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| Spectron Mk II, is it really that good. Hello Jeynewt,I have auditioned MBL 9008A - yes, they are very, very good amplifiers but depending on the speakers in question they may not be the best.A few weeks ago, I auditioned (a few hours, a few times per week) excellent speakers MBL 101E w... | |
| Joule-Electra Destiny mono blocks, Opinions? Hello Dev,"So are you going to do a review on the pre-amp, really enjoyed your other one regarding the Spectron amps"Spectrton amps are good "muscle" amp I can't afford Destiny - may be I will look for used Rite of Pssage (220 wpc) - Jud Barber am... | |
| Spectron Mk II, is it really that good. Spectron is good amp no question, I own monoblocks but I wonder why there are so many used, almost new units for sale here on Audiogon?All The BestRafael | |
| Joule-Electra Destiny mono blocks, Opinions? Hello Dev,I already discussed my sonic expression of Destiny (or Rite of Passage with 300wpc drivibg MBL101E) - for the record - "outstanding!!!"Reliability - I was interested in this too because if I ever choose to add J-E amplifier to ther new f... | |
| class d - anyone compared bel canto/CI/wyred4sound Hello Icorem - totally agreed with above posters that Bel Canto Ref1000 MkII is superb amplifier and no msiatek can be done going with them.I aslo like tube preamps BUT of highest quality. You will go right into your budget if you will pick up Jou... | |
| Spectron MIII MKII after market tweeks ? Hello Boston,"Asked Simon about the Neutrik connectors that the Spectron amp is built to accept and he explained to me that this was for the Remote Sense cables only and that the Remote Sense cable was good up to a point and was surpassed by very ... | |
| Spectron MIII MKII after market tweeks ? Hello,I have received e-mail from Simon that they with David Elrod made a speaker cable specially designed for Spectron (or other powerful tube or solid state amps). Did anyone have tried these cables? They look gorgeous but first hand experience ... | |
| New Bel Canto Gear at RMAF Hello Guido, The thread is dedicated to Bel Canto Ref 1000 Mk2 and I think concensus is that from first approximation these are first class, sorry D class ;--) amplifiers and we are trying to chat their place among that we condsider the best in cl... | |
| help ... BAT or QUAD BAT, BAT, BAT | |
| New Bel Canto Gear at RMAF Dear Tvad,Simon did more then (most of) voicing of latest iteration of Spectron amp. Everybody who auditioned Spectron stereo vs monoblock knows enormous difference between both. Yet, in most of the manuals its written by Chief Designer, John Ulri... | |
| New Bel Canto Gear at RMAF Hello Dave,"Also, Spectron probably needs to mature in the market a little longer before we really know how it stands up on important issues, like reliability, customer service, etc."They are already there, in stratosphere...I am not sure if you k... | |
| New Bel Canto Gear at RMAF Hello HifiPete,Have you seriously audutioned Spectron monoblocks? If so then your words have some serious "weight" If not then you simply repeat that other repeated after others who repeated.... I am not interested today in any class D amplifiers ... | |
| Tubed Pre match with a Spectron Musician IIISE? Congratulations Steve - you are for the treat!I know for the fact that Simon from Spectron never recommended AEC Ref preamps. He liked BAT and, of course, now he is going "nuts" on newest Joule-Electra... All The BestRafael | |
| Which tubed pre to "flesh out" my mids??? Joule-Electra bass is not tight? Perhaps if you put your preamp on Aurious or similar vibration control device, use tube dumpers (as NOS have some small tendency to have microphonic noise) it should tighten and clean things out for you substantial... | |
| Which tubed pre to "flesh out" my mids??? Dear Tvad - you are absolutely right. I have REX by BAT ($20k) and I know that Joule-Electra "Marianne Electra Memorial Edition Preamp" is much cheaper ...but not $3k. I saw in his list "Joule-Electra LA-150 MkII" and forgot about...pricingMy apol... |