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| What's The Best Blooming Tube Amp? The ARC Classic series as the best bloomer? NOT EVEN CLOSE!I had the CL60 for a year and then changed to the VT130 which tore up the CL60 in midrange bloom.....the CL60 was not even close. And then when I "needed" more power for Magnepan 3.3 speak... | |
| CAT JL-2 Mk2 vs LAMM M1.2 ... on WP 6 or 7 Schorly: Rcprince raises a important issue on gains. Another product to consider is the Aesthetix Io. The Io has capability up to 80db gain. The non-signature model comes up now and then on the used mkt for much less than the LP2 deluxe. The Io ha... | |
| Most transparent, detailed Audio Research Preamp There has been so much discussion on ARC preamps, the SP series, the early hybrid LS series, a return to an all tube line stage, the LS5, and then back to hybrid designs again. Do a search in the archives here for a lot of valuable information. On... | |
| CAT JL-2 Mk2 vs LAMM M1.2 ... on WP 6 or 7 Well in all fairness to Bob, I can relate to the hassle of having to haul these beasts around. And with this taking up most of 2 days with travel and several hours of listening, that's tough for anyone to do these days. It's easier for me as I alr... | |
| CAT JL-2 Mk2 vs LAMM M1.2 ... on WP 6 or 7 Brian: That is an amzing idea you are thinking as I was thinking exactly the same thing. Wow, weird!Bob: I need to go to Chicago to drop off a turntable to be repaired by Brian's friend and I figured that since I will be there, I might as well tak... | |
| CAT JL-2 Mk2 vs LAMM M1.2 ... on WP 6 or 7 Schorly: I use a 25' MIT 350 EVO cable from an Aesthetix Callisto to the CAT amps and this too works very well. For awhile I used a 14' NBS Statement with an XLR-to-RCA adaptor into the CAT but of course only one of the phases of the Callisto's ba... | |
| CAT JL-2 Mk2 vs LAMM M1.2 ... on WP 6 or 7 Raquel: I don't think it was ever Mr Stevens' intention to sell $50k amplifiers for the long haul. Nobody survives on this very long. He simply needed to recover the R&D costs for the all-out assault to develop the finest output transformers t... | |
| CAT JL-2 Mk2 vs LAMM M1.2 ... on WP 6 or 7 As an owner of the JL-3 Signature amps for almost 6 months I am still so very impressed with this product. I have not been able to find anything on a JL-3 non-signature model so perhaps this was a first generation of a JL-2 mono design. With the J... | |
| How do I go backwards? Oh gosh, pictures or not, no lipstick please! And even though it is hotter and more humid lately, cool it on the perfume too. | |
| VAC PHI 2.0 or CTC Blowtorch or... Exlibris: 1 & 2: I fully can relate to.3: When I heard the CAT JL-2 vs. Atma-Sphere MA1's driving the U1's, the MA1's had more bass presence than the JL-2. A bass adjustment on the U1's back panel alleviated this such that there was no longer ... | |
| How do I go backwards? JD, JD, JD, ......, JD, You just had to play some more and now look at what you did! 8-) I think if any of us went back to a system we had 3 or 4 upgrades ago, we too would be experiencing much the same as you. For me, such changes would be easier... | |
| VAC PHI 2.0 or CTC Blowtorch or... Exlibris: You have what many people consider to be the most resolving speakers and so incredibly dynamic as well. If the JL-3's are out of your price range, you should at least consider the JL-2. And if you wanted to biamp your speakers at a later... | |
| How many "tube" watts do Maggie 3.5's or 6's need? With Maggie 3.5's, I had very good results at medium output levels with an ARC VT130 which was 110w....midrange bloom was spectacular and when the amp clipped, it was soft. A change to a 400w Counterpoint hybrid amp helped some in loudness and a g... | |
| How do I go backwards? Progress indeed. I was so happy to work with JD to try a number of options that would result in minimal impact on the incredible musicality of his system. I think the NBS Statement gave up just a wee bit of top-end extension compared to the Nordos... | |
| What's Your Experience with Digital Switching Amp? Mr_Bill: Your response, "Maybe some perceive added depth/distance and lower noise floor as a midrange suckout?", was not at all what I addressed here. I did not imply such a correlation. If the guitar player and the piano are so very far back from... |