charles1dad
Responses from charles1dad
| Is the Phile sound an Aquired taste. I agree with Sebrof, instant love. | |
| For 75-85 dB a few watts are enough so ... My experience differs from Meiwan`s, a high quality low powered amp will more often then not sound much better at low and normal volume levels. Better in terms of resolution, inner detail,microdynamics,nuance and natural tone. I do agree that for ... | |
| Is the Phile sound an Aquired taste. Hi Mechans,An interesting question but hard to answer, what`s the SET sound? I`m drawn to the intrinsic sound/character of the directly heated triode(DHT) but hav`nt heard all of them.I acknowledge that within the same tube type i.e. 300b,45,845 e... | |
| Hansen Prince & tubed amps Cmalak,Thanks for the kind comments. | |
| Hansen Prince & tubed amps Boy, Cmalak is on a roll with great suggestions(I own Coincident speakers they`re superb) that`s a very good list of tube friendly speakers. I`d also add Horning and Tonian Lab as potentially exceptional mates with the Shindo amps. I think all the... | |
| Opinions on what to upgrade first; speakers or DAC Correct the weak link first, in this case I`d improve the the source as the speakers are decent. Information lost upstream won`t ever be restored downstream.The only thing better speakers will do with a poor source is just reveal what precedes the... | |
| Hansen Prince & tubed amps Cmalak,Great post! In this case it boils down to room size, listening level and music type. With these exceptional amps I`d give serious consideration to speakers without that high frequency dip below 4 ohms and with more efficiency to get the mos... | |
| Preamp gain ??? Slikric,It depends on the output of your source i.e. how many volts and also the sensitivity of your amplifier and speakers.The higher the source out put, the less gain needed from your preamp. The more senitive the amp(for example an amp with a s... | |
| Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory Hi,PMB,who knows which is better, what`s obvious is that you`re very pleased with the Manley amp and it`s providing you much happiness.I`m curious about the transformers in your amp.I always thought SET transformers were different from those used ... | |
| Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory Brf,Like you I own the Total Eclipse II speakers and they are brilliant with the Frankenstein. You raise an interesting point. The T.E. has 2 10 inch woofers and the T.V.II uses 4 8 inch woofers, I had`nt thought that a major difference but it`s c... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Sakahara,You replaced your wonderful Tron amp? what did you find better with the replacement? | |
| Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory Mmike84,I agree Israel is quite approachable and refreshing candid. Dave See if you could arrange an in home audition.I`d hate to see you judge 300b amps based on your Cary. As a number of posters have stated the Frankenstein amp is of a diefferen... | |
| Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory DaveOne point to keep in mind is that Israel Bloom used your speaker(mine also) heavily for the design and circuit of the Frankenstein MK2.He`s adamant that it will easily drive any Coincident speaker he has built.The fact is all 300b amps are`nt ... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Thanks Phaelon,I`m very happy with my Shuguang Treasure tubes, but these top Sophias seem quite special. I wish you many long and satisfying hours with them. | |
| Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory Rfogel8,I was present at that session and to be honest the Frankenstein MK2 amp was more transparent,open and dynamic than the Atma-sphere. The other listner present FWIW felt the Frankenstein better, it`s all subjective. And yes multi driver spea... |