david_ten
Responses from david_ten
| Member's recommendations for tube amplification Time has flown. Over three months have passed since Charles' post.Updates:- The Tekton Design Special Edition Double Impacts (SEs) went in system on December 1st. - I chose the Denafrips Terminator DAC over the Metrum Adagio.- I recently ordered t... | |
| If I love Elvin jones I'll love.....? Listening to 'Poly-Currents' right now. Thanks to both of you for bringing Elvin Jones up. | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp @rpeluso Good to know! PM sent, for specifics on your Lyric, so as not to go off on a tangent within the thread. | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! @williewonka Steve, that helps. Thanks! | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp @nitewulf I have the Ti 140 Mk 2 on it's way. | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! I'm using banana terminations that do not allow for piggy-backing. In this case it means connecting the cable termination into the KLE product. This is why I'm curious about any inherent advantages / disadvantages doing so. In my (and similar conf... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! @williewonka Is there an inherent advantage of doing so in this manner (with this product) vs the speaker cable termination going into the binding post directly? Thanks. | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp BTW, You have amazing speakers in the Vivid 1.5s. | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp Exactly. : )There is much more variability across speakers, but even with speakers I (NOW [emphasized]) take a system level assessment of the sound. With amps, there is variability, but generally speaking does not result in a reaction like you ha... | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp @rubytuesday We live in a time, where there are an abundance of great choices. Whichever 'brand' you choose will perform well, the restrictions being the synergy within your system and your unique preferences. I've never heard a Lyric component b... | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp Since they have not been mentioned (in alphabetic order):- Audio Space- Ayon- Line Magnetic- Lyric Audio- MelodyI recently ordered a Lyric Audio integrated...I’ll post early impressions once it is in system. | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp I guess my question is more around whether a 6-10 year old amp like the vtl or ARC will perform at the same level as a PL or Octave from the last 2 years. Does it just come down to personal preference? Or is one a hands down more musical perform... | |
| Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to? @nitrobob Congratulations on finding the speakers that push all the right buttons for you and your wife. I think it was @mac48025 that loved his Legacy Focus SEs and was the first owner with the Double Impacts and likely the first to compare the... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? Yes on both counts. I was expecting the differential with the power cord, but I was more surprised at the improvement made when I swapped in footers which was after the power cord swap.I've posted this elsewhere...the Yggy is designed to a price p... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? I substituted the power cord immediately. I also removed the very 'basic' footers. |