clio09
Responses from clio09
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I was unimpressed with the 2 JRDG rooms (Soundings, Jeff was not there). This coming from the owner of a Capri which is a preamp I like a lot. Of course IMO there were a lot of duds this year at RMAF. However, the minority of rooms that did shine ... | |
| Great musical CDP? Talk to Paul Weitzel about a modified Sony or Marantz CDP. You already know how musical the amps sound, the TRL modified players are no different. | |
| I'm new to this. Critique my tentative plan? Monarchy Audio NM24 is a DAC/preamp combo that sounds really good for the money.That being said the CIA DAC and passive pre is a good idea, however you need to be sure the CJ is passive friendly. The CIA is a resistor based design and versus a tra... | |
| Tube Amp Recommendations Paul,Sorry for the delayed response. I did not feel the RM200 was as good in the mid-range as the RM9. I think the RM200 has better tonal balance and is more neutral than the RM9. Of course my RM9 was the original version not the SE (although Roge... | |
| Whos Going To RMAF 2008 This Year? I'm told the weather will be in the high 40's this weekend in Denver.That being said I'm still going. | |
| Help w/Power Conditioning: Shunyata, Furman, RGPC? Running Springs Audio Haley is one I've used in the past that worked great in my system. You might also look into the Alan Maher Designs Reference Power Center (version 2 if available), along with a few of his Power Enhancers as an alternative. Th... | |
| Alesis masterlink arrived Agreed with the vinyl comparison on a stock unit. Much better on a properly modded one. | |
| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps I don't know one manufacturer that I've come in contact with, and whose equipment I was interested in purchasing, where I haven't found at least one customer complaint on a forum or through some other sources. It's the nature of the business. Rece... | |
| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps I've owned the Cary SLP-98 and with the right tubes this is a very fine preamp. It is colored with the traditional Cary house sound focused on lush mids. The bass is not as tight as I would like, but its not bad either. I've heard that the Cary tr... | |
| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps I believe the Dude uses 6SN7 tubes. TRL has always liked the RCA red base 5692s. | |
| Tube Amp Recommendations The RM200 has tighter bass and slightly more punch IMO. In some ways the RM200 reminds me of the Moscode HR401. | |
| Best EL-34 Amps? Those RM-10's sure don't last long when they're put up for sale here. Roger has been able to get roughly twice as much power out of the EL-84 versus other designs using that tube. My speakers were voiced with an Atmasphere S30, so the RM-10's powe... | |
| Non-current limiting power conditioners Vett93,I don't understand the comment regarding powering the system down. Removing the PEs from the outlet and then re-inserting them will require some break in process to reoccur, but I can't see how powering down the system would affect the PEs.... | |
| Best amp under $6k, in your opinion? Perrew,The Berning is extremely neutral IMO. Some have referred to it as lean. I don't agree with that. In many ways it has the same attributes as an excellent passive premp. The sytem I listened to it in also included a Joule LA-100 MkIII preamp,... | |
| Non-current limiting power conditioners The RSA Haley did great in my system. These days I'm using a combination of Alan Maher's Power Enhancers. |