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| Options as @fuzztone says, generalities are useless... specifics matter, in speakers, room treatments, room...and so on | |
| Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story? the linear tube audio zotl reference 40 tube amp is worth mentioning in this discussion https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/zotl-40-reference-amplifier a very special amp in that it uses the berning circuit, without output transformers and ... | |
| Is DSP room correction worth it with a high end analog system? i would think yes, room dependent of course, and there are also other ways to skin the cat, like judicious placement of speakers and treatments that said, i would think sometimes some rooms have really tough bass modes that really benefit from al... | |
| Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story? just my 2 cents i would say, qualitatively, that if comparing to running my audio research ref 110 tube amp (8x kt120), if we call the heat output from that amp a '10' a decent powered solid state class a amp - say pass xa25, first watt f5, bell... | |
| Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story? as many experienced hands have noted, modern solid state amps at the upper tier use various technologies and techniques to produce a sound that gives the best of both perhaps the most articulate among the makers is nelson pass, who describes how ... | |
| Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story? pass labs agd hegel i do not miss tubes... i myself am very surprised to hear myself say that...after all these years knee deep in audio research, cj, vac and so on... | |
| PS Audio DirectStream DAC measurements by ASR 2+ year old thread, boys n girls but yes, asr is surely the modern day julian hirsch... champion on how to fail to see the forest by counting the tree limbs | |
| Ok to substitute 12AX7 for 5751 tubes in CJ Amp? I had tried to contact CJ but didn’t get an answer yet. If they get back to me I’ll post their answer here as well. just call during business hours... a real human receptionist will answer and will put you through to jeff, or he will call yo... | |
| Ok to substitute 12AX7 for 5751 tubes in CJ Amp? generally yes, but it is a good idea to call jeff fischel and confirm | |
| ARC vsi 75 vs. Pass int 25 i have the pass xa25 as well as arc ref 75 arc better at imaging and fleshing out midrange, pass better at bass depth and drive my speakers are spendor sp100 r2's, harbeth monitor 40's and proac d30r's - none too low impedance, nor hard to drive | |
| Evaluating your speakers op google 'fletcher munson effect' | |
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| Best place to purchase a new Denafrips Pontus II i agree as well, os with slow filter best compromise nos sound a little sloppy in comparison, os mode has enough musical 'density' | |
| Audio Research VT80SE amp vs Prima Luna EVO 400 or 300 my 2 cents if plenty of cool features, an excellent website, and value for $ is more important to a user than ultimate sound quality, primaluna offers a lot otoh, audio research reference series is still superior for most applications when it co... | |
| Weiss 501 DAC op to answer your original question, yes i am, and i am enjoying my 501 immensely - what a brilliant unit it is - i would not say it is lean in how it presents the music, i would say it is right down the middle, in the best way feel free to pm m... |