johnsonwu
Responses from johnsonwu
| ARC Ref 2 I have a REF 1 and I find the soundstage too imposing at times. If the Ref 2 has even greater dynamics I would probably NOT upgrade as I will probably find it too overwhelming. But judging from the new design, with tube rectifiers the sound should... | |
| Aleph Monos vs Power Tubes like SF Power The SF Power 3 literally stinks. READ ON: I am not talking about the sound, but they give out such an unpleasant burning carbon smell and heat up my room so much I had to sell them. I made sure the biasing was correct and asked SF for advice and h... | |
| Rowland/Levinson preamp I have no experience with the Rowland but I find the 380S a bit too dark. HOwever, I still own a 39 380S 333 as my "reference" Sssssolid SSSStttate system, as Levinson seems to make the most non-tiring and non ear-piercing SOlid State stuff. | |
| SL3 driven better w/ rogue or wolcott am Forget it! Martin Logans HATE tubes as much as Avalons hate solid state. I have tried ARC Classic 120, Classic 150, Assemblage 300B SET...and nothing comes close to a Mark Levinson 333. The only tube amps that sounded half-way decent on the SL3 wa... | |
| Wadia 850 vs Mark Levinson NO.39 I have a 39 and I feel that the volume control is not that great. In fact even the DAC portion is nothing compared to my SF proc 3. I never tried an 850 and my only experience with Wadia is a 6. I am just using it as a transport now and I think it... |