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| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre A direct comparison of AYRE KX-R with Criterion would be very intriguing. Hope I can make it happen some time. G. | |
| Tube Pre-Amp with Solid State Amp? I would not be too concerned about the extant SS versus tube debate. I have found an equal number of pres in both technology camps that I have enjoied. There are also high and low output impedance pres in both camps. In the end, give yourself a bu... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I estimate I might have just over 2000 hours of music on Criterion. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Hi Jimmy, Criterion is pretty darn addictive. . . but as for putting your used kidney on Audiogon. If your organ is an 8 or a 9, you might be able to find a buyer, but I am concerned that your better half might get very upset and might thence put ... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Husk, I have not compared C-03 and Criterion in the same system. From 3rd party comments, I have heard that C-03 is extremely musical, transparent, and smooth, but may yield only moderate authority. What I can tell you for a fact is that authority... | |
| Do you power your Class D amp on and off? PS Audio is correct. Not only well broken in class D amps can be left on all the time, but they sound a lot better if they are left on. If a class D amp is left off for a spell, it may take many hours for it to reach peak performance once you turn... | |
| Using Power Conditioners/Distribu with Amplifiers I't is my understanding that Shunyata V-Ray may be one of the best power conditioners on the market today. . . I am sure there are power conditioners that sound different. . . but you may already be in the top bunch of the conditioning heap. G. | |
| Pairing with Vienna Acoustics Hadyn Grand&Rel B3? Danlalane, unfortunately the issue of balanced output amps and active subwoofers is in fact exactly. . . a can of worms. The good news is that now I have learned a little bit more about this topic than when we started the discussion. (grins!) g. | |
| Pairing with Vienna Acoustics Hadyn Grand&Rel B3? Apparently REL offers a 'digital Cable' whose purpose in life is to let one connect REL active subwoofers directly to amplifiers that have totally balanced outputs. . . that is active positive and negative leads. This cable has little circuit buri... | |
| amp suggestions for Aerial 7b I can't say enough good things about the Bel Canto 500 series. . . They are marvellous amps. BTW, recently Bel Canto has changed the nomenclature for its 500 series devices without changing internals. The Stereo is now called Ref 500S, and the mon... | |
| Pairing with Vienna Acoustics Hadyn Grand&Rel B3? Yes, I am aware of that. The suggestion of connecting the Rel to the pre comes from Bel Canto. If you prefer to connect your Rel to the amp I suggest you go with Bel canto ;500 series, either mono or stereo. On Monday I'll investigate further with... | |
| Using Power Conditioners/Distribu with Amplifiers Your findings of amp with power conditioner are consistent with mine using a Furutech ETP-309 which feeds a class D Rowland 312 (500W at 8 Ohms, doubling into 4, with 45 Amps peak current). ETP-309 then goes into 20A dedicated service via A High E... | |
| amp suggestions for Aerial 7b Lev, given your speakers tend to dip into the somewhat more difficult to handle nether impedance regions, you may want to consider one of the class D amps that have a high damping factor but are also very musical. In your price range you may want ... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I have the impression that Criterion may be quite insensitive to power cords during AC operation. This has probably to do with the high degree of regulation of the power supply and the final passive power factor correction rectifier built into the... | |
| Pairing with Vienna Acoustics Hadyn Grand&Rel B3? I had an excellent conversation with Matthew at Bel Canto. He explained to me that:Bel Canto 500 series amplifiers, both Ref 500S and Ref 500M can be connected directly to a Rel subwoofer, because they have only 1 active speaker lead, as if they w... |