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| Classe CA2300 vs Vitus RS-100 Hi the_crow.If looking at the Sonus Faber Stradivari, as Stereophile tests show (below), your going to need an amp that can deliver good current, a good designed solid state amp that has bi-polar output stage (not mosfet or tube) is the typical wa... | |
| DAC to preamp technical question Your better of driving your Hypex Nc400 direct from the variable output of the M1. As it’s output stage has better low output impedance drivability than the Bat has, you’ll also loose some of that excess gain doing so as well, and gain more transp... | |
| Parasound Halo Integrated Amplifier It depends on the speaker, the Kef LS50 is a little hard to drive in the bass with 4ohms and -55 degrees phase angle, this could equate to a load seen by the amp as low as 2ohms at that frequency, 100-200hz.The Halo can push good current for this ... | |
| Help for Cello Audio Pallete malfunction I have a colleague friend who has repaired these, Trevor at Rage Audio. Google Rage Audio. He should be able to give some tips on what goes wrong with them. Cheers George | |
| Tubes from Carver SD/A-490t CD player It is a 6DJ8 and here's the service manual for it.http://www.carvermanuals.com/manuals/Compact%20Disc%20Players/490-T%20Service.pdf Cheers George | |
| Best DAC for pcm files Yes this AMR DP-777 has two dac chips inside, a "Classic" R2R Ladder Multibit and a "HD" Delta Sigma based one (for dsd replay), they can be switched on the fly while listening, everything else is the same. Here is what a reviewer said when he com... | |
| Parasound Halo Integrated Amplifier Parasound Halo Integrated Amplifier Great choice for your speakers, designed by the master John Curl, bi-polar output stage with heaps of wattage and current ability for your speakers.Loaded with features, dac, phono stages all remote and 5 year w... | |
| DAC question "Thermal equilibrium after 48 hrs", if the ambient stays the same. And this doesn’t mean it will sound better, it could sound better after 1hrThis means night and day, winter summer will sound different unless you keep your house temp constant. Al... | |
| Need help choosing mono blocks solid state amplifiers Cascadia hi.ML-2’s amps, maybe the best they made (or anyone in fact), beautiful real Class A sound, not just high bias. They will drive hideous loads. They’re not a party animal, use them at reasonable levels and you won’t find a better pair of a... | |
| Best integrated amps under $9k willgolf: Can’t find anything on the Hawk, but do like what Revel do with the ones I’ve heard, always been a fan of theirs.The F208 needs a good 4ohm rated amp as by Stereophile, when this is said that usually indicates an amp that can increase it... | |
| Please help - WHICH INTEGRATED AMP? Hope your still welcoming comments, here’s one more.Just to let you know, in Australia on SNA, the Job 225’s external heat-sink was measured at 98c when driving easier speakers than yours, 90db 6-8ohms. Nelson Pass states that the heat-sinks that ... | |
| Please help - WHICH INTEGRATED AMP? If you agree or disagree, you’re welcome to comment if you feel like it.Knowing the efficiency (87db) load and phase angle (–56.28 degrees at 69 Hz.) of your speakers now in the bass that I posted, I think the Job maybe a bit light on/struggle in... | |
| Best integrated amps under $9k willgolf Hi.Before anyone can recommend anything, we need to know what speakers this integrated amp will have to drive. As without knowing this it's wrong to recommend anything until this is known or you'll end up with an amp that's not suited. E... | |
| New format, dislike..... I like it, but there seems to be a few bugs in it that need to be ironed out. 1:Like the "quoting" which is hard to use and can go nutz when trying to copy and paste underneath this quote. 2:And when you've copied and pasted then written somethin... | |
| Seeking technician for in-home troublehsooting - dome tweeter hiss Take the power conditioner out of the system and remove it completely. And plug the system direct into the mains wall outlet. And see if you still have the hiss.Cheers George |