dennis_the_menace
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| Integrated match for Martin Logan Ascents How about a high powered integrated tube amp? I easily powered my Aerius i (89dB, 4 ohm) which is rated much like the Ascent (90dB, 4 ohm), with a VTL IT85. Tubes sound awesome with martin logans... that's what they say, and I have heard it myself... | |
| Taming/Damping Electrostat Backwave I experimented this weekend with speaker placement, using my Logan Aerius i. I took the speakers and placed them so that they had about 7 feet from the back wall, and also place some different "objects" (furniture, books, a lamp, etc) behind the s... | |
| Electronics don't matter, Part III Cellorover... that's a great question. I had no problem hearing a significant improvement with an upgraded amp, but had a much harder time hearing the subtle improvement of an upgraded CD player.Mythtrip... how DID you decide, or justify, laying d... | |
| Tubes that Glow Different Sorry, just reread my post, and realized it didn't make sense.The longer I leave the amp on, the more the tubes glow the same brightness...it's just this one 6SN7 that isn't glowing as brightly. The 300bs start off at different glowing brightnesse... | |
| Review: Audio Note M5 PreAmp ooops.. you're right jack. $7.5K, I was thinking of a Level 5 preamp by audionote (which is actually the M8, and that one does cost around $35K)... | |
| Can anyone tell me about CD demagnatizers? feel the same way about the bedini.. doesn't do a thing to the sound for me.. if it does, i must not have good enough hearing.. | |
| Review: Audio Note M5 PreAmp that's exactly the problem... it costs more than most cars... | |
| Has anyone heard the Gamut CD-1? what review? where's maraknetz?... he LOVES this player. | |
| NOS Tubes make a Huge difference i must have tubes that are going bad. that's exactly my impression when i first tried the VAC all by itself... SLOW, plump bass, and just not the highs or even mids that i was expecting...and as I continued to listen to the VTL and VAC combo, with... | |
| Power Conditioning, Regeneration and Cords Marakanetz... that's just it, i'm not sure if i need a "power enhancement." i do feel a little weird pluggin all these thousands of dollars worth of equipment into a tripp lite surge protector. i don't really know what kind of AC power i have... a... | |
| NOS Tubes make a Huge difference Got the VAC, and you know what sounds best? not just using my VTL as the preamp, but using the VTL as my preamp AND as the amp for my woofers, and the VAC for the electrostatic panels... I mean, WOAH! setting it up like this was definitely better ... | |
| Power Conditioning, Regeneration and Cords Does the larger Audio Magic Stealth isolate differential noise coming from other components? How would you rate the effect a power conditioner has on your system... as high as NOS tubes? | |
| NOS Tubes make a Huge difference Believe me, I'm just as interested in you Zaikesman in hearing what the difference will be with the VAC... I'm wondering if I'm going to think it was worth it. I mean, part of the idea of getting the VAC was also so I could then play around with d... | |
| NOS Tubes make a Huge difference RE: EL34 output tubes, I did get a matched quad of Electro Harmonix EL34s to swap out, and compare to the Svetlana's that came from VTL...The EH EL34s sounded more detailed, but also constricted and kind of sterile. I just didn't have the same exp... | |
| Best Tube integrated under 2000 Used VTL IT85... 80wpc, EL34 based tube integrated, headphone, remote, great looks, GREAT sound with electrostats. (i'm using one now with my ML Aerius i, and it transformed my system) |