jbhiller
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| I have NOVA V's and I am not happy I agree with Bigkidz. I’d try another amp first. Unless you listen in a terrible space, I’d think those speakers should come alive with decent cables, a great source and good amp. At $12k that amp should get them to sing. How big is your room and... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I didn't swap the 805s or 6SN7s yet. I threw the 300Bs in just to see. Quite frankly, it sounds great biased at just over 100ma. I'll reach out to China Hifi next week. | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I swapped the 300Bs for a broken in pair of Electro Harmonix 300Bs. I can still only get the 300Bs to bias to about 105ma. Hmmmm... | |
| Mobile Fidelity Ultra Gold MC Cartridge & Master Phono Preamplifier @audphile1 , Yes, but MD does not have the preamp on its site (yet). | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @djspinner, you're welcome to pop by if you are in the Chicago area! | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @chmaiwald , thank you!! I should note (for whatever it might be worth) that I "upgraded" the crossover networks in the Cornwall IVs, damped the horn mid and horn tweeter, and installed proper binding posts. Some may hear a difference some may n... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @chmaiwald , Where are you biasing those big kid 805s? The manual is vague with nebulous statements about biasing. I'm no stranger to hifi gear coming from China so this is not my first go around with translating Mandarin (likely) to English. ... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i Always good to see you chiming in Charles1dad! At some point, I'll be curious about your views on coupling caps and tube rolling. I have trouble leaving mediocre caps in place that link to the speaker outputs, BUT I need to patient and get a f... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i PS--I want to be extra fair to my Primaluna; while I found other amps paired better with the Cornwall IVs, I adored the Primaluna with modern speakers--in particular PSB Imagine T3s and T2s. | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i The R800i 805 arrived today. What a big amp! Here are just a few initial thoughts. Moving this amp in the box is a two person affair. It is a beast Moving It. My friend had to bolt so I had to move it out of the box and onto a 36" tall spac... | |
| Have you heard a VAS cartridge? Thank you What! You always provide excellent information and opinions. Loved the article. I'm likely going to bite the bullet and order one from Steve. | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I ordered it direct from China Hi-Fi. You can select your voltage there. I’ve some decent experiences in the past with them. I’ve also ordered from Doge Audio--super fast shipping to our mainland in a crate via DHL. | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @chmaiwald , DHL just texted it will arrive 12/19! Early Christmas gift. I should get some great time to listen to it over the holidays. I'll hold off on rolling or mods for a good bit. Very excited! | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? When Andrew Robison says, "The delta to get that last 5% improvement costs thousands upon thousands of dollars.." I would agree in that you could spend tens of thousands of dollars on more expensive components or spend tens of thousands of dollar... | |
| What filter setting do you use on the Marantz Ruby CD/DAC? Well the jury is still out here. After about 3-4 hours of listening to some of my personal go to reference material, I still hear some air on top but also extra energy —albeit not substantially so. I’m not sure I’ll land on Filter 2 given my spea... |