daveyf
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| A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx Intersting thread, having never heard the Max 2's so I would never presume to comment on their sound quality.One of the things I learnt over 25 years ago when I got into this hobby ( that's what it is BTW, nothing more/nothing less) was to listen ... | |
| EAD DSP 7000/9000 .... Best DACs ????? The EAD 7000/9000's are still more than competetive today IMHO.Having listened to many DAC's over the last couple of years, including ML Dacs and the DCS pieces, the EAD's were again IMHO in the same league. | |
| Hales Design Group speakers....how good were they? Interesting thread.. I have owned the System 2 Signatures for about 15 years. When he came out with them,the system 2 Signatures were the ones that put Paul Hales on the map.Harry Pearson gave them a mini rave and Robert Harley used them as his re... | |
| Rowland --- older amps vs the newer models? Ar t, that's a good description of the differnces between choke and other power supplies. Oddly, I am not bothered by the weight, of course it helps that my brother helps me lift the darn thing.Regarding the hum, I have always taken care to suppor... | |
| Jeff Rowland Model 8 - questions Oops forgot to mention that I changed the top plate on my 8. This is a slight improvement over the older sheet plate. It seemed to increase the focus slightly and was definitely better to look at. The rigidity of the chassis is improved and the he... | |
| Jeff Rowland Model 8 - questions Bambadoo, see my posts above in the thread about new vs. old models.I run my 8 with a CAT sig pre-amp, I modded this with NOS GE smooth plates and Russian rocket tubes in the phono stage. IMHO this combo is pretty awesome. I have heard many of the... | |
| Rowland --- older amps vs the newer models? sirspeedy, the model I have is the original model 8 with the choke power supply( single chassis).I have heard the switch mode power supply and still prefer the choke. Jeff once told me that the choke was in his opinion the way to go, but that he h... | |
| Rowland --- older amps vs the newer models? Had my model 8 with the original power supply ( choke) for many years. It's built like a tank and sounds much smoother than some of the newer models IMHO. I have compared choke vs. dual mono supply version and again prefer the choke version. If yo... | |
| Jeff Rowland amp owners: What's your pre-amp?? Model 8 with original choke power supply, which IMHO sounds better than later non-choke units and a CAT SL1 Signature with NOS GE tubes. Seems like a pretty good marriage. | |
| Convergent Audio Preamps Artg,i rolled the tubes in my SL1 Sig into NOS GE smooth plates and Russian rockets in the Phono stage. Hugh difference!! Waaaay more dynamic and much quieter with greater air and extension.Having heard the Ultimate but not the Ultimate 2, I perso... | |
| b&w model nautilus seashells Only heard the original nautilus at a stereophile show several years ago, they were truly spectacular. Far better than any horn I have listened to, and I have heard a lot of them including Avantgarde's etc.I would rate them as one of the top five ... | |
| How do you cope with dust build up ? Like Tfkaudio said what about inside components?I've looked inside my pre-amp and the amount of dust build up was amazing. I blew most of it out but?I don't live in a particualrly dusty climate and the I clean the room regularly. But, the build up... | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? IMHO Hales Signature 2's. They Blew away my pair of Acoustat's and I would hate to think what this kind of cabinet quality and build would cost today. | |
| CAT SL-1 phono loading question................... Michael Percy sold me a pair of WBT's which had vishay's soldered to them. They sound excellent as loading plugs. Highly recommend. | |
| Krell KSA 50 vs. todays ss amps? Dave, thanks for the links, but that's a 50S and NOT the amp I was referring to. The little KSA50 is an older model, but is supposed to be one of the best amps ever made.I still am wandering how it compares to the amps I mentioned above... anyone? |