darkmoebius
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| Reccomend an integrated tube Amp-under 2k I feel that I don't get the full potential of those speakers with this amp, so I would like to "upgrade" What do you feel is missing or out of balance? Not enough power or authority?Dynamic contrasts? Loose of flabby bass? Rolled off high frequenc... | |
| History on ohm A's and F's. My design and implementation of a true Walsh sub... Now, that's breaking new ground on this old design. Can't wait to hear more about it.Dale, perhaps you could give us some technical insight into the perceived weakness/problems of the original Wa... | |
| History on ohm A's and F's. The Peter Dicks driver parts ways with the Ohm driver in several ways. First of all, it was modeled more accurately. While Walsh was a genius (and so was DaVinci), he was unable to accurately model the concept in a way that would make it reliable.... | |
| moving magnet or moving coil cartrige Grado Gold, like most Grado cartridges, is a Moving Iron design.From Michael Fremer's Stereophile review of Soundsmith SMMC1 moving-iron phono cartridge:In a typical moving-magnet (MM) cartridge, a tiny permanent magnet, attached to the cantilever... | |
| Tube Pre, budget $1K? Counterpoint SA-3000 with Phono MM or MCOr look for a used Audio Research SP-9 | |
| Shindo Amp with JM Reynaud speakers? 40W Class A PP EL34 will be incredible with Reynaud speakers. I drove my Reynaud Twins(90dB/4ohm) w/ a 12wpc Audion Sterling ETSE EL34 SET amp and it worked really well within it's power limits. Midrange was glorious and his were great. Could have... | |
| Best amp under $6k, in your opinion? If Tube Research Labs solid state amps are so great, I wonder how their (far more) expensive tube amps stack up? | |
| Need rec on $500 preamp Rogue Audio Magnum 66 w/ PhonoQuad QC-24 (review)Eastern Electric Minimax (review 1, 2) Tube Audio Design TAD-150 (review)Conrad Johnson PV5 with Phono | |
| Tube preamp noise It would help to know which particular preamp you got and what types of tubes it uses?Some types of tubes are more "microphonic" than others. Other times it's just a bad tube and a replacement is all that's needed. Beyond that, it's the implementa... | |
| Used Tube Preamp Suggestions What's the rest of your system look like? And what tube preamps have you heard and liked before?Are you a warmth and tubey fan, or do you more into absolute neutrality? | |
| Super Dac under $20K? 09-17-08: CoolhandDude, you gotta put me on your payroll if you think $115,000.00 is reasonable, it sure ain't lunch money on my side of town !!!!! I think Teejay meant $11,500.Nonetheless, that is a lot of scratch for this kid. If I sold every pi... | |
| Next step after B&W 802D Maybe you should try (more?)room treatments at the 1st reflection points before changing any components. Those bare walls(pic have got to seriously affect imaging, soundstage, clarity, etc.Proper treatment might even raise the performance of your ... | |
| Phono Preamp Suggestions? Hi Dmccombs,While your Denon HT preamp may be pretty good, it is most likely the weakest link in your system. It was designed with home theater and convenience in mind, first, and 2-channel audio as a secondary priority. Whereas, the rest of your ... | |
| Phono Preamp Suggestions? That's a pretty nice setup you have all the way around. A different/better preamp might yield you bigger improvement overall than just your phono. At least, it might do a better job of revealing improvements in phono and/or cartridge in the future. | |
| Anyone have experience with Cogent Field Coils? I've had the luck to experience them twice and Metralla is right - soooo good. Just an effortless, rich, presentation at all volumes. The last time I heard them was a few years ago at The Show in Los Angeles. The Cogents were driven by Ron Welborn... |