ghdprentice
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| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? They were perfect for what I was looking for at the time. That move made a big jump in the right direction and exactly what I expected. I find that for me it is a target that I am zeroing in on… I better understand the target the closer I can get ... | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? No, I was not using tube amplification when I bought the Cremona. | |
| Which has a greater influence on sound quality, the amp or the preamp? I have been pondering this for a while but don’t have a succinct answer yet.. but what I have goes like this. Yes, both are important but the preamp is the heart of the system and as such is more important. However, I always remember the huge eff... | |
| Tube preamp topologies and music @immatthewj I would have thought your comment on a SET amp being a poor choice for for a head banger about as safe and uncontroversial as possible… hmm, I guess everything can be challenged. | |
| Double up on speaker cables @ghasley +1. Thanks. I’m tired of addressing poorly informed idealists. | |
| Ethernet cables @soix +1 I was in IT most of my career and managed global IT infrastructure teams an worked with hundreds a electrical design engineers, most are so belief driven that they would not allow themselves to hear a difference because it could not be... | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? @stuartk I first heard Sonus Faber speakers several years before the SF made the change in their sound. They really turned my head. I couldn’t quite get my head around what made them sound so unique, I wasn’t positive it was good… it was not bad... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? @wlutke No mystery here. My systems are shown under my UserID. My analog end is a contemporary near Klimax Linn LP12, with a Ekos SE tone arm, Koetsu Rosewood Signature cartridge set up by an advanced certified Linn technician in my home. It sit... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? 👍 @immatthewj I did mention that and I think @curiousjim ’s dealer is trying to make Sonus Faber sound more like Wilson. I think he is trying to put so much fast current to them (and probably a lean midrange) to increase slam. These speakers are m... | |
| Sonus Faber Amati vs. Wilson Sasha V (and perhaps vs. Focal n3) I have heard more than one model of Sonus Faber: Olympica Nova, Amati and Lillium. Amplification: Luxman, MacIntosh, Audio Research, Boulder, and I am sure something I am not remembering. To my ear the best pairing by far is Audio Research. If you... | |
| Interconnect priority Yes, most likely what folks say above. But it is dependent on the exact components. The good thing is they are most likely the same interconnects, so you can switch them and verify on your system. Unless of course, you have your components out of ... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? I would not purchase my $45K analog end (or lessor) today. I am now down to using it once every couple of weeks. I will bring it out if I have visitor to show there is no meaningful or consistent better sound quality with it than my streamer. | |
| Watts! How many do we need? OP, ‘The difference in sound quality between my ARC Ref 160s with 70 wpc and 140 wpc is topology… one configuration is ultra linear and one is triode (70 wpc). What sounds better to me is the more natural - musical sound of the triode mode… what ... | |
| New preamp or up grade my cartridge and or phono amp? OP, “…Though I have a friend who went that route and his listening room wound up isolating him from the rest of the household.” That sounds like a fantastic advantage! That is worth it by itself. 😊 oh, sorry, most audiophiles are recluses… typ... | |
| Sonus Faber Question OP, If you stated this already, I apologize. What kind of music do you listen to? My feeling is that, unless you are a real head banger the PrimaLuna Evo300 should be adequate and you will experience a very significant improvement in sound qu... |