lancelock
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| Soundstage Confusion I’m certain your Herron preamp is great but my ZOTL40 really came to life when I added the ZOTL Preamp. The sound stage grew and it just seemed to bring the ZOTL40 to another level. You might say they were made for each other.Lance | |
| Speaker and amp selector box? This is a quality ABX switchhttps://avahifi.com/collections/used-demo-and-quick-ship/products/abx-switch-comparatorLance | |
| Best 6NS7 Preamp for a Pass Labs XA25 amp Aric Audio is great stuff, also Linear Tube Audio Preamp, MZ3 or even the MZ2 would be great. | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? Bee Keeping | |
| van den Hul Colibri, Koetsu Rosewood Signature, SoundSmith Sussurro Mk ii I can’t speak about any of the carts you listed but I absolutely love my Soundsmith Paua MK2 ES | |
| Review: Linear Tube Audio (LTA) "Ultralinear" Amplifier @morganc I own a ZOTL40 and Ultralinear. They are very similar sounding for the most part. Most noticeable is the bass in the Ultralinear is even tighter and deeper which is hard to believe since the ZOTL40 has incredible solid state like bass. F... | |
| Should I sell my DAC I have a Modwright Oppo 205 and you will have to pry it from my cold dead hands. But since I’m consolidating two listening rooms to one, so the wife can have the room, I will sell my Modwright Oppo Sonica DAC/streamer which sounds identical to the... | |
| NEW Cerious Technologies Upgrade - Graphene Matrix Cables No reply from Bob just means he’s busy and will get back eventually. I too need to try an umbilical between my Modwright Oppo and PS9 power supply. | |
| What are you using to drive your Tektons? I have been trying several tube and SS amps that I have acquired over the years. Today I hooked up my ZOTL40 with MZ3 preamp and I have never the Moabs sound so good. I do have some NOS Mullard EL34’s in the ZOTL40. All of these amps sound good b... | |
| Subwoofer location/facing question Acquiring 4 subs solved my problems. I bought Gingko Audios version of the swarm system and it doesn’t just pressurize the room but it expands the soundstage incredibly well. Placement is still important. | |
| LTA Ultralinear vs Pass Labs XA25 I own both LTA amps. The ZOTL40 Ref with the latest upgrades is every bit as good as the Ultralinear. Both are incredible amps. Also, the ZOTL40 is great if you like to tube roll. I have not heard the Pass XA25 but I would love to. | |
| Uptone EtherRegen Im still happy with my EtherRegen. It has improved my digital listening. I just don’t have any similar products for comparison. | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Preamp = emotionless? Try a Linear a Tube Audio MZ2 for a preamp. It’s a bargain. | |
| It’s that time of year- 2020 audio wish list A bigger room | |
| Aric Audio? First Watt? PrimaLuna? @jgoldrick, I run mostly in triode mode. I’m using Sophia Electric EL34ST tubes. I have a quad of KT150 but the EL34 sound the best.Lance |