dennis_the_menace
Responses from dennis_the_menace
| Power tubes as drivers -- Line Magnetic In my experience Harbeth's sound much better with solid state. When paired with warmer sounding tubes they can sound dull, veiled and congested. IMHO YMMV | |
| Top monitors 3K - 6K range Transmission Audio M1i. Amazing! | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? Transmission Audio M1i ribbon loudspeakers / monitors. They're amazingly full range, compact, transparent and just sound spectacular. I'd pay $10K for them, twice what they retail. | |
| CODA CSIb vs. HEGEL H-300 INTEGRATED I heard the Hegel 300 integrated and I was surprised how good it sounded. Did not have any of the solid state lifeless sound to it. Internal dac sounded great. | |
| Looking for opinions on Tannoy Prestige line. Anyone in the DC, VA, MD area know of a dealer auditioning Prestige speakers? | |
| Looking for opinions on Tannoy Prestige line. This thread makes me want to audition some Prestige speakers. Do they sound boxy? Can they do electronic music? | |
| Music Server/DAC in Same Box Thanks. The Boulder 1021 looks like it still needs a music server? There isn't much written in the manual about it acting as a server, only that it can receive streaming music and play it.Same w/ the Audio Research, looks like you still need an ac... | |
| Music Server/DAC in Same Box I'm looking at the Weiss MAN-301 w/ internal DAC. But looking for alternative high-end server + DAC combinations, doesn't seem like there are a lot of them. | |
| anyone using piega speakers? I've owned Piega C8 LTDs for 5 years - the longest I've held onto any speaker - and have zero desire for anything else. They are very open, fast, transparent sounding speakers and are not what I'd considered laid back. My guess is that some people... | |
| For those of you who have Piega speakers... On my C8 LTDs I've tried both Canary 160s and the VAC Phi Beta integrated. Both amps sounded amazing. I'm guessing VTLs would work well too. | |
| Comparison Cary 306, Wadia 581, EMM Labs CDSA Love the sound of Emm. But hated the reliability issues. Two power supplies blown and replaced for $500 each, strange sounds coming from the tweeter every 2 minutes using anything but the optical inputs, and all the while having to fight tooth and... | |
| tube rush detection help OK, i disconnected the source, still get the rush. And yep, I swapped all the tubes out for the tubes in the other amps, and still get a rush. Going to try again tomorrow, maybe I missed something. Tubes have been used for two years now, so the po... | |
| tube rush detection help thanks newbee. i've swapped all the tubes from amp to amp, and the hush stays. i've also taken a computer duster air canister and blown whatever dust might've been in the tube sockets but the hush stays. it sounds a lot like white noise you get on... | |
| Poiema shielded? Thanks Robert. Just for the record I did ask you over email but didn't get an answer. | |
| Poiema shielded? What are people's best suggestion for a shielded interconnect that is neutral/transparent and tight in the bass region for about $500 used for 1.5m or 2m? |