jjss49
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| Driver Tubes 6922 in integrated or power amp circuits, the input tube is generally considered more important than the driver tubes in front of the power tubes ’being driven’ reason being that the input tube is the actual gain stage, expanding the low level signal,... | |
| Why Do You Listen? A Poll Question If I see something online I disapprove of but others seem to enjoy.....I just go somewhere else. I don’t try to COP people in the pursuit of controlling what they talk about, but different strokes I guess. op, sorry bud, but your original post ... | |
| Hegel H160 and longevity I absolutely love the amp but just petrified after they had mentioned that it might happen again in a span of another 3 years or so and hence petrified. don’t sweat it, just enjoy the music -- after all it is a <$2000 integrated amp... we a... | |
| How Much Do Aesthetics Factor Into Your Decisions? looks and feel matters, something that is very ugly or quite awkward to use can indeed be a knock out factor, but the sound quality must be worth having in the first place - it is the raison d’etre for a piece of hifi gear | |
| Anyone buy one yet? Thoughts? leaving aside the well regarded dacs that put them on the map, greed seems to be a notable thru-line in recent product intros (12th anniversary, versions and more versions) from these folks in guangdong... they seem to have outdone themselves in t... | |
| Why Do You Listen? A Poll Question I don’t understand why you present this as an "either/or" polarity. It’s not. And why the urgency re: polling? ^^ this to pose this as a choice is entirely nonsensical and misses the point of this pursuit/passion | |
| Hegel H160 and longevity i have had hegel rost 160 190 over several years, never an issue as you described in fact -- i have owned 7-8 hegel pieces over the past decade, never had a malfunction of any nature who is your dealer and is he/she an authorized hegel dealer? | |
| Who has the Sickness, the Phile or the Non-phile? i have no idea what is being discussed/debated here... i read the original posting a couple times -- maybe it is poorly written or maybe my comprehension of this one is poor sorry | |
| Class A integrated amp recommendations Suggestions have been made to add a subs but I think they might overpower my space and I don’t really have good placement options for them anyway. as @soix commented, properly integrated and implemented, adding subs will be the impactful change... | |
| Class A integrated amp recommendations Pass INT-25. Best sound for the money and perfect for higher sensitivity speakers. More dynamic and transparent than the Luxman models. i am a pass owner and big fan but i think there would be many who would argue with the feelings expresse... | |
| Do I REALLY need preamp and what do I upgrade the amp too? not surprised at the op’s findings -- rotel is mid tier... will not bring the best sonics (that is why their higher line called michi exists) a truly great preamp will result in great sound, arguably better than running a system without one but ... | |
| About ready to give up on Roon and my streamer roon brings alot of value otherwise it would not exist but it does take some knowhow, some $$ and some patience to make it work no doubt other companies get streaming to work well without roon like anything else in this hifi hobby, there is no ... | |
| Class A integrated amp recommendations @jlamb you have quite a good system already, joseph rm7 sigs are an excellent standmount monitor my suggestions to improve your sonics would be a) add one or a pair of rel subs t7i/x or t9i/x -- the sonic benefit will be substantial, even usin... | |
| Best amplifier for low to moderate listening levels Hegel H590 integrated amp!!! The extremely high current, high damping factor, beastly, superb sounding, Hegel H590 drives my inefficient Revel Salon 2 speakers beautifully at low, quiet, midnight listening levels with authority. to this comment... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing On my list of possible replacements for the Qutest is Holo Audio Spring3 KTE, the Weiss DAC 204, Denefrips Pontus II, and maybe Gustard R26. I'm interested in R2R because I've not heard one, The Spring and the Weiss are at the top of my list. ... |