gareents
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| Turntable Decision Thanks @vinylvalet. As the lone dissenter, do you have a reason you prefer the Michell over SOTA? | |
| Turntable Decision Thank you all for such great feedback!@milostyn -regarding tonearms, I have a supplier offering the Sapphire with a Jelco TS-550S arm. Your thoughts? | |
| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming I demoed the Prima Luna Evo 300 against four other tube integrated amps; see https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/integrated-tube-amp-demo-follow-up. In comparison, I found the Evo 300 to be somewhat veiled, or "muffled", in its sound just as yo... | |
| IsoAcoustics, B&W 805D3, and Harbeth 30.2 @twoleftears I used Gaias between the stand and wood floor. I used bluetack between the stand and the speakers screwed onto the stand. | |
| IsoAcoustics, B&W 805D3, and Harbeth 30.2 @ falmgrenMy 805D3's are on the factory B&W stands. I replaced the feet that came with the factory stand directly with the IsoAcoustic feet. The IsoAcoustic feet screw directly into the threaded bottom of the stands. Once installed, the IsoAc... | |
| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) I am using an ARC LS-26 with Pass Labs 30.8. Best sound quality I have found yet. | |
| upgrades Have to actually agree with Millercarbon (for once) about isolating speakers. I have B&W 805 D3 speakers, recently placed on IsoAcoustic Gaii's. Transformative sound. In fact the single biggest improvement made so far in my system. | |
| IsoAcoustics, B&W 805D3, and Harbeth 30.2 To try isolation on the Ton Trager stands for the Harbeths would require drilling holes in the bottom of the stand legs unless I am missing something. | |
| IsoAcoustics, B&W 805D3, and Harbeth 30.2 @arafiq,Not sure how to mount the Gaii's on Ton Trager stand since the Gaii's have threaded studs. Seemingly, would have to drill into stand legs and insert threaded receiver? | |
| eBay / PayPal: Beware - enough is never enough. What you describe is not at all my experience. PayPal's system is very fair. Perhaps you are no being completely transparent..... | |
| I'm here for the sharing, not the snobery Agreed Erik. Also, interesting that this is one of the very few posts that Millercarbon has not responded to........ | |
| What phono preamp are you using? Soundsmith Sussurro cartridge into a Herron phono preamp, then (similar to you) into a Raven Osprey integrated. | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover I have owned a Rogue Sphinx v3. It was a nice sounding amp, but a little bright for me. However, it was nowhere near the sound of either my McIntosh nor Raven amps which were both just as smooth and revealing without being bright. | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk And BTW, I was able to negotiate a lesser potential restocking fee. Became irrelevant since I kept the amp. | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk @ozzy62 ,You may want to read my review at https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/integrated-tube-amp-demo-follow-upOn target to your questions. -G |