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| Amp / Pre-Amp for Sonus Faber Serafino I haven’t heard the Gryphon 300 but based on the reviews and owners’ input it is supposed to be an excellent integrated amplifier and most likely better than the McIntosh integrated amplifiers out there. The high end T+A integrateds also seem to b... | |
| Amp / Pre-Amp for Sonus Faber Serafino "I would like to get the best out of SF Serafino for the music i listen to..."In that case, you may want to try D'Agastino Momentum M400 Monoblock amplifiers. They not only sound excellent but will also add a lot of "sparkle" to your listening roo... | |
| AMT tweeters I don’t have an extensive experience hearing speakers employing AMT tweeters but my general experience is that imaging is as dependent on speaker placement, room acoustics, and upstream components as it is on the speaker itself. When you compare s... | |
| Amp / Pre-Amp for Sonus Faber Serafino “When you steer someone away from it because of your beliefs which don't seem to match McIntosh's beliefs, you do that person a disservice”Unfortunately this is a common practice regardless of the brand and not limited to any specific person. The... | |
| Pass Labs XA 30.8 Standby power draw? Thanks for the responses. Interesting device. | |
| Pass Labs XA 30.8 Standby power draw? How did you measure the "power" consumption at various stage? If current draw, where on the amp? | |
| Heavy power cord "...I have decided that from now on all manufacturers of electronic components and power cord should incorporate a male “tab” on the IEC connection..."I think a better/easier solution is to incorporate a "lip" in the male IEC connector where the c... | |
| Spikes for very heavy speakers In addition to the concerns expressed around using spikes, you may also want to consider some options which allows for an easi(er) mechanism to move them around to better optimize their placement. A friend of mine is utilizing small wheels under h... | |
| External Balance Control Thank you. I completely understand the “right” approach to address this need but I would like to keep my current preamp/amp. I know some folks use an in-line tone control device, e.g., Schiit Loki, etc., to tweak the sound and was wondering if the... | |
| Tidal Music Aside from the sound quality, access to a wide range of musical content by itself is worth the price of the subscription. | |
| Need help Choosing A New Interconnect Sorry if this may sound unhelpful but using the interconnects as a tone control is really no different from using the tone control(s) on the preamp. Actually, the controls on the preamp (probably) provides more "control" over the tone than any int... | |
| Devore Nines and amp match FWIW, I’ve heard Nines paired with a First Watt J2 and F7, both extensively. I personally found the J2 more to my liking since I generally prefer the tube electronics but without too much “tubiness” and the J2 was just that. Great detail, bass, an... | |
| Lampizator Amber 3 My understanding is in Amber 3 the Ecc99 is used in the gain stage, Ecc82 in the buffer stage, and the third tube is a 6X5 used in the rectification stage. In my Amber 1, they use Ecc81 in the gain stage. Other tubes are the same.In my unit they h... | |
| Lampizator Amber 3 DAC versus Primaluna EVO 100 DAC I have not heard the EVO 100 but I just bought a used LampizatOr Amber, the original model, and if Amber 3 is an improved version of the original Amber, then you're in for a treat. It has a lush and engaging midrange without trading of any detail ... | |
| Lampizator Amber 3 Does anyone know if the circuit in the Amber benefits from (or requires) the output tubes with matched dual triodes? I'm assuming it does since it uses two different dual triode tubes for left and right channels. |