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| What does an impedance-matching issue "sound" like? Thanks guys this helps a bit.I may be confusing bridging and parallel, depending on how it was described to me. The setup is basically diagrammed here, aside from the multiple speaker taps and the fact it is a MQ300 and not an MQ-88uSE (but they s... | |
| Audio Troy Capital Audio Fest the good, the bad and the ugly! I agree on the selection of music. Most everything I heard was soft piano and double bass with occasional female jazz vocals. I was interested in hearing the Avantgarde Zero TAs but the only thing playing in there was very soft acoustic jazz with ... | |
| Audio Troy Capital Audio Fest the good, the bad and the ugly! Is Devore you are talking about what was in Command AV room? The room that was billed as Luxman but had a few Luxman pieces and none to be heard?I believe both the CL-1000 preamp and 300b amp were powering the Devores. It was hard to get a sense o... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? @milpai that is interesting to hear, thanks for the follow up. I did remove the o rings on my Cifte’s for a couple of days and I could not really detect a difference to be honest. I do have mine on a slab of wood that is also sitting on 3 IsoAcous... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? Thanks for the heads up @milpai I will have to do some experimenting with that myself. I have swapped the stock Mullards for a matched pair of Mazda Cifte 12AU7, after being so impressed with the Cifte's in my Rogue CM2. I have found the Ciftes s... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? After a full day of tweaking and experimenting I can say I am very happy with the Rhumba Extreme!Andy at Backert Labs was a great help throughout the day yesterday with further recommendations to my setup to get the best sound out of the preamp in... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? Thanks everyone... so it seems like there is a fair amount of burn in time required for these caps then. This could explain why I was a little surprised by what I was hearing with the "softness" in the bass, versus so many of the online reviews an... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? The Backert is getting its first workout tonight. I'm not ready to make any gushing endorsements just yet but I am very impressed, particularly with the imaging and separation. I've noticed it's a little "soft" sounding - not syrupy or bloated or ... | |
| Thoughts on Anthem MRX 1120 for 2ch If you’re able to keep it and sell it in a week if you don’t like it, just give it a shot and see what you think...I’ve owned the MRX720 and currently own the AVM 60 with Monolith 7 amp. I have never found that the sound quality of the Anthem proc... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? @1markr wow, that is some impressive gear, I bet it sounds awesome. I just got my FedEx alert that the preamp has delivered at home... now just 8 more hours until I can get home and start working with it!What difference did you notice with the SR ... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? My faves for my Backert.... a pair of CBS 5814a. Just a well balanced sound across the range, but with a lively presentation. I tried a bunch of 12au7s, but always come back to these!Thanks - I'll be checking those out too.What Backert do you have... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? I believe this preamp uses 12AU7's. Do you know how many and is there a phono stage?Yes, it's 2 12AU7's, Mullard reissues from Russia. Thanks for the suggestions! I will take @three_easy_payments' advice and live with the Mullards for a couple wee... | |
| Tekton or Klipsch By the way, I also owned a pair of KEF LS50W for about 1 week here in my office - they were turned around pretty quickly which is how I got my current pair of Heresy IIIs (having traded in the original HIIIs I owned against the Forte IIIs, then re... | |
| Tekton or Klipsch I have owned Heresy IIIs, Forte IIIs, and La Scala IIs... I still own the Heresy IIIs and LS IIs - upgraded from the Fortes. The HIIIs and LS IIs serve 2 different purposes, with a world of difference between the 2.Originally owning the HIIIs, I u... | |
| Hacking a Luxman Integrated @thyname,Hey buddy! When I was driving my Luxman CL40 pre into the 509X amp's section I ran the SB-16 from the pre out of the 509X and did all the crossover settings in the SVS app. Now that I'm using it for HT in "Separate" mode, I'm using the su... |