kdude66
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| Tekton Double Impacts muzikmann,Lance uses adapters for this pairing,This has been mentioned before.I've used my MZ2S with all kinds of SS amps and I have used adapters as well when necessary.Kenny. | |
| DIY Pass Labs First Watt F5 amp impressions Unless you are talking about the Zotl40 which has the output tubes directly coupled to the load taking transformers and capacitors completely out of the equation.Kenny. | |
| Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering twoch,Did I say what,can you elaborate. | |
| Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering grannyring,I read the review again just for clarification for me,Overall I found the review kinda spotty and not that easy to understand the reviewers overall thoughts.He has the spec wrong on the sensitivity,the brilliance is rated 94db at 2.83 v... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Lance,Very nice to read of the great sound you are hearing from your system,I would like to know how the sound your getting would differ if you put your MZ2S back in with the AHB2.Kenny. | |
| DIY Pass Labs First Watt F5 amp impressions Yes speaker matching with first watt amps is very important,going to be interesting to see the upcoming new ones that Nelson is working on.I've heard through the Diy community that he is working on a F8 and also a Sit3.Also pass labs has the Xa-25... | |
| Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering grannyring,You bring up some good questions related to this review,I will have to read it again more thoughts to follow.Kenny. | |
| DIY Pass Labs First Watt F5 amp impressions kalali,The F7 is slightly more forgiving and smoother sound than any of the variations of the F5 that I have heard.The F7 has the lowest parts count of any of the first watt amps.Comparing the F7 directly to my Diy sit2,I much prefer the Sit2 for ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts teajay,Very nice article that was well written,Gets me motivated to sale off some extra gear in my collection,I can't keep everything,and get a pair of the Eml 300b Xls tubes for my Yamamoto A09s.Kenny. | |
| DIY Pass Labs First Watt F5 amp impressions I think you got her as high as you should go Cap't,There is no substitute for a good class A Amp and Nelson just keeps designing and building them.Way cool my friend.Kenny. | |
| Schitt Freya or older pre instead Ghosthouse,I'm very glad to hear how much you like the Freya,I always keep a open mind and trust me I much wanted to like the Freya,It just didn't work out for me.As you know I do Dig the YGGY best dac under 2k that I've had the pleasure of using.... | |
| DIY Pass Labs First Watt F5 amp impressions Very nicely done I hope you enjoy the tunes of your labor,Quite a bit of satisfaction in building and or modifying your own gear.Kenny. | |
| Schitt Freya or older pre instead If you could wait and double your budget,You should look at the Linear tube audio MZ2S,beats or rivals preamps much more expensive.I tried a Freya with very good nos tubes but found it noisy and just didn't sound that good,sent it back at the end ... | |
| Appropriate Power for 1.7i's It's been several yrs but when I had 1.7's in a large room,30x40x20ft I needed at least 150 watts a side.That gave enough headroom so the speakers never sounded strained.I listened at moderate levels and not super loud.Kenny. | |
| Sonic qualities of SET output tubes? blindjim,Thank You for starting this thread,It's been a wealth of knowledge for me and others.There is a bunch of high quality tube amps on the market nowadays and sometimes it just makes picking one that much tougher.I look at myself traveling do... |