jimmy2615
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| Preamp to Pair with NAD M23 I have an M23 as well, very impressed with it. So much so that I ordered the M66 to go with it, which would be a logical pairing of course. That said, I’ve tried two other preamps with it. A Primaluna (excellent combo) and an SPL Elektor (not s... | |
| Help and opinions needed on pre-amp situation I would highly recommend trying a preamp in your chain to see if it makes a difference. Buy a used Benchmark LA4, because it is relatively inexpensive and you can resell it very easily. More importantly it is a known commodity - super transparen... | |
| Does the Audio press ever excite you anymore? Not excited, no. After reading somewhere between 500-1000 reviews they all start to sound the same. AI could probably write them now, they’re so similar. Waste 200 words on the company history, throw in a ‘sublime’, an ‘aplomb’, and a ‘gobsmack... | |
| Warranty repair wait times - serious industry problem?? I just sent a preamp and amp to Bryston - in warranty - and it took over 3 months. They advised me it would take that long before I sent them in. | |
| Moving up???? @robshaw Tyler Acoustics has been in business for at least over 20 years. Back around 2000 I took a road trip to visit his workshop and over the years bought several pairs of his speakers. He’s excellent to do business with, his cabinetry is fir... | |
| KT-77 vs. KT-66 Thanks. I thought I’d also add, after noting some of the comments about 6L6s, I have some NOS RCA blackplate 6L6GCs. These sound like JJSS was describing above. The KT66s are a lot more dynamic and not as warm in my system. | |
| KT-77 vs. KT-66 I’ve been playing both these tubes this week. I have primalunas, both tubes are from gold lion, new production. In my system the differences are very easy to hear. The 66s have more top end emphasis, and perhaps a bit more transparent, though t... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio isn’t the Weiss Helios using one chip but with 8 channels? The 501 uses 2 mono chips. What would be interesting is if you could test the new 204 or 205, in general. It has an outboard power supply, presumably not an LPS. Some reviewe... | |
| Some thoughts on Focal Kanta Yes, taming bass node anomalies can be a real PITA. With DSP and peaks you can cut the signal, but the dips/nulls are hard to resolve - turning up the bass at those Freq’s just reinforces the null and exhausts your amplifier. In these situations... | |
| Crossing Left and Right Speakers Ok, you guys had me questioning what I thought I had heard recently on this Chesky recording for Audiogon. Keep in mind when I heard this I was not listening for anything. I just noticed something sounded wrong, figured out what it was, and swit... | |
| Crossing Left and Right Speakers I just experienced this the other day. I have a recording for Audiogon made by the Chesky label (available from HD tracks) that has some really good imaging effects. On the St Louis Blues cut, there are numerous instruments that appear either to... | |
| Pro/Studio Subwoofers Only 137 db max SPL ?! Good info all, thanks. Remember the one in the beginning of the Back to the future movie? I had a VMPS larger sub once upon a time, looked like a small cedar chest-sized box with I believe dual 15 and 12 inch drivers. Th... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing Thanks for taking the time to share all this info for posterity and being willing to answer all the inevitable questions that will come ! Have you had a standard streamer to test them with or have your tried a bunch of those also? | |
| Finding a Power Amplifier for Luxman C-900U Nice system. I had the A3s with the Luxman C900/M900 combo. I had also tried these speakers with Primaluna monoblocks running 150 w/ch as well as a Rowland Continuum 2 (class D amplifier). The Primaluna did not drive these speakers to my satisf... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio Sorry if I missed it but did you ever comment on the upgrades (V2) using the newer ESS chipset of the Weiss 501/2? The 4 channel topology has me scratching my head as to what one would use this for, and pictures I have seen only have... |