kiwi_1282001
Responses from kiwi_1282001
| Magtech Amplifier Hi Brrgrr. How hot is very hot? Have you measured the tempurature? Can you touch the top cover without getting burnt? While I have not tried the Magnapan 3.7 in my own system, I have auditioned them twice in dealer systems. They are not an especia... | |
| Magtech Amplifier Hi Brrgrr,You may have seen my review comments HERE (Post #65) about the Magtech running cool.The Magtech runs cool because its transistors have an extremely linear transconductance function and therefore do not require much bias to eliminate cros... | |
| Mini-monitors $5,000 - $10,000 I believe it has already been mentioned four times above - and sorry to be repetative - but Raidho surely ranks as one of the best monitors available. For your budget you could collect a brand new X-1 or a second hand C1/C-1.1.Do try them. | |
| Tube rolling Cary SLP-05 Hi Dave,I also replaced my 5AR4. The stock item was a SINO 5AR4. I replaced it with a no-frills (US$12) Sovtek 5AR4, with good results.As to the question of balanced vs. unbalanced inputs I believe the result depends on the rest of the system. If ... | |
| Tube rolling Cary SLP-05 Nice story. Where did you source the cryo 6sn7s from and would you be able to share how much you paid?I also own the Cary pre and think highly of it. I did not consider the stock tubes bright but that could be a system related observation. | |
| Benefits of dedicated lines for amp performance Nice prose. | |
| Rogue's new Sphinx integrated. Anyone audition it? I purchased one sometime back just out of interest really. For a torture test i connected it to a low sensitivity's and low impedance (down to 3 ohm) ESL speakers. I didn't expect much and was very surprised to find the Sphinx drove the ESL speake... | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 announced Bo1972,I have noticed that in just about every thread generated on Nordost over the past year you have jumped in to tell folks that you sold Nordost cables for the past 9 years and run 100's of tests with them -- and now you find Audioquest is bet... | |
| Magtech Amplifier 11-06-13: DrubinThat's a great review, Kiwi_1282001. Thanks Drubin -- its a great amplifier! | |
| Magtech Amplifier I am presently using both Sanders Magtech and Sanders ESL MKII stereo power amplifiers. They replaced European amplifiers which were 3x the price. I was so impressed I penned a user review that can be found HERE . The secret about how good these a... | |
| Raidho D1 audition Hi Apdoc2004,Congratulations on the purchase of the Raidho C1.1's. I know you were also considering the Magico Q1, TAD CR1 and Dynaudio C1.Re your question on cables - I will send you a separate message. | |
| Raidho D1 audition Hi Dracule1,Yes, there seems to be a thought collective out there subscribing to the notion that accuracy equals a ruler flat anechoic frequency response from 20Hz to 20 KHz.Objectively this may be true  but there is a world of difference betwee... | |
| Raidho D1 audition Hi Dracule,I think you make some valid points. Taken alone, a measurement of frequency response provides little more than an indicator of the spectral-balance; which, although an important audible parameter, is hardly an accurate indicator of over... | |
| room makes or breaks Two quotes I love and completely agree with are:Youve got the sound system to die for but a listening room thats killing you. Rives AudioThe room is the first thing we start with and the last thing we think about. UnknownMy thesis is that th... | |
| Raidho D1 audition Hi Nvp, In reply to your note:First, for a comparison between the Raidho C1.1 and D1 I linked Boon (who asked) to the page on my blog that covered that. Just scroll down to post #116. Not too hard for you I hope? The post was way too wordy to cut ... |