clio09
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| How good is the McIntosh MC-2300 vs modern SS amplifiers? @georgehifi - sorry to say Roger won't be going down that path. He's just a curious guy that does a lot of research. When he heard Curl talk about the 2300's it got the better of his curiosity, especially given their use by the Grateful Dead with ... | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror Years ago I bought the original Audio Mirror DAC for aroung $500 which I believe used the TDA1543 chip (it may have been TDA1541 though). It was a very nice DAC, which I eventually had modified by Tube Research Labs. Those mods made it sound a who... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system I am actually looking for one now. | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system Unfortunately Bruce won't sell the panels separately, which I can understand. As for active subs, I just can't get past the internal amplifiers they use. My Luxman M-02 might not be the be all end all in power, but for the 8" drivers Roger selecte... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system A couple small corrections here. The Music Reference ESL Speaker System is $12,000 including a pair of ESL panels, a pair of bass speakers, and a bass amp that includes an active crossover (4th order Linkwitz-Riley, 100 Hz high pass and low pass).... | |
| Acoustat x value I recently paid $2k for the servos which were rebuilt and in excellent operating condition. | |
| Which EL34 is your favorite and why? +2 @jond, we have been selling quite a few of these of late, including a set to pdreher for his Music Reference RM-9. For me, the Siemens EL-34s have been the best I have experienced in Music Reference, Cary, and VAC amplifiers.Disclaimer: I run T... | |
| How good is the McIntosh MC-2300 vs modern SS amplifiers? I really liked the story John told where the band was playing Watkins Glen in upstate NY and some of the equipment got lost on the way. So they helicoptered one of the road crew to Binghampton where MacIntosh opened their factory on a Sunday to le... | |
| Roger Modjeski discussing tubes at Burning Amp 2018 Roger's knowledge of tubes is quite impressive. He has been to the old Sylvania factory and even to Eastern Europe to see the manufacturing process in person. RAM Tubes is also one of only a few resellers world wide for EML tubes, arguably some of... | |
| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range ...but would consider it the highest compliment if someone said my speakers were "almost as good as the SoundLabs" rather than "better" than pretty much anything else. Hey Duke, at one point long ago here I actually said your Jazz Modules were b... | |
| Down side of speaker swop from AZ to Tonian Labs ? That was the amp I heard the speakers with. Thanks for jarring my memory. | |
| Down side of speaker swop from AZ to Tonian Labs ? Yes the 12" driver model I heard (12S?) was incredible. The source was an Acurus CD player and the amp was a non-descript integrated, and demoed in a hotel room with little in the way of room treatments. Tony played some drum tracks which certainl... | |
| Down side of speaker swop from AZ to Tonian Labs ? I agree with Duke and nonoise, Tonian Labs speakers are very special. Each time I would listen to them the sound would amaze me, especially since Tony never used big name gear in his rooms at the audio shows. Now I had the TL-D1s at the same time ... | |
| Good transport for under 1K? CEC is great, I still have my TL-51X which if you can find one should come in at under $1k. However, buying from Japan most likely means a 100V version and you would need a step down transformer to lower the voltage from the wall outlet. Not a bad... | |
| Serious Passive Preamp question I am a huge fan of passive preamps but in this case I feel you would be best served not to make that trade, and I am not a big fan of Audio Research equipment. I am assuming by the price you mentioned that this is the Serious Stereo series type mo... |