gliderguider
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| Silverline Sonata III vs. Coincident Total Eclipse I've never heard any Silverline speakers, but I've heard a bunch of Coincidents, and the current models are uniformly excellent.A friend has Total Eclipses running on VAC 70 watters in a bigger room than yours. I have the Total Victories, and they... | |
| Best SET amp with Coincident Total Victory? I've just had a revelation. I borrowed an Audion Silver Knight PX-25 amp from my dealer. This thing is utterly incredible on my TVs. At 6 wpc it drives them better than my 300B Wavelength Triton Blues that are rated at 16.I've been using the Audio... | |
| i am trying to get a smooth vinyl sound from cd Another vote for Audio Note DACs. Even their lower-priced models have an unforced ease and naturalness to the sound that is quite reminiscent of good vinyl. | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Kelley Joe Phelps - "Shine Eyed Mister Zen". I'm in absolute awe of his guitar technique. | |
| Firesign Theatre "I sat there listening to the monotonous stacatto of rain on my desk top and reading my name on the glass of my office door: "regnaD kciN". My secretary lay snoring on the floor, her long, beautiful gams pinioned under the couch. I didn't hear him... | |
| Favourite Guitar CDs Two that I've been listening to a lot lately are Kelly Joe Phelps' "Shine Eyed Mister Zen" and Martin Simpson's "Righteousness and Humidity". Great music and great sound - what more can you ask for?These two CDs are responsible for getting me off ... | |
| Best SET amp with Coincident Total Victory? I share your admiration for the KR18, Ecclectique. For the price they are utterly remarkable. Don't know why they didn't take off, but I suspect it has to do with marketing and distribution. My local dealer just finalized a new relationship with E... | |
| Best SET amp with Coincident Total Victory? I've discovered that the TVs really have lower sensitivity than their 97 dB claim. My Cain & Cain Abbys (95dB) play a fair bit louder at the same volume setting on the same preamp and amps. I'd estimate the TVs at 92 to 93 dB.What that means i... | |
| cones under your tube amps?? My Wavelengths come with BDR cones as feet. They seem to work fine. I've tried replacing them with Stillpoints, but heard absolutely no difference. | |
| Calling B&W speaker users with tube power amp As I mentioned, I'd previously used a Sugden Au51P with my 804's, and also a SimAudio 4070 - a 60 wpc SS amp. The tubes were better than either in terms of vocal quality, soundstaging, treble smoothness, bass extension and overall realism. | |
| Calling B&W speaker users with tube power amp I've driven my B&W N804's with a KR 18 BSI - a 20 watt 300B SET integrated. It kicked the snot out of the 125 wpc Sugden Au51P sand amp I'd been using before. It just sounded sooo much better - including deeper, fuller, richer bass! The mids w... | |
| Clapton Me and Robert Johnson I have it, and I'm lukewarm about it. For me the album says more about EC than RJ. It's nice enough in an inoffensive sort of way. I found the production a bit overdone, especially given the subject matter and the fact that it's a tribute album. I... | |
| Telefunken 6DJ8 for my DAC I'm using pair of NOS Siemens E88CCs in my 3.1x Balanced. I bought a pair of them along with a pair of Amperex ECC88s. I lucked out - the Amperex worked better in my preamp, and the Siemens worked better in the DAC. | |
| killer violin tracks. I second the Lara St. John Bach mentioned above as well, and I'll add her "Gypsy" CD. It has a breathtaking performance of "Zigeunerweisen". | |
| 142 Years My gear is still so young I have to spank the amps to make them breathe.My dad, however, has a very venerable system. The Heil ESS AMT-1 speakers and the SAE amp and preamp all date from 1974. That's 90 years right there. A Heathkit tuner that's 2... |