drrsutliff
Responses from drrsutliff
| Organic, musical and natural sounding speakers up to $12K Spendor D9. Currently using them with a VAC preamp and Ayre VX5/20 amp. Organic, musical, and natural in my well treated 14’ x 16’ X 8’ room. | |
| Who uses power conditioning? Audience aR6 TSSD w/AU24SEi cable. In my room and system I hear what I perceive as an improvement over direct to wall. | |
| NAD D3045 vs NAD C268 for KEF LS50 - which amp for greatest synergy with KEF LS50? The LS50 perform better with a little more power than the NAD3045 supplies in my experience. I tried them with the 7050D and they were lean and bright. Additional watts helped them greatly though it was also from a different manufacturer in my sy... | |
| Pono and the Ayre Codex Sadly not measuring the balanced headphone output on the Codex, or Pono for that manner, completely misses the core of this units design and performance. A simple qualitative test between the output forms reveals a noticeably large difference in ... | |
| Cartridge Selection Ortofon Cadenza Bronze if you stretch a little, or the Blue. | |
| Tube preamps with HT bypass I believe my VAC Renaissance Mk3 cinema pass through worked when the unit was not powered on. | |
| AYRE VX-5 TWENTY- WHICH TUBE PREAMP MATCHS Currently I am using Spendor D9 speakers. Also I agree with drew_k that you want to stay balanced with Ayre. I currently use the Ayre Codex DAC but my QX5/20 will arrive tomorrow. Audience AU24SX XLR cables connect the system. | |
| AYRE VX-5 TWENTY- WHICH TUBE PREAMP MATCHS No I did not. I actual came to this combination from the other direction. Previous amp was a VAC kt88 based 100 watt per channel and I decided to move to a SS amp hopefully without losing some of the traits I appreciated. The VX5/20 has perform... | |
| AYRE VX-5 TWENTY- WHICH TUBE PREAMP MATCHS I use a VAC Renaissance 5 with the Ayre VX5/20. | |
| Replace Squeezebox Touch and improvement in SQ I continue to use my Logitech Touch as a Roon endpoint. The EDO upgrade allows me to stream high res files (FLAC 192/24 and DSD64) via USB to my Ayre Codex. I have a LPS for the Touch. | |
| Any Recommendations For Line-Contact P-Mount Cartridge? Andante P-76 if you can find one. Outstanding cartridge. | |
| tube pre amp or tube amp Previously I had a VAC Renaissance 3 and a VAC PA100 upgraded to a phi front end. I first changed the power amp to an Ayre VX-5/20 and then upgraded the Pre to the current VAC Renaissance 5. Really enjoying this combination. | |
| What power cord do you like most on your amp ? Audience AU24SEi cables with my Audience aR6 conditioner is we’re my experimenting ended for my Ayre VX-5/20. | |
| From tubes to SS amp : Ayre, Belles, Pass or else ? I replaced a VAC kt88 based power amp with the Ayre VX5/20. I retained my VAC tube preamp and the combination never fails to provide engaging ”music” with my Spendor speakers. | |
| Jerome Sabbagh KIckstarter for new LP "No Filter" Mine has arrived and is in the cleaning cue for this evening. |