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| 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-) | |
| Tube Preamps...I'm sold Last Fall I had the opportunity to hear the Einstein line stage in my system compared to the Aesthetix Callisto Sig.. The Einstein with stock tubes was rather 2D and lifeless. It was no match to the Callisto with its set of hand-picked tubes. But ... | |
| Anyone been in contact with Jade Audio recently? I have not thought of it like Jmcgrogran2. I simply find it hard to believe that cable differences can be quantified between zero hours and X hours. In the case of listening to a cold tube component and then playing that same recording 30-60 minut... | |
| Anyone been in contact with Jade Audio recently? Thanks Darealjaydee ... We all like what we like. But we also quickly learn how something we liked so much before can be seriously displaced by something else. If someone has the GG Rev cables and they work for them, that is fine. I used to feel t... | |
| Anyone been in contact with Jade Audio recently? Tomer - Your experience with the GGs vs. Jade cables mirror the cable shootout that I did last year. Even after 150+ hours on the GG Revs, it was as flat and lifeless compared to the Jade as it was with zero hours. | |
| Aesthetix Io Sig vs Manley Steelhead-opinions pls An interesting off-topic here. I can relate as I often associate digital sources resulting in more immediate truncation of the notes. Does this result in more "observed" silence between the notes from the digital source? ..... because the notes ex... |