larryi
Responses from larryi
| Santa didnt bring me a $20k linestage He obviously never heard how good those units can sound. | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA Jond, I like vintage iron too. My pushpull 45 runs Accrosound To 330 trannies, my pushpull 349 runs Western Electric 171 iron (input trannies are Western Electric 618). | |
| Harbeth again…or other speakers for acoustic music? A local dealer has the full lineup of Harbeth speakers and I like the sound of this brand, particularly the 30.2 model. He gets great sound with tube amps such as the Synthesis A 40 (KT 66 tube). The alternative to Harbeth he sells is Audio Note... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA I have not heard the Heathkit amp, but, I've heard a number of amps with Peerless trannies, and I am a big fan of the KT66 (and similar sounding 6L6) tube so I bet the amp is quite nice. A good modestly powered tube amp feeding Quad 57s makes for... | |
| Experience with DS Audio Optical Cartridge Systems I attended the Capital Audiofest and noted that the cartridge was used in at least four different setups. I was told by some exhibitors that it sounds good to their ears. I don’t know myself because I was only hearing it in unfamiliar systems, n... | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. It depends on the particular type of component. Something like a streamer is, by its very nature, something that has to be newer than stuff that can be decades old. My speakers I bought somewhere around 2003. But, I switched out the midrange ho... | |
| Rank the top reference DACs you've heard I’ve heard a number on units on the OP’s list and other recommendations in this thread, but, not having heard them in my system, or a system whose sound I “know,” I cannot say any should be deleted or added to this list. It is also hard to discer... | |
| Beautiful Music That Reduce You To Tears I won't say that anything invokes that kind of reaction in me, but, there are some extremely beautiful or otherwise evocative music that I really love: The second movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto Schubert's String Quintet (D. 956) Korngol... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA The meshplate triode tube I am familiar with is the EML 2a3. I ran a quad of these in my Audio Note Kageki amps (parallel single-ended). I like their sound. The soundstage was gigantic, open and enveloping. If someone thought it was a by hyper... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA The 349 is now quite rare and expensive, although there is a reasonably priced drop in alternative (6V6?). The amp also runs 348 as input and driver tubes. Both types now sell for somewhere around $1600 each for used tubes that test “strong.” My... | |
| Room Ceiling Height for 2 channel listening - is taller always better? A friend of mine is in the custom install business and I have helped him with setting up audio systems in various rooms. The most problematic rooms were those with extremely tall ceilings and rooms with large open spaces. It is hard to get decen... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA With the Manley, which sounded better in the setup you heard--the pushpull or single-ended setting? I am pretty much agnostic when it comes to best topology. I've heard quite a number of very good amps employing all sorts of approaches. Betwe... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA Charles1dad, Thank you for pointing out the Manley PSET-PP amp that can operate both topologies,. I do wonder, however, if it can really deliver optimal performance for both types, particularly because of the specific demands for a good SET tran... | |
| Kiseki Purple Heart NS to Dynavector xv-1s ?? I talked with a dealer who knows of a multiple examples of very early demise of Kiseki cartridges. I would personally go with the Dynavector. | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA Nonoise, I agree. Of all the possible alternatives, the one chosen by Masi made the least sense. If there was not enough time for ALL the backmarkers to come around the leaders before the restart, he could have left them all in place, including... |