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| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? @silverfoxvtx1800 I choose not to list and advertise my system for my own reasons, a theft years ago in a prior home. Cameras and dogs now, and no workers in the house any more. I keep it all heavy too. Worked at the same factory as Nelson and his... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? Hi @silverfoxvtx1800 not looking and just helping a few friends on their journey. I'm using speakers I designed and built for myself about five years ago.Last and final set. I've had enough fun past four decades on these projects. Following along ... | |
| Warm, yet detailed tube preamp @avanti1960 Cary Audio SLP 98 is the ticket between warm, dynamic and detailed and responds well to tube upgrades, e.g. Sylvania GTA. I can make my Cary SLP-98 preamp sound like four different tube preamps by simply changing the 6SN7 tubes and... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @hickamore estimated 1:106 as per spec in its prior and upgraded form following your math ratio approach. While I'm not near the gear or have a means to measure anything, its a guess at best. Maybe I should restate this. Whatever is in play for ... | |
| Unison Research Max 2 vs Border Patrol Volti Rival Horn Speakers Those Unison Max2 look small in some photos til you notice they have 15" woofers and 101cm / 39.7" tall. 96db kinda fills a nice niche. @kennymacc even if you went with the Unison vs. Volti speakers, you could still run the BoarderPatrol amps ... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @hickamore fwiw thought I’d mention that I’m doing what @paulcreed recommended. Currently running a different brand 6SN7 tube preamplifier with a full Class-A 50w Pass Forte’ 3/1A (upgraded) solid state amplifier as my secondary system. Speakers a... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 re: "For pairing experimentally with various tube and SS preamps." Some members may be running right past this requirement in your original post. If I were in your shoes [IF this is truly a requirement] I’d probably be looking at manufactures... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? @hilde45 "Because I am willing to spend, say $16k as the upper end of used, that means that it’s relevant, to me, to allow discussion to range widely, if that means speakers with MSRP much higher than the MSRP of the Cornwalls or Rivals but with ... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? Lots of great responses in this thread and interesting comparison feedback. Nice! What I dont see however is a budget limit. One gets discussed and another speaker beats the last one mentioned, and we ramp up from $6-7k speakers right up to $20k ... | |
| Is there anything other than a Benchmark DAC? You might find your new secondary system DAC will eventually become your primary system DAC after you try many of these mentioned. | |
| Tube vs Solid state for Preamp Funny this post came up, wondered when it would again. I just spent the last 90 days re-evaluating my SS preamp to my 6SN7 based tube preamp. Both are nice in different ways, however nothing about the SS preamp can replace the sound stage, layer... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? 1) yes, you are replacing them as I understand it. Best to ask Cary what they do. Personally I like the tube rectifiers but I'm sorta old school in my thinking perhaps. 2) Grayhil is the updated input selector switch, as pehare noted above. ... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? Cary still only lists these including the Grayhill switch. A local colleague did additional upgrades on mine beyond the std stuff Cary offers. The newer upgrades were better imo than the older F1 upgrades. The newer Mundorf caps really made a diff... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? In the hands of a very skilled tech, you can get a bit more out of the amp and make it more enjoyable with your current speakers. The stock model has the lower grade volume control getting in the way, limited coupling capacitors (may even be dried... | |
| Cary SLI-80 tweaks and improvements? Some of this can depend how old and what generation/model your SLI-80 is. If you don’t know, check the serial and call Cary and ask. There were a few nice changes/upgrades over the years and outside vendors who created their own series with upgrad... |