dman777
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| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals Question, please: I have the McIntosh c12000 preamp hooked back up to it along with the eversolo going to the preamp. On old recordings where volume is lower (like Ministry Everydays Halloween) I have my McIntosh preamp at 75%. The eversolo is... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals The ever solo z8 has a Bluetooth connection to my phone. So I play music on my phone and it goes through the eversolo DAC. Normally I would have the ever solo connected to the Macintosh C12000 preamp. Is that what you mean by use as a source to fe... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals Ya, I have the volume up 90% on my phone. This setup is only for breaking in the amp. I don't want to put 100 hours on the Macintosh amp if I'm not really listening. I'm going to try playing the amp on low volume while I sleep at night to try to g... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals I am using balanced inputs from the Eversolo to the Moon Audio amp. Would that mean I am using the Eversolo as a preamp? I use the Eversolo app to stream music from my phone bluetooth. Is that ok that I have this particular setup or would could t... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals So far I have about 10 hours on it. I am starting to hear the beauty come out of it which is really nice. One thing that bothers me, though, is.... currently I have just the Eversolo Z8 DAC on it. I have the McIntosh disconnected while I burn 10... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals I just got it hooked up to my McIntosh C12000 preamp and the Eversolo z8 streamer/dac. I have to say, compare to my Luxman 595 class A amp it sounds thin. My luxman 595, although on the bright side, sounded way fuller and even more holographic. C... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals @audphile1 Have you heard the North collection? I haven't heard the previous models but I was told that the previous models were clear and transparent while the North more colored and warm (when compared to the previous models). I have the amp bu... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals @fastfreight yeah, you’re right. I’ve heard Focal on Macintosh which is supposed to be warm and even on that some recordings sounded bright. It really depends on the recording in my opinion. I find that with my Luxman 595, guitar music will sound ... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals Yes, they do have those tweeters. I also have the Macintosh C12000 preamp so I'm hoping it will soften the highs with its tubes | |
| Connecting McIntosh Preamp to Yamaha AS 3200 - Do I use both XLR Bal 1 and Bal 2? @wbs oh wow... No, I definitely want to bypass the integrated amp preamp. I tried the mains and it really didn't sound that good. I was told that the McIntosh preamp is really meant to be used with XLRs for best sound quality. I guess I'll have to... | |
| MacIntosh c12000 preamp - Can not tell a difference between tube and solid state sound ypao is turned off | |
| MacIntosh c12000 preamp - Can not tell a difference between tube and solid state sound That makes sense because I thought it sounded really flat on my Yamaha as 3200 amp. But when I heard it paired with a moon audio 761 at the store, it sounded really good. But yet if I use Yamaha 2000a as a preamp to the my Yamaha AS 3200, then tha... | |
| Experience with Simaudio Moon North amps Since we are talking about the synergy between the preamp and the moon amp, I'll share my experience. I heard the moon audio 761 paired with macintosh's flagship preamp C12000. It sounded incredible. It was open, rich, fluid like. It really w... | |
| Is it better to get dedicated monoblocks instead of bridging stereo paired amps? As much as I loved the 761 Moon sound, I could never do just a single Moon 761. When I compared the Moon 761 to the McIntosh 462, I could tell the difference in the McIntosh having more headroom and just sounding more open from it. The Moon had wa... | |
| Is it better to get dedicated monoblocks instead of bridging stereo paired amps? Thank you for the valuable information again, it is quite a interesting learning experience. Unfortunately, there are no stores where I can compare the MC611 monoblocks to the Moon Audio 861. Hard decision.... if I went with the Moon Audio 861... |