kiwi_1282001
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| Jeff Rowland Sound 10-18-09: Flg2001[...]to make a very long story short, I found the Gryphon amps more dynamic, energetic with a great sense of life-like presentation vs the Rowlands On the point of "life like presentation" and adding to this the emotional intensi... | |
| Two box preamps: Cary SLP05 vs. Modwright 36.5 Agree with Shredder. Had both pre-amps in my home system. The SLP-05 was far more musical. The Modwright was lean - too lean. | |
| Cary 120s...anyone heard this amp Another CAD 120S fan here. As i write they hooked up and driving a pair of ESL speakers. These low sensitivity speakers have an impedance of over 100 ohms in the bass and less than 2 ohms at 20 KHz. That the Cary can make music at all is simply am... | |
| Live equipment chassis Thanks Jea48 & Hevac1,The poor chap was getting electric shocks from touching the chassis of any of his audio kit (not static charge). All product used 3 wire cord and plugs. I initially suspected that the cause would be at the outlet but a ch... | |
| there are 4 answers; refer to them by number You forgot (5) - "I'm confused, can someone elses ears help me?" | |
| Do all Class D amps lack soundstage depth? I really dont believe this question is just for class d amps. If you experiment with different accessories and speaker set up you can increase soundstage with any amp you use. .I agree with this comment. I had a class D Jeff Rowland C500 on auditi... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Focal (JM Labs) Grande Utopia EM. IMHO challenges the boundaries of modern loud speaker performance | |
| Totem Forest Speakers..... I've owned the Hawks and Auditioned the Forest.I disagree with Dave_bThe Krell 400xi IMHO is not a good mate for the Forest.Both the Forests and the Hawks like a warmer sounding amplifier. Great matches i've tried include the Plinius 9200 and the ... | |
| Moscode 401 HR vs. 402 au vs. Butler TBD 2250 Thanks Clio09 for the reply. The Butler is less than half the price of the Moscode and its possible George may be asking a little too much for the 402au. One could have 2 x Butler TBD2250 800 watt per channel (in mono mode) for less than the price... | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Has anyone here tried either the Moscode 401HR [200wpc RMS 8R, 300wpc+ RMS 4R, can be vertically Bi-amped] or the Butler Audio TDB 2250 [250wpc RMS, 8R, 400wps RMS 4R, 800W bridged (mono)] into a low sensitivity circa 83dB loudspeakers with impeda... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? What are the downside of tubes?I think the greatest downside is that some people simply expect too much from tube amps.They want the tubes so they can experience a wonderful liquidity in the mid range - but then are annoyed at the lack of vice lik... | |
| Seeking a "high end" integrated amplifier SeldonAll I'll say is that I'm really happy Thats all that counts Seldon. | |
| Seeking a "high end" integrated amplifier My congratulations to you Seldon. I guess you didn't manage to stay under the $5k (used) target?What else did you audition before you pulled the trigger on the Vitus? | |
| BAT VK-300 vs Gryphon Diablo? No, actually the Gryphon is neutral and if anything slightly on the dark side. | |
| Cable recommendations for ESL speakers Thanks for the input guys. |