decooney
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| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade To @robshaw have you tried other amplifiers in addition to the ATI 6002 amplifier with your Fritz speakers? I’ve owned an ATI designed amp with 200wpc for many years, and used with with my home theater and tried it with my audio speakers. For som... | |
| Low powered integrated recommendation @zavato can you share with the group what speaker brand / model you have today, along with size & dimensions of the room you are listening in? | |
| A/V receiver and Legacy Focus SE speakers While I have a dedicated Martin Logan home theater system and separate two-channel audio system(s), if I had to do it all over again, I'd ditch the home theater setup altogether, and just go back to a fully dedicated two channel stereo system for ... | |
| KT88 vs 6550 vs ? for warm midrange - using Cronos Mag lll Lots of talk on other/older threads about the center tube in this amp. While I run KT120s and 12au7s in different brand amps, the sound will change notably with different 12au7s in mine. Seems like the lowest cost and easiest option to retrace s... | |
| Cardas or Nordost for Simaudio/Magico @dokosan, "Cardas level would be Clear Cygnus (or maybe stretch to Clear)," Plenty of good Nordost references here, and if you lean to Cardas, make sure you arrange a demo/return for the interconnects. Having owned and compared Cygnus, Clear, a... | |
| Old SS amps +1, I use and rotate in my twenty five+ year old Forte' Audio 3/1A (Pass Labs) Class A 50 watt stereo amplifier [Jon Soderberg upgraded last year]. Has a nice large transformer, Toshiba Mosfet output transistors. Four new power capacitors, and b... | |
| Modern EL34s VS NOS Winged C - and return policies? @brighamdoc The KT120s and 150s had been in the amp for about 3 weeks listening about 3 hours a night. Maybe not enough to really be "burnt in". I may have to give each another month of listening. I've heard the KT150s can take months to reall... | |
| Is it possible to really know what you're doing? "@emergingsoul At least I'm able to appreciate what I'm listening to which is all that really matters, and know if something sounds good." There you go. You are on the right track. This is what matters. A time will come when you grow tired of ... | |
| Cary SLP 98 users, past and present, are there any left? @billpete just caught your post from an alert and I've been off this site for a good while. I tend to listen more in the winter darker months. Sounds like you are getting there. The Sylvanias might be nice to keep for a good neutral detailed s... | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? @hilde45 "Take a day off" Do what hilde said, and if this does not work, take a week or a month off. Get away from it for a while, and go do something else, with another hobby, exercise, bike rides, whatever - simply stepping away for a whil... | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? Sure. I enjoy reading what others have compared, and what their findings were. You can decide what is helpful or not. It helps to come up with mindful questions. OP, if you post random questions like this before putting much thought into it,... | |
| !!!OK OK - I'm Big Enough To Admit I Was DEAD WRONG!!! Class D Doesn't Always Suck!!! It would be helpful to understand more about the recommended speaker impedance to pair up with this particular amplifier, and getting it right. Sounds like the OP found a nice match with the ProAc speakers used here. Nice. Great to read more pr... | |
| Update for best SS amps for Harbeth 40,.2 anniversary spks @cymivka feel I should consider amp upgrade (no tubes) from a Pass Labs X250.5 (15 watts per at class A before A/B) Curious to know what is it about the Pass X250.5 amplifier sound that you are attempting to change in a new house and room ... | |
| Cardas Clear vs Nordost Frey 2 vs Chord Sarum T Speaker Cables There are tradeoffs, I’ve found. You get something, you lose something else. A balancing act. I’ve found some of the overly accentuated transparent cables to lack body. Tends to be the case with those offering excruciating level of detail. I... | |
| Cardas Clear vs Nordost Frey 2 vs Chord Sarum T Speaker Cables "@ghdprentice ...I would not characterize any Cardas cables as highly transparent... this is not a dig. I recommend these all the time." ... Are you including the new version of Clear and Clear Beyond in your findings? Also now referr... |