glennewdick
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| Cornwall IV's with Accuphase E-650? good match? probably work well but why spend that much for power you'll never use. I'd suggest if your an Accuphase guy one of their lower powered class A amps. That said a SET tube amp would be ideal for Cornwall's, friend added a SET300b amp (8wpc) it was ... | |
| Luxman leaves me wanting you've described the DeVore Gibbon sound. From my experience / room anyway. | |
| Mastersound and Ayon Spark V I really don't thing a 300b based SET @ 8wpc is going to be enough power for the Devore's at 93db unless your listening at very low levels. I tried a 300b SET on some Living Voice speakers that were 94db and yes they sounded good but constrained i... | |
| Best Audiophile desktop for under $2500? If the Op wants to stick with a PC then I'd suggest a small form PC that has no fan and an external power supply. I used an optimized for streaming Asus vivo that proved to be better than a $7K streamer. The small form fanless PC's remove the pow... | |
| Gain and level controls on an amplifier-a good thing? Handy if you have very hi efficiency speakers and the ability to dump gain from a preamp can be useful. other than similar reasons it just adds another volume pot to the chain. | |
| True 8 Gage banana plugs why are you using 8 gauge? seriously over sized for the use. your not welding with them are you? you do realize its probably 18-24 gauge on the other side of the binding posts, both ends...... your not pumping 40amps into a speaker are you? | |
| Mcintosh pre amp pricing Considering Mac them selves had a special this past year trading in any older model for 75% of original retail. That's also keeping used prices up. MAC also have traditionally been one of the best manufacturers for holding resale value. good thin... | |
| Hegel H120 a good pairing with Heritage Cornwalls? I disagree with AudioTroy, of all the modern SS amps out there the Hegel's are probably going to be actually good match. From what i hear from Hegel is slightly warmer sound perfect for the Klipsch heritage speakers. Sure tubes can be better but ... | |
| Grandinote becoming more U.S.A. speaker line design ideas: 1. lets just add more drivers 2. did we talk about adding more drivers............. | |
| McIntosh dealer discount ? I got 15% off on my C2700 and MAC 275 i bought a couple years ago, this is dealer dependent and if they want the sale or not IMO. But i would ask for a discount and go somewhere else if they don't give one, lots of Mac dealer out there. | |
| DAC upgrade +chord, I'm very happy with mine. | |
| Lowest priced MC thats better than a Premium MM? don't rule out a Moving Iron cart MI, light like a MC but the output of a MM. I find at this price point the stylus type has more of an effect than the magnet structure type. Moving to a micro line, Shibata, VDH type stylus on any of the motor ty... | |
| dCS Bartok vs Aurender A20 I sold my Aurender A10 due to the horrendous Aurender app. Also the DAC in it wasn't as good as I was hopping. Not sure what improvements are in the A20 but if it was me and my money I'd go for the DCS their DAC's are very good. DSC uses roon ? t... | |
| Efficient speakers -- What was your journey from A to B to ? I've owned a few of these over the years, - Audio Note ANE: great midrange decent bass if set up right but IMO lacking in bass definition if the room is not perfect for them. not as efficient as claimed, you need min 20-30wpc to get the to sing... | |
| (dons Helmet, kevlar vest and cup.) Biwiring Cornwall IVs any benefit? Dwelter: you do know tha'ts a common practice with speaker design and may actually be intentional. Some designs this is normal you should check to make sure its not intentionally wired that way. |