chmaiwald
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| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @gregoriomtb16 I still use the Willsenton with Cornwalls. It´s a very good combination I´d say. The speakers are about 8ft. apart and just a few inches from the wall, maybe 8. They are in our combined kitchen/living room and the best listening po... | |
| FYI There is no "Upgraded" or "V2" Willsenton R8 My guess is that no, there is no MkII of the R8. Willsenton is to decide to call an updated model like that, which does not mean that nothing was changed in the R8. As they say: “The factory has not made any major adjustments to the performance a... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i That sounds very interesting. I know of one other person who has asked Skunkie to have a look at the R800i, but she also refused that offer. Yes, the amp is really heavy. Please keep us updated once you hear back from Scott Frankland. I´m curious... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system A while ago I bought an old Technics SH-8020 from the early 80s. It was fairly cheap and still works like a charm. It has 12 bands (l+r) and starts very low (16 and 32 Hz), which was important to me. It basically showed me that I need a sub and ev... | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? The Clash - London Calling All killer no filler album that covers all from rock, rockabilly, pop etc. Great songwriting, diverse but still so coherent. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock A workd to get lost in, great recording too. +1 for Sinatra at t... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i There´s youtuber skunkie who did mods on another Willsenton amp. Some parts she improved, some issues needed to be fixed to make the whole thing more secure. Right now someone´s in talks with her to do the same with have a look at the R800i. Let´s... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I do experience the hum issue as well and I don´t know if it´s been there from the beginning or not, at least I noticed only after quite a while. After checking all possible component, cables, tubes etc. I also blame it on the tranformer. When I l... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i Thanks for sharing your experience! As you say, music can stir the soul and I feel the amp helps to do it. Now that you mentioned it, I have to listen to Anouar Brahem again. The three ECM records I own are all great, the standout for me being „Th... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k As touched on by @laynes: When considering your budget for a tube amp I think you should be aware of possible extra costs for new/old tubes. When you go to your limit with the amp itself but soon find that new 300Bs would be something then that´s ... | |
| Big orchestral sound in pop, rock etc. @bdp24 We´re entering neo-classical terrain here – that´s not exactly what I meant in the original post, but still: I´m listening to this right now and it has beautiful moments. To be honest, the arrangement of „River Deep, Mountain High" is a bit... | |
| Big orchestral sound in pop, rock etc. Thanks everyone for the suggestions. That´s plenty to explore, I´ll be quite busy in the next couple of days. Today I listened to Chicago V (I´m going through the discography) and maybe it´s a bit too jazzy for my taste but the overall sound of t... | |
| Big orchestral sound in pop, rock etc. Thanks so much for the suggestions so far! I´ll definitely have a listen. | |
| Favorite genres for fun listening Anything is likely to sound better on a better system. For me that can also mean a badly recorded black metal album can dound more like what it is then. Even if that means it sounds more like recorded through an old phone. +1 for Ambient and adj... | |
| Ray Charles - "Rap is not music" Just out of curiosity I´d like to hear the OP´s or @stager´s take on Norwegian Black Metal. Their takes will be refreshing for sure. | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus Atari Teenage Riot in 1998 at a festival. They were extremely loud during their set but when they were about to end they let their keyboardist shower the audience with an incredible onslaught of just digital noise. A pure, screeching, overdriven, ... |