decooney
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| I had a few drinks and bought some speakers, I've now sobered up @Krymer2 I bet I had my Sopra 2's playing for 500 hours before I really felt they settled in. It's little bit by little bit. It, for me, did not miraculously happen at one magical hour. Now I have 2k hours and with my all PS Audio suite and all Sy... | |
| Is this normal? @wodansavatar Looks like the person selling that item you are looking for already sold it here on Agon and has 31 positive feedback items. This might explain part of the short answers, item marked as sold and ad [expired]. | |
| Where is Cary Audio? Playing my Cary SLP-98 upgraded preamp with other mono amps at least 2-3 times a week. Regretfully resold all of my Cary prior amps (SLI-80, CAD 280SA-V12R, SA-200.2ES) to try other local builders. The preamp matches well with many other amps I'v... | |
| Is this normal? Anonymous, quote: "I am sure more pictures would help with it's sale but sometimes even in this crazy world you just have to trust what someone says". If you are still curious, look up the member's handle-name and check their feedback. The sell... | |
| I had a few drinks and bought some speakers, I've now sobered up Give it 200hrs of solid play time at least. Members over at the PS Audio forum commented a nice change with the Sopra 2s after several months (up to 6 months) before they truly relaxed and settled in. This is not an uncommon situation with some ... | |
| I finally added a second REL Sub Thanks for posting this, it adds more confirmation of the same. I recently returned to a dual stereo sub configuration myself. Was not for added bass. The sole purpose and hope was to recapture a more balanced sound stage and presentation. I wa... | |
| Any Thoughts On These? The Motion 60 and 60xti sound [notably] better with a higher quality higher current amplifiers. Well designed AMT based speakers can sound truly amazing only with (select) heavyweight tube amplifiers. Bright sounding lower grade amplifiers need no... | |
| Quality of Cables When Bi-Amping @roddyboy The reason I’m sharing this is I’m currently right in the process of going back and testing and re-evaluating some NOS Golden Reference cables myself for other purposes. I’m comparing them to some newer ohno occ cable designs I use a my... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers @mglik At $7500 a pair retail price for your AGD Audion Mono amps, with their unique MOSFET power stage, it had better sound good. Not your mainstream $2500 class-D amplifier I'm sure you'd agree. | |
| Quality of Cables When Bi-Amping @roddyboy You might be able to answer your own question. Someone made the investment in these particular Lawrence Audio speakers (orig retail of $28.5k, some used under 8k now days), and made the investment in Golden Reference speaker cables so fa... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers @ejr1953 The Cary Audio link you posted is a general description with some general guidelines for Cary Audio amplifiers. Having owned various Cary tube amps and Cary SS amps both, I can share their solid state amp offering has its own sound signat... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? @m669326 I have to blame a close friend who loaned me a TOTL pair of interconnects once 20+ years ago, they were $100 more cost (used/demo) than the special edition CD player I had at the time. Yes, more $ than the CD player itself. Once I heard ... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? OP, Yes, you can intermix and I’ve concluded the change and benefit realized is less noticeable with cables in the $100 range as you’ve noted. I’ve tested a lot of interconnects past 25yrs as a geek / nerd / hobby. Works well with Higher End Cable... | |
| Tube Flavor +2 on what @jtcf said. Start with preamp tubes if a separate preamp is used. Then small signal input / driver tubes in the amp. NOS tubes if possible for these, or try PSVANE "art series" where applicable [better than 50% of my better NOS tube col... | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? @b_limo Hey where is the Salk Veracity speakers for sale ad? Thought you listed them... Was looking to send the link to a buddy to buy them from you and put them with a pair of his really good tube mono amps. |