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| Ayon Triton Evo Integrated Generally, as I understand it - a single-ended tube amp uses only one tube to amplify the signal per channel. In your case, I believe it's a PSE or parallel single ended configuration. It would be best to ask your Ayon dealer or the mfg co more. ... | |
| Enough is Enough Dealers are in business to make money. Each salesperson has their own tactics, and some are more pressured to make a sale. You are looking, and they are selling. More industry experienced shop owners and sales people might have handled this differ... | |
| No Private Messages for Me They’ll learn later on, when communications are restricted, members just end up going elsewhere over time. Storing Cc information for no good reason is a security liability, yet with all the same negative posts and repeat offenders showing up (und... | |
| ESS speakers synergise with valves? @johnnotkathi you can look up the older ESS Performance Series brochures still around on the web (in .pdf) form for download and I found one last night in Denmark (.de) I think it was, for a subscription fee or something to download. Some of these... | |
| ESS speakers synergise with valves? @johnnotkathi - decooney thanks for the info - actually I do not own these yet but am looking at a pair used and just cannot find any info about them. Specs? Are they really good speakers? OK? Not so hot, etc..... The ones I am looking at see... | |
| ESS speakers synergise with valves? @johnnotkathi might be able to help. Modded some 8s / 9Cs, worked at ESS in the early 80s. Best to recone woofers at Nealsspeaker service in Colfax CA. Definitely replace caps in X-overs. Some like Jantzen caps in those, Ive used various - just ge... | |
| Speaker cables with good timbre @mashif Cardas is well known for their copper quality. I recently purchased a pair of Clear Sky X4 speaker cables. They are remarkably balanced with no particular emphasis on any frequency range. imo, probably the best value in the lineup for ... | |
| Ayon Triton Evo Integrated @tkrtrb125 which amps have you tried KT170s in? | |
| Ayon Triton Evo Integrated @mfisher702 yeah its helpful to get an idea how much play time is on the amp, tubes, caps have on them. Or, if tubes were replaced and not settled and smoothed in a bit. Long story about my own KT150s in my first amps at 4hrs vs 72. 150-250hrs. I ... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @bunkertoy ...You know how this stupid hobby is... It sounds great, but maybe I can change it up. What’s the deal with R2R...? everyone is talking about it. :). When comparing a good delta sigma dac to an equivalent quality R2R resistor-ladd... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? @dekay funny you say that, re: "I keep planning to go with a simple SS setup with more traditional speakers, but doing so keeps getting put on the back burner." Last year I had a friend who worked at Threshold for Nelson upgrade a Pass/F... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? @bgross Audio Note, Meishu Line... Good God, what was I thinking!? Ouch, can truly relate. It’s a work of art inside too. I listen to the Mieshu integrated at a friends place every few months, and compare sound to more expensive amps further u... | |
| ??? Full Loom vs Mix ??? You can try either method. Both work, and yield different results you might like. The wiring in your components is not all the same now - it’s already intermixed. While I’m back to running a full loom of Cardas now, end to end from source, digital... | |
| Ayon Triton Evo Integrated @mfisher702 your PAPs are reasonably efficient at 96db, correct?. Unless you need more power than you have now (which seems like plenty for your speakers) already, before anything else take extra time to evaluate if your KT150s are enough. Sure, t... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? "@dekay Decooney: I have Bottlehead Paramours paired with vintage Elac S517 wide band drivers in Acousticraft cabinets." Nice, that Paramour kit looks like fun to build. By chance did you get a chance to directly compare them to Dennis’ recent ... |