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| Maggies and rolled off treble In the meantime, neurotic audiophiles spend fortunes on things like "extension" "air" "resolution" and and "transparency" making themselves miserable in the process and then spending another fortune on corrective measures like overpriced cables an... | |
| Anyone rolled tubes in an ARC Reference 3 preamp? There's a lot of hype on the 6H30 DR tube. When I had a BAT 31SE, I had a quad of DR's. I also had a quad of the Sovtek hand picked from Upscale Audio. I really had to sweat to hear a difference between these two and ultimately I concluded it was ... | |
| Tube tester recommendations If the Calypso's sound was mushy because it was plugged into a power conditioner (PLC), it is time to 86 that PLC. I have a friend that has several years experience with the Calypso, various tube-rolling efforts and power cords and power condition... | |
| Is upgrading stock tubes standard proceedure? many current-production tube components have circuits which are not tube sensitive. i have encountered many examples of this phenomenon. in such cases, replacing stock tubes is not beneficial.Going from one tube to another does not guarantee an au... | |
| Apogee vs Soundlab Gallant_Diva: I think your response was for Detlof...not for me as I have no experience with nor opinion on the larger VTLs. As for reviews, I pay attention as there might be a chance to get a feel for how one product compares to another if the re... | |
| Apogee vs Soundlab Thanks Dave...The reason I brought the Maggies into the discussion was because someone here said that the Maggies come close to the SoundLab sound.....and this is not at all accurate. I realize the price differential of those other models, and tha... | |
| Apogee vs Soundlab Lots of good points here but like many have hinted, you have to determine a price range and then do a shootout between the models by each company in that price range. To conclude that one brand here is better than another is a futile attempt for a... | |
| Maggies and rolled off treble the new maggies are hot on the treble if anything.Indeed on the 3.3/3.5/3.6 series. Unless the system has a severely rolled off top end, a power resistor value of 1-2 ohms is a must on the tweeter attenuation terminal.Do the older models also have... | |
| Aria phono preamp - Mike Elliot blog Kub, As I understand it, Michael Elliot has had much email correspondence with a few of his customers (including myself) on the issue of tube rolling the WV. I think he felt it was more efficient to setup the newsgroup rather than try to decipher ... | |
| Aria phono preamp - Mike Elliot blog Hi Kub.....Michael Elliot has contacted his customers that he has provided a newsgroup page for WV users to share their findings with various tubes in the line and phono stages and power supply. This is a great great idea. Michael Elliot wrote to ... | |
| Any Phono Stage that can load 100k, for $300 used? I agree with Bill's first comment....and even more so on his second. I'd start with a manufacturer's suggestion and then experiment with some different values. But what are you looking to achieve here? A little more extension on top?As for phono s... | |
| Aria phono preamp - Mike Elliot blog Hi Bob, yes this is great news. I am trying to enjoy the WV as much as I can the first few nights. I have read many comments that tube preamps can sound very good right out of the box and then they quickly sound horrible and then great again after... | |
| Hybrid - Tube / SS amp capable of sub 1 Ohm loads? I heard a rumo(u)r that the CAT JL-2 can be configured to drive <1-ohm loads.....the Scintillas actually. This would be a HUGE improvement over the Wolcott. I ran with the Wolcott for a few years until I changed to a pair of JL-3 monos....not e... | |
| Aria phono preamp - Mike Elliot blog Hello Jazdoc,I am excited and fortunate to have the Aria WV5 XL in my possession. A landmark product like the WV will take 1-2 weeks minimum to get a handle on its performance. When we put a component into our system, and something is immediately ... | |
| Aria phono preamp - Mike Elliot blog Got it tonight. 8-) |