gthirteen
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| best used amp pre-amp combo for a grand I was going to suggest the PV-10AL before I even read the above statements.A PV-10 paired with McCormack's micro would be absolutely heavenly.The Micro sounds even better than the DNA.5 (which sounds better than the DNA 1, which sounds better than... | |
| Nautilus owners upgrade to what? I would search for 804 in speaker forum first.I own (and love) 805, and to me, and several other A'gon posters, if memory serves me correctly, many people have preferred the 805 to the 804, and if you have that kind of $$, 805 matched with a REL (... | |
| what does a Rectifier tube do? you might want to try searching on Audioasylum, either under General or Tube Asylum.I recall reading some interesting stuff there re: tube rectification and it's effects on tube "bias" setting (fluctuation more likely with tube rectification)Some ... | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig Thanks to all who posted. I have sold the Cary, due to my perception of superior imaging in the Rogue.After thinknig about it, it seems like the Cary sounded pretty good once I was able to get 10 or more feet away from the speaker plane. The stage... | |
| B&W 804 Nautilus help Nearfield with Nautilus 805 speakers is heaven. I couldn't get 804 speakers to sound right under 8 feet from the speaker plane. Also, 805 run quite well with low wattage 20-30, and the bass that the 804 picks up is like 6 hz lower at -3db (from me... | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig OK!!!I FINALLY received the tubes for the Cary.... Sylvania VT-231 (6sn7),NOS 40's vintage, and some more Amperex 7308s.WHile I was waiting, Dekay's 7308 (also Amperex) have opened up nicely, (I wonder if he used them at all?) and Musicdoc's Sylva... | |
| A question I'm sure you've never heard before.... CJ bought McCormack when it was about to go under, then put ol' Steve back in charge of his company (divorce sucks). C+J commented on the nice match that happens between the CJ preamps and McCormack amps. I have used a CJ PV11L with a DNA.5 and a ... | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig I got some loaner Amperex 7308s from Dekay (thanks David) and some loaner Sylvania 6sn7-GTB from Musicdoc (thanks John)and put 'em in the Cary. This was a BIG help. THe upper level harshness is gone, and there is some more air, and more depth to t... | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig Anyway, Thanks for all the comments, guys.I threw the Rogue back in last night, and (no NOS tubes received for the Cary yet) I am confident that the Cary, while certainly MORE transparent and possessing a more capable drive than the Rogue, simply ... | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig thanks, guys. Keep it coming!! | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig Ok. Fine. Buckingham and Chelly don't like the planet. Fine.I just started a "Buckingham and Chelillingsworth think G13's Rega Planet sucks" thread on AudioAsylum. Why don't you boys go over there and fan your flames.... | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig Chelillingsworth, you don't like Rega and you don't like Cary- that's fine by me, and you might be right(I'm assuming that you'v tried them in your system, and that they were the only variable being changed) but in my house, you might find yoursel... | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig Chelillingsworth: Have you heard both at home?That's where the real decisions get made...I think it's hard to tell until you live with a piece on your own time for a while, usually the loaner period that the nicer dealers allow is only enough to g... | |
| Integrated Shootout: Rogue Tempest/Cary Sli80 sig Chel,YEah, I have the tubes that they use in the Mag.Do you have a Tempest MAg? | |
| please help a rookie Where in SC?? We're practically neighbors!!!I am in Columbia at Law School presently, and I have a pair of B&W Nautilus 805s, a Rega Planet CD, and A Rogue Tempest Integrated (love the tubes) and a Cary SLI-80 Sig integrated(tubes again) as we... |