jmcgrogan2
Responses from jmcgrogan2
| Tube preamp question Well the difference is that the BAT is a fully differential design, whereas the Cary only has balanced inputs and outputs. What this means is that Cary is not a truly balanced design, you could use any single ended preamp design with RCA to XLR ad... | |
| Tube preamp question I agree with Swampwalker and Jfrech, BAT seems to be the natural choice for what you are looking for. Fully balanced, tubed, a bit on the warm side, and HT pass-through. | |
| Power Supply Options - Pre Amp and Power Amp I agree with Tls49, dedicated lines with upgraded outlets should be the first step on your power upgrade list. | |
| Mechanical Hum from Class A Amplifier Clayton I owned a pair of M-100's a few years ago and thought they sounded excellent when playing music. However, they had a mechanical buzz coming from transformer hum that I never could get rid of, no matter what I tried. Changing cables and cords didn'... | |
| Where do the tubes go? I agree with the above responses, in my experiences tubes have the most impact on the sound when working from the speakers backwards. In other words, a tube amp will give you more tube 'flavor' than a tube preamp or tube source. Now a tube amp als... | |
| Cable suggestion Try the Cardas Golden Cross, it is warmer than their Golden Reference cables. I have not heard the Clear Light. You could also try cables from Kubala-Sosna, Purist Audio Design, or MIT, as they should also help "tame the brightness". | |
| Music Culture mc 501A Dual CD and USB player VAC amp with Nola speakers? I'll bet that system sounds awesome!! | |
| Music Culture mc 501A Dual CD and USB player Music Culture's website lists Mike Oltz of VSO Marketing LLC as their United States importer, also in Fairfiled, NJ. Larry, I wonder if it's the same Mike, different company??? | |
| Can I run 4 ohms into 8 ohm speakers? I'm confused, are you running the Tyler speakers and the subs off the same EAR amps? Is this what you mean by "I effectively reduced it to 4 ohms"? If so, I would cease this practice immediately and get a powerful solid state amp to drive the subw... | |
| Marantz SA-14S1 or Vinvent CD-S7-DAC Does the Vincent CDP have an active gain stage? If not, your results do not surprise me, I've always been left wanting more with passive attenuation. | |
| What is Imaging? According to this audio glossary:Imaging - The sense that a voice or instrument is in a particular place in the room. | |
| ARC ref 3,5 OR Lamm LL2.1 for my ml2.1 I would go with the Lamm over the ARC for synergy sake. If I were to go in another direction, and try another manufacturer, I'd suggest a VAC Signature Mk IIa. | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable $30K?? That's a bargain!! I think I'll grab 3 of them and give them to the kids as Xmas presents!! LOL!! | |
| Levinson 27.5 I agree with Brf, the 20.5/6, 23.5 and 27.5 series amps were the best I have ever heard from the Mark Levinson line. Unfortunately, newer is not always better. | |
| RS Jaco Cord Upgrade ? Chuck, it's a lot of fun until you look in your wallet and find out it's empty. LOL!! I need to stop buying stuff and start selling stuff for a change!!Fortunately, I'm not desperate, I do have an Elrod EPS-3 Signature that will hold me over for t... |