lancelock
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| Is the OPPO-205 worth $3600? It is worth it with the full Modwright tube mods. Mine is outstanding. | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions I love my DI SE but I still want to know how they sound vs the new Encores. Anyone heard both. | |
| Harbeth 30.1 ? The Ultimate Speaker under $5K ? Tommy, If you try out the Tektons go straight to the Tekton Double Impact SE. I traded up from the DI and am very happy. | |
| Who makes the highest quality tube amps? The new Linear Tube Audio "Ultralinear" might be David Bernings best yet. All of the attributes of a tube amp without the transformer noise and bass slam like the best SS out there. | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) My new preamp has has improved the sound of my amp by leaps and bounds. No question that using a preamp in this case is an improvement.https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/#home | |
| NEW Cerious Technologies Upgrade - Graphene Matrix Cables Enjoy Bob, you deserve it and thanks for making world class Cables. | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions @jcarcopo, I owned the AHB2 for a while and it is everything you said, clean, dead quiet and transparent. Then one day a friend brought over his 30 year old Mirror Image Audio amp. A 200 watt amp with the first 30 in class A. This old amp made th... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @snovosel ,For that “much more lively sonic experience“ you might want to hear the DI SE. I feel that’s a good description. I have heard the Spatial Audio M3 Triode Masters during the short time they were at Linear Tube Audio and I agree they are ... | |
| What speaker cable made a major difference in the sound quality of your speakers?? Cerious Technologies Graphene Matrix Cables. Mic drop! | |
| Tekton Double Impacts vs the competition.... @tommypengotti,I have the DI’s and traded up to the DI SE. The DI’s are amazing and It just gets better.I don’t know what state you’re in but I have a friend in DC with a pair he was using for demo amps. They have the upgrades. I good buy for a lo... | |
| Pass Labs XA25 vs LTA ZOTL40 -- Which creates a greater sense of image palpability? I have I have a ZOTL40 if anyone in the central Maryland area has a Pass XA25 I would love to do a comparison.I agree with @dmance that the ZOTL performs on an incredible level. I would add that big gains can be had tube rolling. I believe the ZOT... | |
| New Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL Preamplifer There is unmistakable synergy with the UltraLinear amp and MicroZOTL preamp. This my forever combo. It’s shockingly good.So My curiosity led me to try my old trusty 200 watt SS Mirror Image Audio amp. The Micro ZOTL Preamp definitely adds a spatia... | |
| DECWARE.....ZTPRE anyone have any expeiriance with one ? @jmolsberg, agreed, the MZ2 is incredible. I have 2 of them and need to sell one now that I have the Micro ZOTL Preamp. As someone who has owned both the MZ2 and ZTPre I can say the MZ2 is superior but is single ended not balanced. I did love the ... | |
| DECWARE.....ZTPRE anyone have any expeiriance with one ? I owned the ZT Pre for a while and it was just OK. It wasn’t long before I started looking for another preamp. I just recently got a new Linear Tube Audio Micro ZOTL Preamp and holy crap it’s good. It makes the ZTPre sound like it was made to work... | |
| NEW Cerious Technologies Upgrade - Graphene Matrix Cables For us Cable rollers, the Matrix series are last stop cables. I’m done!Lance |