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| What are the current "speaker trends" in your opinions? @kenjit "Good sound should be affordable to everyone. The dutch and dutch fail in that respect. "Hmm for $12,500 Dutch & Dutch 8c appears to give a buyer an all in one box solution - the drivers, high-end DACs, amps, subwoofers and a DSP. ... | |
| What are the current "speaker trends" in your opinions? @kenjit In terms of sound quality, theyve cheated by using a lot of dsp to overcome problems that shouldn't be there in the first place. How does that comment relate to your post below extracted from a recent thread?"What people don't seem to und... | |
| Best Tubes on Market today? I have no clue if this might be your issue or not, but I found that I was getting hum in my headphone system that was being caused by the outlet itself, switched it out to an industrial grade one and the problem ceased. YMMV | |
| How many amps do you own? In my main system I rotate between 3 amps every 2 weeks ; enjoy each and , as daveyf suggested, the different flavors. Modwright LS100 tube preamp/ KWA100SE solid state power amp; Line Magnetic 518IA tube integrated; Finale Audio 7189 MK2 tube int... | |
| 30 Watts of class A power: What Speakers are you using and suggesting? Daedalus Argos V2s with either a Line Magnetic 518IA integrated 845 tube based 22wpc; or Finale Audio 7189 MK2 integrated EL84M or7189a tube based 20 wpc | |
| Best Tubes on Market today? Recommend Brent Jessee for vintage tubes http://www.audiotubes.com/Aside from Sylvania 6SN7s, I have found the Sophia Electric 6SN7s to be very nice sounding and reliable. | |
| Speaker Analysis for Armchair Critics Gee , are Bose and Sonos fine tuning their speakers that you think are better than high end speakers to your golden, super sensitive ears ? Are those cheap ear buds you listen to fine tuned to those golden, super sensitive ears. Time to get off t... | |
| Speaker Analysis for Armchair Critics And how DSP working out for you in your non-existent system ? | |
| Ultimate Integrated amps I haven't heard any of those you listed, can you provide some insights on each amp based upon your specific listening experiences ; and how you'd rate each to one another? | |
| Interconnects and Speaker Cable, What in your history hit your pleasure button? Silnote Orion M1 Master Reference interconnects, Clear Day Cable speaker cable | |
| Gold Lion KT88's Upgrade Agree with you I like the Black Treasurer sound much better | |
| Tube life " Trying new tubes hoping to improve the sound almost always is a total waste of time. Its not that there aren’t differences. Its that the differences are too slight to bother with. "Guess I've had difference experiences than you with swapping... | |
| Objective Review of the ModWright Pioneer LX800 While I do not own gear modified by Modwright, there seems to have been many satisfied owners of such gear over the years so this reviewer's assessment is somewhat surprising. I do own Modwright's tubed LS100 preamp and Elysee DACs, as well as SS ... | |
| Aqua hifi La Voce s3.....anyone audition it yet? @grannyring Thanks for your initial impressions, look forward to your further impressions on the weekend | |
| Aqua hifi La Voce s3.....anyone audition it yet? @grannyring When will you be comparing the 2 DACs, and will you provide your impressions back on this thread, or create another?Will you be doing the cap swap, and if so before or after you compare the 2 DACs?Thanks |