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| Audio Hungaray Qualiton A50i vs LTA Z40+ Integrated Oh, so you haven't lived with the target speakers yet. I would recommend running them awhile with what you already know, let them fully settle into their character and get their measure if they are hotter on top or not. Guessing based on reviews... | |
| Curious to know what you guys think/like about Pink Floyd's early work Yeah, I own all of the early pre-DSOTM albums, and I try. But they just don't interest me either. | |
| Audio Hungaray Qualiton A50i vs LTA Z40+ Integrated I run the LTA Z40+ with the NOS Mullard EL34's and it is a stellar integrated, but it is not "warming", to echo the other comments vis-a-vis Raven amp. It is superior for musical information, more lifelike transients, and a wonderful "lit from wi... | |
| Anyone own Linear Tube Audio Amps? I recently bought their ZOTL 40 with the NOS Mullard EL34's. LTA stated that it is their warmest offering, and I would say that it is not warming things much at all. It's a great integrated, but it needs to pair with a spearker/room set up that ... | |
| Best Tube PreAmp - McIntosh vs. Audio Research vs. VAC vs. Atma-Sphere I have some relevant experience with some the pre's and your amp. I ran the Luxman M900u for a couple of years - - very nice amp, but I definitely thought it benefited from partnering with a tube preamp; otherwise it was a little too "gossamer" f... | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard The Grateful Dead: "Ripple" and "Box of Rain" have eternity shining through them. | |
| boulder and d'agostino The D'Agostino Momentum HD preamp is outstanding. I replaced an ARC Ref 40 with it, and in my system the HD is significantly better in almost every way, with the sole exception of giving up just a smidge of that tubey midrange effect. Now, for s... | |
| questions for georgehifi and others about powering my Wilson Sasha2s Yes, the general comments about the M900u are justifiably positive in so many ways. But when people talk about "warmer" with it, I think they are just reacting to its midrange, not really addressing its bass foundation. When I posted about it no... | |
| Help! Is there standardization in i2s? As I understand it, I2S has no standardization, only proprietary implementations. That seems not likely to change in the marketplace. | |
| questions for georgehifi and others about powering my Wilson Sasha2s I shared your experience with the Luxman M900u. It has some great appeal with the clarity of the soundstage and the musical info that it digs out, especially compared to the VAC Phi200 and then the PS Audio BHK 300 mono's that I had been using to... | |
| Critical listening and altered states I guess I'm reflecting my Germanic roots in that I want my system to be satisfying both when "unenhanced" and when "enhanced" with THC. Both scenarios are equally valid for me (although I must agree that the THC mode is often quite special). If ... | |
| Rank the top reference DACs you've heard Lampizator Pacific is their top offering now. I've owned it for the last 1½ years and it is quite competitive with vinyl in my system, with an appropriate sense of liquidity and coherence, while dishing up a lot of musical information. It really... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. Seems you've got the tt's naming conflated, and therefore confusing. Do you mean a Technics SL-1200? Or an Audio-Technica LP120? | |
| Totem Mani 2 At The Thrift That is an amazing find at a thrift. Some family dealt off some great speakers (I hope the deceased audio nut is still resting peacefully...). I ran a pair of these for several years, then went up to the Signature version. I definitely would NO... | |
| Audio PC It is actually shocking how significant the impact of the digital server can be for sound quality. I used a PC built to the specs of the second iteration of the CAPS server as my first digital server. I upgraded to an Antipodes DX II and it had ... |