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| Soliloquy 6.5 vs. Coincident Super Eclipse same $ May I ask which version of the Coincident Super Eclipses you're considering? I believe they may differ enough to warrant clarification in this discussion. I have the original version in a 12 x 17' room being driven by about 100 tubed watts. I find... | |
| Full range box floorstanding recommend $3-5K range Every time I go to a live orchestra concert, I look DOWN at the stage from the main floor--even more so if I get a balcony seat (where some of the best sound can be had at one the venues I attend). If one sits at row Q or farther back on the main ... | |
| Revel F30 vs ProAc Responce 2.5 You might want to be more specific as to which Cary amps you are considering mating to either speaker. (Cary amps range from 3-watt 3A3-based SETs to 250-watt Push/Pull designs.) My guess is that the ProAc's would be easier to drive with tubes--an... | |
| Hovland HP-100 vs. CAT SL1 Ultimate: Feedback Finally heard a Hovland HP-100 in my system. It mates impedance- and gain wise quite well with the Cary SLAM-100 pwr amps, but it just sounded congealed and colored to me. I am sure it does not sound this way in most systems. It may just reveal ot... | |
| HELP please. phono preamp The Io is great if you have a lot of rack/shelf space. The Io Signature has 3 large chassis and needs lots of heat dissipation space above each box. (That's 3 boxes to play back vinyl!) A non-Sig version has two big boxes. Get ready to buy a lot o... | |
| Review: Coincident Speaker Tech Total Victory Speaker That Stereophile review was of the Super Conquests about 4 years ago. I have since given away my back issues of that period. J. Atkins measurements section, as I recall, did draw some attention to a difference between the advertised specs and his ... | |
| ever sat down and mapped out your DREAM system? VPI TNT HR-X (dream)Benz LP cartridge (current)Lamm LP2 phono stage(dream)Lamm L2 pre-amp (dream)Lamm ML1.1 power amps (dream)Kharma Ceramique Ref Monitor 3.2 (dream)Nordost and or Shunyata cabling (dream)Could also take this approach...SME 30 TT ... | |
| Tube Preamps under $10k with deep bass extension Rayhall, Thanks for your info about the CAT/Plinius combo. Perhaps other factors are coming into play that I have no way of accounting for. For all I know, I have drawn an incorrect conclusion in my little theory. It would not be the first time th... | |
| Hovland HP-100 vs. CAT SL1 Ultimate: Feedback Swampwalker and Gregm: Thank you for your tips. My Cary dealer asked the main tech guy at Cary (Kirk) about reducing the SLAM-100's input sensitivity. He said he could increase negative feedback but does not recommend it. Also, a resistor at the i... | |
| Tube Preamps under $10k with deep bass extension Rayhall, What is the input sensitivity of your Pass amps? The CAT has low output impedance: 100 Ohms (and high gain). The Lamm LL2 also has a low OP imp: 250 Ohms (and medium gain).Both of these pre-amps are know for their smooth, detailed, liquid... | |
| Tube Preamps under $10k with deep bass extension I did hear a new, current version First Sound Presence Deluxe in my system just yesterday for several hours. In a word, Gorgeous. To add to that with more descriptors: neutral, natural, detailed but not etched or aggressive, deeply moving emotiona... | |
| Hovland HP-100 vs. CAT SL1 Ultimate: Feedback Tonestudio: Please tell us what power amps you used with the CAT pre-amps you have had. Musicluvr just mentioned that he had similar "mating" problems with the CAT and his Plinius amps. (Thanks, Musicluvr) I am sure that you are right about the CA... | |
| Tube Preamps under $10k with deep bass extension Rackon, I believe you when you say the First Sound Presence Deluxe is in another league from the AI M3A. That is why I said the following in my original post: "I have every confidence that a recent FS Presence Deluxe would sound very fine indeed."... | |
| Tube Preamps under $10k with deep bass extension I have put my AI M3A (w NOS Tungsram ECC88s) up against a conrad johnson LS16 and a very early version of the First Sound starter model, Presence (not Presence Deluxe or 4.0).I preferred the M3A. The cj is more than three time the M3A's price and ... | |
| Hovland HP-100 vs. CAT SL1 Ultimate: Feedback OK, since Romy will not share, the rest of us un-enlightened kids, drinking coca-cola pre-amps will just have to toil on in darkness. Back to CAT vs. Hovland: I have a feeling, based on what I heard with the CAT in my system and from what I could ... |