laaudionut
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| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K I have previously owned a couple of PSB models, the last being the Stratus Gold, but have heard a couple of Paul's more latest offerings. I can absolutely attest to their ability to turn your listening room into the best sounding, most articulate ... | |
| McIntosh 2.1kw amplifier? Thank you. The room is an acoustic challenge. Candidly, their impact is negligible, but likely better than nothing at all. | |
| McIntosh 2.1kw amplifier? This thread went off the rails a bit sooner than I had expected...always entertaining...informative at times... | |
| Best Options For A Tubed Preamp - $2500 Or Less, Preferably Used To Maximize Value I have stated this on many forums ad nauseam, Aric Audio makes some of the finest tube based gear. | |
| Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp Aric Audio without hesitation! I have the Coda Model 16 paired with the Motherlode and the combination has kept me from chasing the audio dragon for the longest duration in my nearly 30 years of,"upgrades". Call him! | |
| Anyone with Aric Audio experience? If you look, 75% of my Forum responses mention Aric Audio wholeheartedly. I first bought a MM Phono Preamp from Aric years ago and was so impressed with how musical, yet dead quiet it was, I then worked with him to develop and build a bespoke prea... | |
| Tube preamp for pass labs ? I also enthusiastically recommend Aric Audio and his tube preamps! Hell, all his gear for that matter. Before moving to Coda, I paired The Motherlode with a pair of Pass XA60.8's and the results were amazing. I still have not replaced The Motherlo... | |
| I am looking to upgrade - looking for advice I have yet to hear a B&W, (and I too coveted and auditioned numerous models of B&W when I was in the early stages of piecing together my first true audiophile grade set up) that were not overly bright and gave me listening fatigue after on... | |
| I am looking to upgrade - looking for advice Cables aside, my humble prediction is that you will quickly come to the conclusion that the Hegel far outclasses the B&W Speakers and you find THAT is your new priority. | |
| Preamp Shopping - Parasound, ML, McIntosh Aric Audio Motherlode. I cannot recommend him, and his wonderful tube gear, more highly! Call him and I can almost guarantee you will have him build one for you. And you will be within budget... | |
| "Diminishing Returns" Unless a piece of gear that is in place currently completely craps out, I too am satisfied and done chasing the audio dragon! Far too much money and time invested, and now it is time to savor... | |
| Most recent speaker you audited in room and returned? Why did you return it? Vienna Acoustics Liszt. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get any bottom end out of them. | |
| Need an amp upgrade suggestion..... But not the usual upgrade request :-) Start with the speakers. B&W are seldom referred to as,"musical" or "engaging". | |
| Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps? No, after my experience with Pass preamps(XP-20 and XP30), their sterile and lifeless characteristics, I would not compromise any decent amp, tube or sold state, with Pass preamps. My opinion and stated with no offense intended, those still hangin... | |
| Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps? From my own experience, Pass preamps overall fail to meet the characteristics of their excellent sold state amps. In general I have found the tube preamp paired with solid state amplification to be a much better match, as you have noted. |