daveyf
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| Amp for Sonus Faber Cremona - old model Fundsgon, you might want to see if you can locate an ARC D-70. You can see in my review of this amp in the amp review section how impressed I am with this ARC and my SF's. YMMV. | |
| Review: Audio Research D-70 mkII Tube amp Hi Fernando,I too was a little surprised that this amp can sound as good as it does. However,I had known from other 'phile friends that this amp was one of the true 'sweet spots' in the ARC line in the last 25+ years. I think it also says a lot th... | |
| Review: Sonus Faber Guarnieri Homage Speaker After about 100 hrs with the ARC in the system, I think this pairing seems to be the SF's liking. The SF's are singing like never before, my 'phile friends are now anxiously looking for a D-70Mk2 on the 'Gon market!!!!One is even going to replace ... | |
| Personal amp evolution Started with HK 500 A modded as a pre-amp and a Hafler DH220then a Melos 90 st to a Jeff Rowland model 8 with choke and nowhave added an ARC d-70 mk2 as a tube alternative along with the Jeff Rowland. | |
| Buy tubes from Audio Research or not I just re-tubed my ARC D-70 Mk2 and I bought a matched quad set of winged C 6550's from Antique Electronic Supply. I also bought NOS GE 6FQ7's and JJ 6922 from them as well. I installed the tubes( probably easier to do than on a VT100mk111) and ha... | |
| Jeff Rowland 8T with Wilson Sasha w/p? Aldenberry, the 8T is IMHO still among the best available ss amps out there.I use a 8 with choke and top plate mod and I have AB'ed it against BAT, Edge, Mod Wright, Naim, Krell and Levinson ss amps and it has bested all in my system.The 8T should... | |
| disappointing VPI 16.5 performance?? Ethan, you may want to look into a product called Gruv Glide... it's a spray on lubricant type product and may/should help with some of the surface noise.Generally, I have had good results with this when a LP seems fairly unlistenableafter a VPI w... | |
| How international is your system? Turntable, ScotlandAmps and Preamp, USASpeakers, ItalianDAC, USACD, HollandCables, USACartridge, SwitzerlandTonearm, USATubes, RussiaTubes, SlovakiaTubes, USAPower cord, South AfricaPower cord, USA | |
| Review: Sonus Faber Guarnieri Homage Speaker Well the tube amp I have added to the mix is a Audio Research D70 Mk2. The amp is 65 watts per channel and is from the classic ARC tube era.I am re-tubing it with SED 6550's and NOS GE 6FQ7's. Once up and running I will report back... | |
| Speaker cabinet made of real wood My Sonus Faber Guarneri Hommage's are IMHO the way a good wood speaker should be made. Not done that much these days, probably too time consuming and expensive. | |
| ARC VT100MkII Mepearson has a very good point. I just went through this exercise with my ARC D70. Luckily, my amp doesn't weigh as much as a VT100, nonetheless, as I watched my tech do the bias procedure and check balances etc., it occurred to me that ARC must ... | |
| any audiophile guitarists out there? Kijanki, I think with the Taylor vs. Martin discussion, that Martins are a little less able to bloom than Taylors but maybe do have a little more punch in the bottom end. I personally like my 810 better than say a D28, but like you say both are to... | |
| any audiophile guitarists out there? Kijanki, so are you agreeing with me and you are just tired or burnt out or ?I don't really understand your post as to why you are on the one hand saying you have lost interest and have no ability, yet on the other hand state you are a beginner an... | |
| any audiophile guitarists out there? Kijanki, One of the things that I have learnt over the years of playing is that it is FAR FAR harder to get a good sound out of a poor instrument than a great instrument... Which is why I suggested that you go and play a couple of good instruments... | |
| any audiophile guitarists out there? Kijanki,I would suggest that you go to a local guitar shop and play a Fender Strat or a Tele or a real Gibson Les Paul; Once you pick up one of these and play a few notes, you may re-consider. If not, well so be it, you will then notice that one o... |