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| Getting back in the game With that setup, maybe consider the entry level Innuos Zen mini with the power supply. Most of what you just bought along with your B&W speakers you already had will likely cycle out of your system in a few years. The Zen mini will likely perf... | |
| System Upgrade @mdmdwyerI saw where you listed your Leben CS600 for sale at a very aggressive price and it sold same day. Congrats.What amps will you be auditioning to go with your Harbeths? I have read where Alan Shaw is somewhat amplifier agnostic. Depending o... | |
| Review: Linear Tube Audio Z10 Integrated Amplifier Hi Keith. I'm going on aural memory and since we know one another, I hope you will cut me a break. LOL.I found the Nagra 300i integrated amplifier to have less warmth and a smaller soundstage/presentation than even its stable mate, the Nagra 300b ... | |
| Selling my dads top of the line system What town are you located in? The reason I ask is that it is a virtual certainty that someone on this site with a fine level of experience and high character would be willing to drop by and help you catalog the items. They may also be willing to a... | |
| First Post- what not to do Don’t go to an audio show with a usb thumb drive loaded only with Diana Krall and Jazz at the Pawnshop and ask it to be played in every room you step into. If you don’t know how to load music onto a usb thumb drive, you should stop giving advice.Y... | |
| System Upgrade @mdmdwyerNow we may be getting somewhere. Which tubes are installed? Do you know how many hours/how old they are? Do you have a spare set of the 6cs7’s input tubes or el34/5881/6l6 power tubes? When you are playing the amp with the harbeths does i... | |
| System Upgrade Whoa. When you changed the selector switches, were they incorrectly set for the specific tube type installed? The switches should be set for the specific output tube only. Did you buy your Leben new?Take the Leben with you to your Harbeth dealer a... | |
| System Upgrade @mdmdwyerDid you have the opportunity to double check your speaker cable connections to the Leben as I described in the post above? Triple check that your positive and negative speaker cables correspond to the non-traditional Leben alternating lay... | |
| System Upgrade @donvitoJeff Day for one. Many more use the amp with other speakers, floorstanding or bookshelf/standmount, high sensitivity or medium sensitivity. The Leben is exceptional. While I also like Harbeth alot, the SHL5 isnt going to play 120db BUT, it... | |
| System Upgrade Everyone take a moment, the OP needs to troubleshoot his system. There are too many people using his exact amp/speaker combo reporting exceptional sound. | |
| Directional cables - what does that really mean? I wish I didn’t believe in cable directionality but its real in some, but not all, instances. I have refrained from posting on this topic because I don’t want to distract the skeptics from their planning phases of storming Area 51.other things th... | |
| System Upgrade @mdmdwyerSomething else occurred to me and its probably an obvious thing that you have already checked but you may be experiencing one speaker out of phase.Please double check to ensure you have your speaker cables wired correctly on the back of t... | |
| System Upgrade Let me reiterate, the Leben amp and these speakers mate well and I have heard this exact combination sound exceptional.a few things you might try:Do you have great headphones? Listen through the headphone port on the Leben to ensure the sound qual... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? @elizabeth You nailed it! For every Bill Haley and the Comets there was a Muddy Waters or John Lee Hooker toiling away. I’m old enough to remember that Olivia Newton John and Captain and Tenille had number one hits, tv shows and enjoyed successful... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? In short, arrogance and overconfidence are what kills any "hobby" but there are always arrogant people in every hobby. When people point that a hobby is dying, it is usually just changing in a way they can't control. When I was young and hot rods ... |