jc51373
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| VTL 5.5 questions To actually answer the question at hand here....Yes, it would be a fairly significant upgrade. More tubes, upgraded caps, two power supplies (dual mono design, balanced outputs. Also has phase control, a useless feature for me personally, but an a... | |
| Rockport Mira and Mira Monitors I saw and heard the Mira Monitor, very nice. But I can't for get past that they just seem like they were designed for a HT application, and I don't like the stands. They sound nice though, but to me you can do better for the $$. | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 I just wish the dealers I visited over the years introduced me to tubes much earlier. I spent so much time looking for SS that sounded like this system that I feel like I wasted time. | |
| Amazingly Close to Krell Sound If Krell did ever make a tube amp, I am sure they would still find a way to make the sibilance cut your eyeballs out when you listened. | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 I had a Rotel a few years back, same one I think. never looked back after I heard a krell amp next to the Rotel..Then I hearxd VTl and it put the krell to shame. Never been so satisfied with my audio system as I am now. Rotel and Krell are in my p... | |
| Has anyone done the VTL coupling cap upgrade? I did it, but I did right out of the gate and had my st-150 built that way. I can't say what it sounded like before 'the upgrade'. I can say however, this is the best amp I have ever owned. And I have owned amps that were much more costly than this. | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 Cheese, you described it exactly. Piano strikes are profound and the decay of a piano (which is an important characteristic of the instrument) are recreated accurately. Guitar is also incredibly well represented, best I have heard for either instr... | |
| VTL TL2.5 Preamp What are the tweaks you did to the 2.5? | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 I have never heard piano sound like it does on this amp...Incredibly real. | |
| Is it worth changing from B&W N805 to the 805S? To answer your question, undoubtedly yes. But to sit around and wait for an 805D is silly, it is not going to happen. Anyway, if it did you could easily upgrade through a dealer or sell them here and get into something new. B&W's sell incredib... | |
| Cables for B&W 805S I second Kimber 8tc, works very well with these speakers. I have a double-run of it coming off my amp and it works gloriously. | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 Cyto..Yes I have, am now actually..Not really with much volume though since I am using it when my wife goes to bed. Bea at VTL said for break in Terode was best since it runs at full power. So for the most part it has been tetrode. I notice a diff... | |
| 35 watts in Ultralinear vs 50 watts in Triode If you have an amp that can switch between the two tetrode/triode, its a good idea to find out from the manufacturer which mode the output transformer was optimized for in that particular design. If they will tell you, and I stress 'IF', it is the... | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 Evening two: Amp is sounding great, very much to my liking..I will say this though. I have this CD called Superbass which is an excellent mid-bass reference CD I use. I have to admit that this CD sounded ever so slightly better with the 85. But, t... | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 Pauly....I agree. ; ) |