greysquirrel
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| 6550 vs KT88 vs KT90 Sorry Craig, forgot to comment on bass. I think the bass from the DNA2 is tighter, but not better. Oddly enough, when directly comparing the ARC VT200 to my friend's DNA2, I thought the ARC better portrayed the sound of a double bass and other low... | |
| 6550 vs KT88 vs KT90 Great post Trelja! Hi to you too, Craig! I agree that the transformers must be an important aspect of tube amp designs. So much depends on an amp's ability to recover (and not introduce nasty harmonics in doing so) from transients / dynamics (even... | |
| 6550 vs KT88 vs KT90 Notwithstanding the above comments, the sound of the tubes is dependent upon the amp. I had KT-90's in my prior amp (Jadis Defy7 Mk4) and now have Svet EL-34's in my Manley Designer Ref 250 mono's. The Manley's have simultaneously better bass (pit... | |
| Tubes & Audio Research Corp. Upscale, I didn't come to the conclusion that those E88CC were not NOS Tungsrams (I haven't a clue how to tell the difference). ARC told my friend this after his LS25 began to have troubles. He sent the unit in and was told those tubes were NOT NO... | |
| Tubes & Audio Research Corp. Highend, I've had troubles with "the California guy" also. I'm not sure why so many people mention him. He's a flake and will outright lie to protect his ass. I lost over $500 in repair and shipping charges due to a VERY bad tube failure the first... | |
| VTL and Manley Excuse me, that was not a Freudian slip! I mean bonafide. | |
| VTL and Manley I own Manley Designer Reference 250 mono amps ($9,000 retail) and they are outstanding!! I previously owned the Jadis Defy 7 MkIV and Levinson 27.5 and these mono's are CLEARLY superior. I've also listened to the VTL MB450's in my system and altho... | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Very well said, Joe!! I apologize for my contribution to the more distasteful parts of this thread and will try to raise my bar. On the subject of journalists, I wasn't speaking about John Atkinson or "J-10" in my post above. Actually, the specifi... | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Craig, I feel the same way. Some of the journalists (it seems) either did not know enough to be speaking on the subject or were intentionally misleading. It's a shame. Carl, most of us will readily admit when we make a mistake; however, some find ... | |
| Up & Over Sampling... Continued Craig, I saw that Kevin Halverson visited the Resolution CD thread and the "...Pepsi Challenge" thread. That is pretty cool of him to pop in and comment! Did you ask him to visit the site to help explain some of the thorny topics? If so, great job... | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Carl, I did let "those who design them speak for themselves" by seeking out an answer on this topic from one of the leaders in digital design and then posting Jeff Kalt's e-mail reply here. Did you search for answers OR did you already know it all... | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Carl, a couple of points for your "gray area": 1.) oversampling/upsampling without "interpolation" is meaningless!!! Interpolation is simply selecting the best bit value to assign to an oversampled data point. You could linearly "interpolate" betw... | |
| Revel VS Avalon Bmpnyc, I have heard from good sources that Avalon is planning on making a center channel speaker, just not marketed under the Avalon name. I'm told it will not be finished as well, but will certainly mate well with Avalon products in a home theat... | |
| Up & Over Sampling... Continued Here is the e-mail I sent to Jeff Kalt (Resolution Audio)on 7/28/00 concerning upsampling/oversampling and his reply follows: "I've heard good things about the sound of your CD55 CD player. Most people have attributed the sound of this player to t... | |
| Is there an alternate to Martin Logans? Khrys, that was funny!! Joe, if you keep repeating it over an over (like Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz"), it will become true. "I am coherent. I am coherent. I am coherent..." Have another drink, Joe! |