kehut
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| ARC LS-5MKIII or ARC LS-25MKII Steve- I used Tungsrams in my LS15 for about a year.In a word...detail,detail and more detail. VERY transparent tube with excellent bass. BUT... They are not as sweet and warm in mids and highs. I put Siemens gold pin 7308's recently and feel they... | |
| Recommendations for Balanced Interconnect... I can second Auaarons recommendation of Transparents Super Balanced XL. I just put in a lenghty run from my ARC ls15 to my Plinius SA 100Mkll and what a stunning difference over my MIT rca cable..Big time bass and soundstage, smooth mids and highs. | |
| What are the Do's & Donts on Hi Fi components Most digital players are best left on continuously. My Wadia 23 manual highly recommends this. They state that it takes 72 hours after initial turn on for the circuts to fully settle and regulate from cold turn on to sound optimal. Current draw is... | |
| Buzz through speakers w/amp on & pre off A ground loop is a voltage potential difference between components usually caused by running equipment off several different outlets..i.e one outlet for amp, and the other for components. The fix is to lift the ground, or put all on the one AC sou... | |
| ARC LS-5MKIII or ARC LS-25MKII Gee wiz John..give a guy a break. I was only adding my $.02 fwiw to be of help.I didn't know the "ARC audio geru" was watching!! Yikes!....LOL...kidding JA! Hope your well John! Anyway..I think my "envy" is really only enthusiasium for a perspecti... | |
| Totem hawk or Gershman Chameleon? Try to audition the VSA VR2 speaker. For less money they deliver the goods. Deeper bass, very transpatent, and wider sweet spot.Stunning dynamics. I prefered them over the Totem's. It will be worth your effort....Ken | |
| ARC LS-5MKIII or ARC LS-25MKII LS-5 Mklll yes!yes! definately. Especially the Mklll. Go balanced. Get yourself the Siemens 7308 gold pins and boy your set! I'm envious man! | |
| How much does your system retail for? I just realized that I was the only Audiogon member not on this thread...now Im happy! Thanks Albert. Oh yeah...about 35K.(12K in analog) | |
| Which SS amp does sound the most warm of all? Plinius amps from SA 100Mkll to current SA 102 stereo amps. Hard to fault the tube like mids and highs. | |
| Amp "pop" - need help Well..I agreed with those above..but truth be told,personally I dont leave it on 24/7. I could in Class AB and just switch to Class A when ready to listen. The Plinius amps have that provision..But many amps dont, and the heat can be excessive. As... | |
| Amp "pop" - need help I absolutely agree with all above. Just metal expansion and contraction and not a problem per se. Leaving the amp on is a benefit sonically as well. As for the heat isuue...take heart,Krells heat sinks run about 145 F in class A and my Plinius SA ... | |
| Harm in using a power strip as an on/off switch? As an on/off switch, theres no issue. You can certainly use the switch on the strip as opposed to the amp. The biggest concern would be the power strip limiting the current of your amp, especially the bigger more powerful current drawing types. I ... | |
| How come that NOS is better them NS new stock ? One thing to keep in mind regarding NOS tubes. Most of what we call NOS tubes were made at a time when many countries were at war.The periods of the 40's and 50's saw production of German Siemens, Telefunkens etc.. as well as American tubes used i... | |
| Amps used for Von Schw.VR2's?? Thanks Guys.. Nice to hear of the diversity of amps with these VSA's. They are really great speakers and respond nicely to upgrades made in the sources and amplification. I have recently replaced my ARC amps with a Plinius SA 100Mk11 and love the... | |
| Quicksilver Interconnect & Speaker Wire I had Quicksilver M 60 monoblocks for several years connected with Alpha Core TQ-2 silver connects and running all silver AlphaCore AG2 speaker cables. My dealer persuaded me to try Quickies own Cabeles and sent me both to try...I could NOT notice... |