decooney
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| My NAD 3020 D proves your Class D tropes are wrong @jwl244,"@decooney I wish I could say I put a ton of time in. I may have listened here and there for less than 20 hours total in a few weeks. I did not switch speakers in or out."Good to know. Barely scratching the surface of end-game potential, p... | |
| My NAD 3020 D proves your Class D tropes are wrong @jwl244, I have auditioned an NAD c298 which uses purifi tech. I had this powering a set of martin logan 60xti. I was using my naim uniti atom as a preamp. They sounded really really good. I tried doing side by side comparisons with the naim uniti... | |
| Cardas Clear breakin. How many hours needed? For your reading enjoyment or debate. http://www.cardas.com/insights_break_in.php | |
| Cardas Clear breakin. How many hours needed? hiendmmoe, a 25+ year Cardas cable owner here. Been through many. Tension:While I don’t use their interconnects any more, I still use the speaker cables. Owned and resisted again after the all new clear line came out. Demo’d some of the newer cabl... | |
| Poll: What's your KT150 bias set to per tube (ma?) Getting bias right on KT150 output tubes sure makes a difference. Wow. | |
| Poll: What's your KT150 bias set to per tube (ma?) @oldhvymec, "All the rage", hard to say. Fit for purpose, yes, most definitely. Took several steps to get to where I wanted it all to land. It took a lot to best my highly modified parallel strapped triode V12R amp, like yours. Part of this ... | |
| Poll: What's your KT150 bias set to per tube (ma?) Seems so. Just heard from my amp designer/builder. My KT150 amps sounded a little dry at 40ma per tube. 50ma showing real hope. Op manual shows 40-60 for my model. Asked if I could go up to 55 or 60ma. Designer shared "60ma is still well below the... | |
| Fritz Carrera BE stand mounts @jjss49, did not know you and Fritz are nearby, I'm in NorCal too. Some good feedback from a few colleagues on his speakers. A friend shared he felt Fritz intentionally voices them closer to some of the BBC/LS and Harbeths, which explains a lot of... | |
| Poll: What's your KT150 bias set to per tube (ma?) @oldhvymec - If you could limit the bass duty on the valves, I think you’d really be surprised. An unexpected added surprise was the lower register midrange and upper bass range that just came through biasing up on the KT150s. I usually run custom... | |
| Poll: What's your KT150 bias set to per tube (ma?) In my case I could go even higher on bias +5-10ma more, and remain in spec. First time I experimented with wider adjustment sweeps since amps were new. Seems I originally underestimated KT150s ability to sound more lush and "tubey". It is possible... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover @audioguy85"The heat thing with class A is over blown in my opinion...Yes, they generate some heat, but not near enough to impact your comfort in the summer time."Not over blown for those who run larger high-bias / big transformer full Class-A amp... | |
| Soft, smooth organic SS integrated amps? @sbank "First Watt"Which ones are you recommending? The F1, F2, F6, F7, to F8 all have different circuits and different output transistors which sound and perform uniquely different. Some brighter and more detailed than others. | |
| Hoping for a recommendation for stereo amp around $1500 or less ($2k max) @brandini, Moving from your existing lightweight Onkyo receiver to a dedicated amplifier for your Ascend/RAAL speakers can be a worthy step up IF you choose well. It seems your Topping D90 offers (dual-active) preamp outputs (XLR & RCA), so yo... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? @quanghuy147 "I just got my own stock Orchid with WE 369 tube. The mid range from it is the best I have ever heard in years. Very detailed, smooth and musical. However, there are some areas that I wish it can improve: the dynamics, high and bass. ... | |
| Cary SLi80 amplifier - Effect of power tube exchange The sound will change a bit until those GL88s fully burn in. Give them some time. I enjoyed rolling several different new-reissue and vintage NOS 6992s and well matched 6SN7s in mine. That amp respond well to really good tubes. Keep in mind the ... |