davemitchell
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| Any info on the new Audio Research VS115 tube amp? We've been running the new VS115 for a few weeks now and although it looks very much like the VS110 in terms of the open architecture with exposed tubes and transformers, the sound is radically different. The VS115 is a fully balanced differential... | |
| Vandersteen 2ce Signature new version vs 3a Signat The new 2mkII has been upgraded to include the same patented midrange, tweeter, and necessary crossover improvements as the 3A Sig. The bottom plate of the speaker has also been made thicker and more substantial.The 2mkII is a pretty easy to drive... | |
| tube amps sounding like solid state and vv There is an openness of sound that tubes are capable of that transistors have not yet achieved. The only real downside to using tubes in amplification devices is related to driving lower impedance speaker loads (4ohm and below). In a preamp, tubes... | |
| Vandersteen Quatros or B&W 803D's The Quatro's active bass adjustment capability will most certainly allow them to sound better near boundaries than speakers which lack those adjustments. With the sub level, Q, and EQ controls, you can accomplish quite a bit. Lower Q settings near... | |
| Isoclean fuses: definitely worth it Willster,I was just trying to reply to Bob P. in the simplest conceptual terms. As for his theory that fuses and capacitors can't sound different one way than the other, they unfortunately do. I have found that the vast majority of the engineer ty... | |
| Suggestions for AES/EBU cable for Classe CDP-102? Gee, Dave, I just asked a simple question. You seem to have a habit of reading into things that aren't there. I'm sorry that my opinion/suggestion troubles you so.Come on Bob, having read dozens of your posts I think I read you quite accurately. B... | |
| Suggestions for AES/EBU cable for Classe CDP-102? Do people really think that quality digital cables have a sound?Of course they have a sound. Do you really think that everyone that spends more than $50 on a digital cable is an idiot and just imagining things? How many digital cables have you lis... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I can't stand the hiss and pop of LPs. First, the "hiss" is not from LP's but from the original analog master tapes. LP's don't create hiss. Second, this kind of comment about not being able to tolerate the "pop" and noise of LP's is usually state... | |
| Extreme Midrange Bloom In my experience the BAT tube gear sounds very tubey and bloomy and that is what some listeners prefer about them. Also, BAT has for years offered the NOS variant tubes you are referring to as a desirable upgrade option. My experience with those t... | |
| Isoclean fuses: definitely worth it Bob P. If power doesn't flow in a particular direction then I should have no problem telling the Electric company that I will no longer be paying my bill. As a matter of fact, I think I'll start charging them! | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound I guess it's in the eye of the beholder. I would argue that modern high quality tube amps don't sound colored or have a "signature" compared with solid state which sounds less natural overall. Solid state tendencies:-emphasize the leading edge or ... | |
| SS Pre-Amp / Tube Amp There is something backwards about using a solid state preamp with a tube power amp. Why? If there are any disadvantages to vacuum tubes, they are related to the difficulty of driving speaker loads and low impedances as well as the need (in most c... | |
| Where to get protective cups for under spikes? Use Quarters. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? To the Shadorne and the "Amen" guys who think all CD players sound the same: aren't you in the wrong hobby? If you think, as Shadorne does, that all cables, amplifiers, preamps, and CD players sound the same (or have negligible differences) why wa... | |
| USB DAC balanced or unbalanced inputs? If I understand you correctly, your DAC has only unbalanced RCA ouputs? If your DAC does not have truly balanced outputs then there wouldn't be any benefit to connecting to the balanced XLR inputs on your McIntosh amp. The real benefits of balance... |