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| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance My monoblocks are 80 watts. They do have Peter Dahl transformers which make a huge difference. They deliver the goods and the Maggies seem to like them as far as I can tell. One thing of note is I tend not to listen at super high levels. They are ... | |
| Over Tubing it? @ghdprentice said, "In high end systems they don’t sound like tubes…they are used to enable incredibly natural musical high fidelity sound". If there ever was a definitive statement, succinctly put, this summarizes the 'tube sound question' i... | |
| (Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement @sgordon1 How does the upgrade SSX sound? It still remains an integral part of my system and sounds as amazing as it did when I installed it. No regrets and no 'meh' syndrome. It is arguably a ’fix’ but what a fix it is. Set right, it is amazin... | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance @gdnrbob Many thanks. I'll ping him. I have no experience with them but they are intriguing. @richopp525 For acoustic music, Maggies are incredible. I always tell the story of how I went to a high-end shop in Palo Alto, CA., with a colleague... | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance Retreived my archived file and refreshed my memory on the criteria I used to build the system. It appears my recollection was consistent with the exception of the conversation with Magnapan. They did say it would not be a problem if I wasn’t tryin... | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance Correction: Meant to say step up the speaker impedance to 8 ohms. | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance I just may have a set of Autoformers coming to passively step the impedance down to 4 ohms. I'll give them a listen. Could very well marry 'good practice' with 'good listening'! 👍I'll post my findings to close this out and return back to anonym... | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance Excellent, thank you very much! I'll do so indeed. I was considering, at one point, Autoformers, to adjust the output impedance down to 4 ohms. Apparently, they really help with Magnapans and are a good way to match amp to speaker load. I'll ru... | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance @frogman Thanks for that 8 ohm comment! My memory of what I heard from Magnapan may be faulty. It was in 1992-ish if I recall correctly. I got the tubes and speakers within months of each other. The file with my notes is long archived. I just h... | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance Points well taken, thank you. Guess its time for a higher powered amp! | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance Oh, they are Cary Audio SLA70s in monoblock configuration, which Dennis Had custom built for me just after he opened his company in Cary, NC. I was one of his first customers. He is a fellow Ham and I bought the amps and a SLP-70 which he heavily ... | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance Thanks, guys. I don't listen at super loud levels and don't expect thundering bass. (I did have a sub, but it died, and frankly I don't miss it). The Maggies sing with music on their own. Double bass sounds like double bass, brass cymbals sound... | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well Midareff1 said: ”Where I think you will find significant differences are not necessarily confined to tonality, the differences are quite apparent in the sound-stage presentation. Width and depth of the stage ... the definition of performers outlin... | |
| (Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement Correction (again): “....a day goes by that I have ‘no’ regrets...”. Damned fat fingers. 😎 | |
| (Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement I think you will be pleased. The enhancement for less than ideal speaker placement is a real life saver. The bass enhancement is subtle but satisfying. Personally, I like the enhancement circuit on it own merit, speaker placement not withstandi... |