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| New versions of Vienna Mahlers, Strauss? Mahler's are great speakers. I have owned them for 5 years now and only just moved on and still missing that BIG bass sound a little. First, they have a BIG bass, uncontrollable with almost all tube amps and just big with SS amps. they will always... | |
| Aesthetix IO Sig V 2nd power supply & Lamm LP2 del RadicalSteve You state that you put the gain back to 60db?? In IO manual I have here the gain stating at ATT1 and going to ATT5 is 80, 74, 68, 62, 50. My manual says IO, not sig so I think it is an old manual. Are impedance's from jumper position ... | |
| Aesthetix IO Sig V 2nd power supply & Lamm LP2 del Hi Timgood question. I think I will get the PH7 back for a another listen as they are in the same league. I can comment on a couple of things thou.The IO's bass is more dynamic and bigger in size, whereas the PH7 is a little tighter and does not h... | |
| Aesthetix IO Sig V 2nd power supply & Lamm LP2 del thanks guys. BTW, I don't own the IO, just listening to it from the dealer. Tube noise and reliability are both issues, however the local guy who does the repairs on the IO, owns an IO and he says it is very reliable, so I feel more comfortable ab... | |
| What tube amp to drive Guarneri's? I own Vienna Mahlers and McIntosh 2 x MC2102's drive them very well and sound great. It has been the only tube amp to correctly contril the bass, including cj prem8a's and VTL MB750's. Try one and add another if need and when you can afford.enjoy | |
| Any Comparisons between VTL 7.5 & ARC Ref 3 MC also so gave bad reviews to several ARC products namely the VT200 or was it the VM200?? as well as one of ARC's lower rangte pre amps, which ARC re-designed after his review.The only brand that I have never seem MC give a bad review to is cj. E... | |
| Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage? Why are you looking at selling??ARe you moving to something more expensive or a sideway's move?I would be interested in your opinion on what the Strad's do well and not so well. No such thing as a perfect speaker.regards | |
| XV-1s. Since 2000, timeless or ready for upgrade? Well for one the XV-1s has not been around since 2000. The XV-1 has that title. I bought my first one in 2001. They are more similar than different, but do sound different. You will either luv the relaxed natural feel to the cartridge or like som... | |
| C-J confusion. Tabl10Don't always believe what you read. As I said I own an ART and it has no tube rush issues. I have never read fromj any owner indicating noise issues. If you want tube rush noise, try a VTL 7.5 and mate it with ant amp with more than 28db gai... | |
| C-J confusion. Tabl10'sYou read wrong, I bought a s/h cj ART about 6 weeks ago and there is no tube rush whatsoever. AudioluiI have used the ACT2 and CT5 and the prem16 was more musical and connected you closer to the music. The ACT2/CT5 does most of the hifi th... | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 12 tube monos AS Tim has said, the 12's are wonderful sounding tube amps. Just make sure your speakers are not low impedance into the bass frequencies otherwise they will struggle like most tube amps. Other than that, beautiful amps | |
| C-J confusion. The ART3 is absolutely the best and most expensive cj pre amp. 25k v 16k.Buy a s/h ART 1 or 2 if you can find one - they sound superb and much better than the ACT2. | |
| Opportunity to buy the best Preamp... but which? AtmasphereThat is a pity your distributor is no longer around - unfortunately not surprising. Good luck with finding a new importer. Melb, Sydney or brisbane would be better for all audiophiles. You guys in the US and Europe don't know how lucky y... | |
| Opportunity to buy the best Preamp... but which? AtmasphereI think I have tried as many pre amps I could get my hand's on, especially living in Sydney and after 3 years of trying and wasting money, time to settle down Unfortunately one cannot try everything, especially downunder. Remote is a mus... | |
| Opportunity to buy the best Preamp... but which? I am not sure what your point is Atmasphere.I can think of plenty of tube pre amps as well. I have tried VTL7.5, ARC ref 1 & 2, CAT, cary 98P and new cj ACT2 / CT5.I much prefer the musical presentation of the original ART/prem16. That is why ... |