decooney
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| Quicksilver audio silver 88 mono amps I replaced my high-end Cary tube amps with QS Mono 120s with KT150 tubes. I like 88s too in some ways, shared DNA which led to Mono 120 design of course. At first, I thought these Mono 120s were a slight downgrade for me, even using my better Cary... | |
| Psvane Audio ??? Service ?? @autospecHey Will, maybe try GF psvanetube dot com in Canada if you’ve not tried reaching out directly overseas already. They are a North America distributor of tubes that use to deal with amps as you probably know - but they might provide a first... | |
| Quicksilver audio silver 88 mono amps @fsonicsmith ...has quite a fan base if not a minor cult following. +1. True on both counts. :), and they are gone, sold! The reason the silvers command a higher price is the chassis, plugs and inputs on the back with power on the front. Same as M... | |
| I'm here for the enthusiasts, not the snobbery @barts.."cars, bikes and audio go together because it's a pursuit that never ends."Yep, all three, same here. Building, customizing, or using, rotate as necessary. :) | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? @mahlman..."Seriuosly now copper is copper ...Respectfully disagree, particularly when comparing low grade grainy copper to higher grade purity OFC or smooth OCC copper within interconnects and speaker cables. On a revealing audio system it expos... | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? Older AQ cables from the later 1980s mostly tended to lobb thick generic copper strands together thus blurring the results, IMO. Today in some of the better AQ lines, they do source nice copper from a well known provider and design changes with ad... | |
| Where do you go after a BlueSound Node 2i? @azbrdI use a Node 2 and as suggested multiple times in this thread connect it to an external higher end dac, in my case a Schiit YGGDRASIL. What ever DAC you chose to go with make sure its upgrade-able.I wonder if some folks do not understand dig... | |
| A question for those of you with the album Momentary Lapse of Reason @baclaggIs it actually at the very beginning first 1-3 seconds of Terminal Frost, kinda sounds like a raspy whale whistle in the ocean that reverberates a little with slight overtones? i.e. sorta like slide-scraping a guitar pick down three string... | |
| Seeking tales of speaker demos @b_limo re: ..."Ribbons and Air Motion Tweeters (amt’s) are very fast and detailed but don’t quite have the decay characteristics that the BE tweeters in the Salks will possess"...-------------------------------------------------------------------... | |
| GE Triton 2+ or Focal Aria 936? @tgstaplesLooking a bit closer at your amp, MOSFETs, that’s a very nice amp you have there. Known to drive many speakers well. I’d have no problem putting any of the speakers listed so far behind that amp with the caveat of ensuring a nice neutral... | |
| GE Triton 2+ or Focal Aria 936? @tgstaplesI’ve heard both, I’m a big AMT fan in my own custom build speakers, and GE did a decent job with their HVFR tweeter implementation and they added internal subs as you know. I helped my sister with the Focal 936 for her integrated tube sy... | |
| GE Triton 2+ or Focal Aria 936? @tgstaplesWhat electronics were used to power/demo each of the speakers?Did they have them connected with a decent preamp/amp, good interconnects, decent speakers cables -or- a low grade speaker switcher and limited electronics - sometimes the cas... | |
| Where do you go after a BlueSound Node 2i? @cio52 06-15-2020 10:46amThis does seem to be an open forum on streamers and operating systems. I would like to know if anyone likes or dislikes the Play-FI operating system? I use Play-Fi. It’s fair to "okay", evolving slightly each year with upd... | |
| Where do you go after a BlueSound Node 2i? @Larry5729I purchased an external DAC with my Node 2i and preferred the Node 2i played by itself. Bass was better with just the Node 2i and I thought the imaging was also better. ...That can happen if an inferior or equivalent external apples-to-a... | |
| Where do you go after a BlueSound Node 2i? @feldmen4It amazes me how people start a thread and then buy an item before they have received all the feedback from the community and then complain about the audience not following the thread closely enough...And, I've seen no rules indicating re... |