jeffseight
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| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? Tubey sounding solid state is where I ended up! Very pleased. No longer wondering if my tubes needed attention. Life is too short. I also have no TT for the same reasons. Merrily merrily life is but a stream... | |
| Fritz Speakers Question the Fritz speakers value because the Philharmonic are way low at $2k? I do not know the parts cost for Dennis's products. Fritz Revelator from scanspeak is $320 and the S/B acoustics tweeter is $409. the tweeter. So you have $1,400 in ... | |
| Stereophile review of Millercarbon system featuring Tektron speakers I stopped by the room and looked over the gear and setup. The Moabs MC has are the base model. I give Eric some credit for offering a Moab upgrade adding the s/b acoustics Be tweeter and some XO upgrades. I recently heard these updated speak... | |
| Ayre v Hegel sound That's a no. | |
| Help chosing an integated amp Save a little longer and get either a Gamut to a Hegel 390. | |
| Audible illusions L3 vs L3B Worth another $1k over what you have. | |
| Innuous Phoenix net I use an Innuos Zen Mk3 with the Uptone Audio Etherregen $650. The regen performs some of the tasks of the Phoenix $3.7k. I asked the US Rep at the Seattle show last week about the Phoenix. He says it will make a noticeable improvement in SQ. ... | |
| Active ATC vs Spendor / Pass Labs Try a different speaker with the Pass INT. | |
| I'm thinking about a low watt tube amplifier? Pass labs are all solid state. Nelson Pass likes to say his amps sound "Tubey". They do sound excellent. Their smallest amp model now is $5,250. Used will be in your budget. First Watt-by Pass- may be more your cup of tea. The Altec A-7 is gr... | |
| How Long Is Too Long? It is unfortunate that magazine reviewers, Youtube reviewers and other industry types fail to address this matter when they provide a review. Before the purchase. Unless parts are from China, 30 days should be the max. Uptone Audio performed a s... | |
| How to prevent visitors from touching your system Ever heard of a company called Invisible Fence? Buy extra collars. | |
| anybody upgrade from Dynaudio Special 40 to Heritage Special? Listen to the ATC 19s. $3,300. | |
| Aavik - Owners Try the Boressen People direct. Only a handful of owners will read this. | |
| Should I steer clear of class D amps As your budget is in pounds you likely will be unable to attend my Class D shootout this weekend in Seattle at the PNW Audiofest. Too bad. I will be offering a blind listening session with 3 Class D amps vs a Class A integrated. A minute or tw... | |
| Dali Menuete SE That model is proof good things come in small packages. |