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| Vienna baby grand As I mentioned to Hien Le in a private msg, one attractive solution that should fit the $5K budget, may be to adopt a pair of Rowland 201 (new) or even better 501 (used) monoblocks, then get the new Rowland PC1 Power Factor Corrector unit (new onl... | |
| Best new loudspeaker Perfectly fine by me MRT. My admittedly non-inductive reading of your words is that the quads unlimited 57s were your favorite speakers at the time of submission of your last post. | |
| Vienna baby grand Ledinhhien, that is exactly the electronics brand I heard at RMAF in the Baby Grands room. They also used a Primare CDp. Only difference was usage of some Analysis+ Ovals and Cardas in the wiring. If I can be hypercritical, the only defect I could... | |
| Best new loudspeaker "for example, while i have heard many cone speakers, i am skeptical that i would like a cone speaker that i have not heard, based upon my vast experience"I wish I had your vast experience MRT. As an admitted lover of panel speakers, I once decided... | |
| Vienna baby grand Congrats! The Vienna Baby Grands are marvellous speakers. . . heard them at RMAF in the Soundings room, but. . . it's a little difficult to make a generic amp recommendation. . . What is the rest of your system, including wires, PCs, etc. . . what... | |
| ARC Ref 3: Tung-Sol 6550 in power supply? RGD, the answer is: not necessarily. the LS 26 is not the Ref 3. . . it is quite possible that the Ref 3 may drive those tubes harder. Keep listening to your system. . . your ears will let you know when the sound were starting to decline. It is al... | |
| ARC Ref 3: Tung-Sol 6550 in power supply? To the best of my knowledge, ARC supplies a matched set of 5 Sovtek 6H30PI for approx $240. The same tubes can be sourced from the Tubestore for $21 each, with a $5 premium per tube for matching. EH golden variant is about $2 more than Sovtek. See... | |
| Spectron Musician 3 First Impressions? Mdrummer01, put 2 or 3 hundred hrs on the Mus 3 before you start fiddling with tweaks. . . or you will never know if your tweaks are effective or not. Before fiddling with tweaks, it may also be a good idea to check with Simon Thacher at Spectron ... | |
| ARC Ref 3: Tung-Sol 6550 in power supply? DEV, I agree with OneObgyn on the 6550 in power supply: the SED seems overall to be a more appropriate choice for me; I was able to compare new tubes directly. EH6h30PI Gold and the Sovtec 6H30PI apparently come from the same plant. According to t... | |
| Spectron Musician 3 First Impressions? Excellent description of the Spectron soundprint Rafael. . . This is exactly what I heard last fall at Steve Chang's place (Schang) in Denver. Reviews such as this one corroborate my opinion that. . . NOT ALL SWITCHING AMPS ARE DESIGNED/BUILT ALIKE! | |
| ARC Ref 3: Tung-Sol 6550 in power supply? Dev, yes I know. . . but I can only trust my ears, regardless of what the manual says. And in my Ref 3 the SED 6550C in the power supply declines even faster: 900 hrs may be the extent before the sound becomes dull and uninvolving with significant... | |
| ARC Ref 3: Tung-Sol 6550 in power supply? I have used the Tungsol 6550 in the power supply of the Ref 3 for a couple of weeks. I don't have a final word, but tentatively my thumb is down. The Tungsol gives a very pleasing sound with a strong bass, luscious mids, and controlled treble. . .... | |
| ARC Ref 3, Rowland Concerto, or Capri line stage? Thank you Periklis, very intriguing indeed! A few additional questions: what does the acronym VFD stand for? Does Criterion employ video-bandwidth op-amps derived from Capri design? I am still curious about Capri, as I have not heard it directly, ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? MRT, I conveyed your thoughts to my TEAC X-01 Limited this morning. . . and I would like to let you know that she immediately started to throw hissy fits. . . she's rather emotional sometimes, no matter how much I threaten to put her on a strict r... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? This is definitely yesterday's news folks. . . lots of CDPs out there that are fully emotionally involving. |