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| Personal amp evolution In college, I scraped together some money for a Sherwood receiver (no idea what model--from the late 80s), driving Bose 401 speakers. I thought it sounded great at the time. Would love to compare that head to head with my current system. After tha... | |
| Best Phono amp under $2000. Sorry, I missed the detail in the post about ss amps. Yes, the Allnic and Herron are both tubes. The JLTI is SS and I liked it a lot, but there's not a universal view on those. I found it great with the rock, jazz and acoustic music I listen to, a... | |
| Best Phono amp under $2000. You might be able to find a used Allnic H1201 for around $2K. I have it and think it's phenomenal. I replaced a JLTI mkIV with the Allnic, and the JLTI is well within your price range. It's very detailed and quiet and dynamic, but doesn't have the... | |
| Symmetrex tonearm on WTA? It's still a golf ball but it's cut in 1/2 and attached to a little metal cover. Makes it look less like a science project, but it's really the same concept. I have the Amadeus Mk2 and love it. I haven't heard the original version in order to be a... | |
| Just ordered a WT Amadeus and Dynavector XX2 mk2 Thanks for the responses. The reason for the post was to try to help me set expectations. I have a tendency to have crazy expectations for upgrades, and in some instances that results in severe disappointment when the differences are of the more s... | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? Thanks, Bobby. That makes sense and explains the difference I heard last night. It really was striking. And thanks for making such great speakers! I've only had them for a week but I think these are going to make me happy for a very long time. | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? Bobby, I would love your 2 cents. Or even a nickel's worth if you're willing. | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? I had a friend over last night and we did an a/b comparison of the Merlins with and without the RC network. We started with it on, and they sounded great, and we were both fully prepared for there to be little or no noticeable difference when we t... | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? Thanks to both of you for your thoughts. Martykl, do you use the Merlin's supplied RC network with your VSMs? I installed it per the speakers' instructions and the speakers sound quite good to me, but apparently the Ref500m uses a Zobel network (t... | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? I'm rekindling this discussion from a year ago because I thought it was a very helpful one, and to share my recent experience. I was lucky enough to get a like-new pair of VSM MMIs for a great price from a local owner. I'm driving them with the am... | |
| MBL 126 speakers with Bel Canto ref500 amps? Sorry, I realized I put 126s, but the speakers in question are actually the MBL 121s (not entirely my fault as the guy had the model wrong in the ad). I'm going to listen to them soon and would love to have anyone's thoughts on the matching of the... |