eskelinfan
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| Is an ARC LS17SE a significant upgrade over SP16L? Thanks as always, Johnny. I really appreciate your insight.Chris | |
| SS vs. Tubes with Vandersteen 2ce sig II I just spent a nice day with my son, comparing the Bryston/Audio Research combination with the PrimaLuna Dialog HP integrated. In the end, we both preferred the solid state power/tube pre combination to the full tube integrated. It was pretty obvi... | |
| SS vs. Tubes with Vandersteen 2ce sig II Hi again, everyone! I have been living with the Bryston/Audio Research combination for a few days now, and am very impressed. It seems to be doing exactly what I wanted it to--mids are much clearer, bass has more punch and authority. I haven't gon... | |
| SS vs. Tubes with Vandersteen 2ce sig II I located a very clean Bryston 3B SST and an Audio Research sp16, both of which should arrive next week. Then I can do some A/B testing and make a decision. Looking forward to the trials! | |
| SS vs. Tubes with Vandersteen 2ce sig II I had a great conversation with John Rutan yesterday. What a cool guy! He spent about a half hour with me, asking about my system, my room, and my music preferences. I mentioned that I am a jazz musician, and he told me about the drummer Billy Dru... | |
| SS vs. Tubes with Vandersteen 2ce sig II Great--thanks, Bob. If I decide to stay with tubes, I will likely hang onto the PL, and think about rolling in an octet of KT150s. Looking forward to hearing what John has to say. | |
| SS vs. Tubes with Vandersteen 2ce sig II Thanks, everyone! I had a pair of Gold Lion 12au7s lying around, so I rolled them into the middle slots of the preamp section, and that helped the focus a lot. Buy comparison, the Ciftes seemed "shouty," almost like they were adding reverb. I sent... |