decooney
Responses from decooney
| Why Do Cables Matter? @audphile1 I’ll add as I’d missed in my first post here a critical element - speaker positioning and distance to listening chair. This is something that I continue to be amazed with how a slight change in speaker placement can break it or make it... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? @jasonbourne71... "In use the AQ Silver Extremes sound fine! I am not so neurotic to lose sleep worrying if some other brand of interconnects sounds better!" There you go, a nice cable that you like. That’s what matters most. Many have compa... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? @tonywinga ... Interconnects: I am using all XLRs so I cannot speak to single ended designs. When I upgraded my cable from preamp to amps the bass changed completely. I thought it was great before. Suddenly, the clarity was like crystal. What I t... | |
| Can I Trust The Music Room's Product Description? @mysteriousmrm "Weeks have gone by with no resolution". Did you call TMR back for a follow-up? Note: they've done good by me and do have a reasonable return policy. I've bought and sold to them on more than a few occasions. Twice I've had to ... | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? "@smodtactical Is quicksilver warm and rich or more ss neutral and fast ?" While Mike Sanders of Quicksilver already answered part of the question for you in Your Prior Post Here 5/22/23, I’ll add my .02 cents for what it’s worth about my QS... | |
| What's your DAC's sweet spot for sampling rates? A reply while testing a recently new Schiit Bifrost 2/64 DAC (NOS mode) instead of the former R2R Ladder TDA1541 16-bit NOS Tube DAC. Streaming 24-bit/48khz right now and sometimes it sounds more engaging and less fatiguing than 24-bit/192khz. DAC... | |
| Siemens EL 34 @pehare well, not to rain on the parade, yet perhaps I can share this if it helps, and what I learned recently. You and I have both owned the SLI-80, and have heard what some may refer to as parallel single ended triode switch mode sound in that a... | |
| Siemens EL 34 @pehare gotcha, and a forum member colleague here started that QS Facebook forum, I visit there sometimes. I noticed your comments earlier about mid monos too. With Will's amps, did you get the pentode push-pull or triode version? He tends to ... | |
| Siemens EL 34 @pehare Surprisingly to me, the difference appears in the upper mids and highs and not the bass for the KT170s. pehare, if I may ask, and since you have one of Will’s amps, and your comments about wanting to try a pair of QS Mid Monos - can you... | |
| Cary SLP-98L DC or Cap Upgrade details To @sqitis IIRC the direct coupling on the older version (not sure about new or if anything changed since) preamps potentially eliminates any capacitors coupling the gain stage tube to the driver tube, and the output capacitors would remain - bu... | |
| Cary SLP-98L DC or Cap Upgrade details @sqitis As I recall way back the F1 package upgrade well over a decade ago was originally inspired and offered by Upscale Audio. Unless you send in your unit and pay Cary for the upgrades, intel may not be shared. Different people there. I have th... | |
| KT120 replacement options in a Cronus Magnum II @mulveling "Unfortunately, I think Psvane DID try to make KT120 several years ago - and it was a complete bust due to failures and general poor reliability." They did, and yes, several years ago. Same was said about PSVANE 6SN7s, and KT88s t... | |
| Anyone else feel like they are “transported” INTO the music @ghdprentice Yep, that is the destination. Took me 45 years of research and investment… but I am there also. I get lost in the music. Well I guess I don’t feel as bad having read this, trying 45 years for me too - this year. Only in the past... | |
| KT120 replacement options in a Cronus Magnum II @decooney The CM II or CM III are not low current amps. They come with KT120s but can run KT88s per Rogue. @tubeguy76 Curious to know what the actual plate voltage is in the new CM III? Is it static, or does PV change when KT88s are installed?... | |
| KT120 replacement options in a Cronus Magnum II @tubeguy76 I swapped the KT120 tubes in my CMIII with Gold Lion KT88s and I really like the sound. Seems "fuller" to me. @goldprintaudio as much as I love KT120s in CMIIIs, I’ve really been enjoying the last few units that have come through wi... |