charles | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? I agree 100% with the salient point being expressed here. Listening to music should be fun, immersive and thoroughly emotionally involving. The experience is utterly subjective by default as it’s such an individualistic endeavor. The priority and ... | |
| Solid state to tube @ghdprentice if you look at my virtual system page, I have a few pictures of local musicians I enjoy. The sound of the bassists pictured do sound pretty much as you described.👍 Happy live listening. Charles | |
| Solid state to tube To me, after decades with high current solid state amplification, appreciated slam… which tends to be much greater in solid state. The midrange tends to be a tad leaner and the bass transients really fast… this gives the characteristic slap of fa... | |
| Solid state to tube Why? I tried tubes and went back to SS The OP could end up doing the same thing, who knows? Each and everyone of us will have our own specific experiences. For me it was pretty simple, tubes were more natural sounding and authentic to my ea... | |
| Solid state to tube @ghdprentice All my gear is tubed now. I would not consider going back Good comments and I can relate with your amplifier transition/progression. I went from a Symphonic Line solid state amplifier to a couple of push-pull tube amplifiers. The... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? @grannyring Nice choice Charles! Thanks Bill. i will definitely let you know my thoughts and impressions. Abbas said it requires 3 months to complete the built, but I suspect it will be a longer wait and that’s okay. His approach and attenti... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? @jond I came very close to buying an Audio Note( AN) prior to settling on the Yamamoto YDA-1 DAC. Back in 2010 Venus Hifi was the USA distrubutor for Yamamoto. He was a former AN dealer and loved their products but said they had so many models f... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? @roxy54 I became aware of Abbas via a What’s best audio forum thread. From owner and listener comments I became intrigued. Once I began reading the Abbas website (Russian but used chrome for translation) his philosophy, technical skill and appro... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? @rodman99999 Thanks, I appreciate the additional information. I’m curious as an Abbas DAC 3.2 SE is being built for me in the Ukraine by Abbas Zulfugarov. He said he’ll utilized some Blackgate capacitors, Audio Note Tantalum resistors and other ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil @volleyguy1 How long did you find the break in to be in speakers? I used the CAST PIO Cu foils in my speaker (Tweeter 5.6uf) and DAC output coupling caps 1uf. In both instances they were improvements immediately after installation and just co... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? @roxy54 I have nothing but good to say about the sonic performance of the Duelunds. Organic, beautiful, and zero electronic signature. Well worth the (gulp) price. Yes, very impressive natural presentation of music. V-Caps are also very good... |