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| Quad ESL 57 with subwoofer noromance Has anyone tried adding a sub to a pair of Quad ESLs?If so, did it work out? When we played around with them with subs. The problem was the 57’s bass to where you use it to is very fast and agile as it is with all ESL’sTo mate this wit... | |
| Used preamp under $400... rufust OP Thanks George, that is some great info. I will check that out right now. Would you have a recommendation of a non colored pre that would fit the bill?Yeah after trying the passives on the back of the amp first and liking it, I’d go for t... | |
| Used preamp under $400... rufust to pair with a newly inherited Parasound HCA 750A Will be driving Spica TC 60 On the back of the HCA750 you have level controls for each chanel, just try them first with your source plug directly into the 750 ()no preamp), as this ... | |
| MartinLogans and Cary CAD-805s / electrostats and SET amps Sorry didn't mention, the 2ohm tap is the bottom dashed line https://www.stereophile.com/images/1211RM2fig01.jpg Cheers George | |
| MartinLogans and Cary CAD-805s / electrostats and SET amps As clio metioned there is that tube amp the RM200 MkII from Roger (rip), which has down to 1ohm speaker taps the only trouble is as you go down in "ohmic taps" so does the output wattage.The 2ohm may be fine to drive the ESL panels, but you "may n... | |
| MartinLogans and Cary CAD-805s / electrostats and SET amps Yes, unless you want it to act like a tone control and give colorations.Cheers George | |
| MartinLogans and Cary CAD-805s / electrostats and SET amps chattaudio I had some I built that were based on the Wavac 805’s even better than the Cary with my ML’s. Even if bi-amp’d and just driving the ML’s esl panels with the 805’s, you’ll get a severe roll off in the highs. All ML esl panels go down be... | |
| Can anything be down about this? There must be an agenda! jaybe The Dynamic Range Database web page is your friend Truer words so far have not been spoken on this thread. These words are the only ones need to be listened to here. In digital, today’s re-masters are mostly just louder, as well as being ov... | |
| Opinions on Nuprime vs D-sonic vs Red Dragon vs Class D Audio Does anyone know if Red Dragon is still a viable company? Still dealing by the looks of these two links.If you are lucky enough to get hold of the $800 M500 monoblocks or S500 stereo, which are always sold out. They are basically the same poweram... | |
| Tubes, to damp or not to damp? O-rings are too tight and apply pressure on the glass. Only if your a total (whatever) and purchase them too small. here there are sizes that vary in just 1mm ID diameters, from 4mm to 61mm ID (inside diameter) with 2mm thickness to suit every tu... | |
| Tubes, to damp or not to damp? silicon or rubber is a no for two reasons, the crack over time due to heat and loose their grip and overdamp but are cheap. Sorry you’ve got that wrong the red silicon are very high temperature industrial silicon rubber, made for extreme temps an... | |
| A warm DAC? larseand OP Prima Luna integrated This "could" be your problem, HF transformer oscillation that rings like a bell. Starts at 10khz and shows in the square wave also. Especially with the Focals metal tweeters, it may excite them with hf sibilance ... | |
| Tubes, to damp or not to damp? Don't spend a fortune on audiophile o ring dampers, get these a couple of dollars. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Red+silicon+o+rings&_sacat=0 But not too tight as over time they will dent the glass... | |
| high resolution streaming "We do not alter or produce the music on our service in any way." No ones saying they do, but they probably use the easiest to get latest remastered versions, which are usually the "loudest" and "most compressed" rubbish.http://dr.loudness-war.in... | |
| Any tweaks I'm missing? Any tweaks I'm missing? Bet ya haven't got this one!https://irissiemenspitchjourney.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/hearing_aid.jpg |