clio09
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| MAC Autoformers? I neglected to mention that the 6AS7GA tubes I am using are General Electric military spec. In addition, as Roger had performed measurements and had data on the tubes he was able to match them so they were drawing an equal amount of current. Match... | |
| MAC Autoformers? @atmasphere - Hi Ralph, I know we have had conversations about the 6AS7GA tubes and your comment above echoes the advice you gave me. However, Roger has a nice stock of those tubes and he asked me if I wanted to try them in the M-60s. So I took it... | |
| Autoformers, The Benefits in matching amp to speaker Roger has done a drop in board modification for the Acoustat direct drive amp. The main upgrade is the elimination of the solid state input (opamp) in favor of a tube input using 3 x 6DJ8/6922 tubes. I use am using the Acoustat direct drives on my... | |
| NEEDED!!! Bi Amp Pros out there that can give me some advice Yes the direct drive amps are nice and Roger does use them in his home system. In the shop we just listen to whatever is lying around. I think right now it's a vintage Marantz receiver with some basic small monitors. The digital source is an old S... | |
| MAC Autoformers? In addition to Brooks, John Ruttan at Audio Connection used to sell Vandersteen and MR combos and IIRC correctly it was the RM-10 and 2s. Given the new cost of the RM-200 a used one for under $3k is quite a bargain. It should also be noted that t... | |
| NEEDED!!! Bi Amp Pros out there that can give me some advice @bdp24 - Yes Eric I have what Roger now calls the Airspring woofer system. They are sealed 1.4 cu.ft. (internal) boxes with 1.4 cu.ft. Very small footprint in comparison to the Audiokinesis Swarm (which are also fantastic) and work quite well. Whe... | |
| NEEDED!!! Bi Amp Pros out there that can give me some advice Rooms without treatment are for listeners not serious about their music reproduction. Rooms sound HORRIBLE with zero treatment. (no comments about my room has no treatment and sounds great, it just means you think horrible sonics sound great)This ... | |
| MAC Autoformers? @georgehifi - Yes let's go with the MkIII. I'm sure while ruffling some feathers on the active preamp side, you could ruffle a few more as there have been a few vendors venturing into the passive LDR space at prices quite a bit above what I paid f... | |
| MAC Autoformers? Paul was awesome. I had the pleasure at hanging out with him at RMAF several years ago. We met in Bobby P.’s room as Paul was a Merlin owner. It was there that I mentioned to him the Lightspeed and he bought it soon thereafter. In addition to the ... | |
| Studer vs Otari Other than the MP-3 I guess I just lucked into the other two. A friend of mine bought the DeHavilland and was not happy with it, so I took it off his hands for pretty cheap. The attraction is that it has both IEC and NAB EQ, where the MP-3 has IEC... | |
| Studer vs Otari I may have missed this but is the intent to use the tape deck’s internal output section and run it into a preamp, or to bypass the output section by taking the signal directly off the tape head and running it through an external tape head preamp?F... | |
| Dearly departed Music Reference RM9 @desktopguy - You did not mention if your RM-9s were Mk I or Mk II. I’ll speak with Roger, but you may have the only ones with the triode/pentode switch. That could push the price up a bit. Realistically, these amps generally go for $1500 - $2000 ... | |
| Anyone Else Using an Audio Kinesis Swarm or Debra Distributed Bass Array System? Here is the amplifier used in the Swarm/Debra set up. You just need 4 passive woofers to connect to the amp. https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-sa1000-subwoofer-amplifier-rack-mountable--300-811I use a different set up as described in one ... | |
| Thoughts on Concert Fidelity DAC-040BD Digital-to-Analog Converter As far as I know the DAC plays 16 bit/44.1 Hz only. We never demoed anything other than Redbook CDs using an Esoteric transport. I am not very knowledgeable about DSD, but I am pretty confident it will not play those files in native DSD format. Th... | |
| Thoughts on Concert Fidelity DAC-040BD Digital-to-Analog Converter I think if you have the opportunity to try one in your system you should. I have worked many audio shows with Masa Tsuda and consider him a great friend. He is an excellent designer of audio equipment as you know since you have the preamp and amps... |