darkmoebius
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| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? 09-01-10: Maril555REX...I still feel, one day I might have it in my system again, it was that addictive. Oh my, that just feeds into my obsession. | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? 09-01-10: Maril555I've had BAT REX in my system for a significant period of time, and so far, it's the best preamp I've ever heard (others include Supratek, Nagra, Doshi). I have considered those three preamps, too. Could you please describe how t... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? No problem with minor tangent of discussion, Raquel, as long as it is informative. And your points fit that definition to a "T". You have given me a lot more to look into before making an expensive leap. I still need to nail down which speaker gen... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Rtml, thank you for the great description. I find myself leaning towards a more rich(not overly-ripe, though) and powerful sound. I had considered ARC, but since I will be buying used, I didn't want to deal with trying to decide between the Ref 2,... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Aaah, I get what you are saying now, thanks for the tip. Luckily, everything that I am considering is 100k and up. | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? 08-27-10: RaquelIf you have long IC runs (2+ meters) to your amp, I would be inclined to consider the top solid-state pre's in order to avoid the impedance issues and problems running long cables that almost all tube preamps (except those using ou... | |
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| Best used floorstander on the FS forum under $2500 08-26-10: TimtimMy amp is a VERY high current, pure Class A amp which does 50w/ch@8 ohms..100w/ch@4 ohms, 200 w/ch@2 ohms What brand and model is it? It would help a lot to know the character and quality of the amp. Room size is 14x20 ... so mediu... | |
| Best used floorstander on the FS forum under $2500 08-26-10: Jax2For what system - what are you going to pair them with? What size room? What kind of music do you listen to? Critical questions, for sure. 1) what type of speakers - high efficiency/Single or wide-range driver, electrostats/ribbon/h... | |
| Best used floorstander on the FS forum under $2500 Von Schweikert vr-4jr mkll for $2,300ATC SCM40 for $2,600 obo (probably get them for $2.5k) | |
| phono preamp Seems kinda shady. I'm sure it's just a coincidence, though...;0) | |
| phono preamp Pbnaudio, "a little more"?How is a suggestion 3x-4x outside of the original poster's budget range even remotely helpful? | |
| phono preamp A used Gram Slee Era Gold mkV will be a huge step forward in every facet of accurate analog reproduction. There are two for sale here on Audiogon right now for $600.The PS Audio GCPH has gotten a lot of good reports from owners and sells for $1,00... | |
| Matching an amp to the Vandersteen 3a signatures 08-20-10: Pubul57The other amps are proabably fine, but the input impedance of the Belles makes it tube pre friendly The solid state Audio Research 100.2 has a single-ended input impedance of 150K ohms Single-ended, 300K ohms Balanced Differential... | |
| Matching an amp to the Vandersteen 3a signatures I really think you need a high current, or at least a high(er) power tube (>100wpc), amp to get the best out of the 3A-Sigs for rock and large scale music w/ drive. Having said that, check out these amps for rockin': Rogue M-120 monoblocks(w/KT... |