larryi
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| Would a heavy hand on the volume blow my 845s Also, I may have this wrong, but with a SET, isn't the tube dissipating at maximum when there is NO signal, and is then modulated downward by the signal it is amplifying? | |
| Boulder 2008 A friend has that phono stage and the Boulder line stage in his system. The rest of the electronics, including his DAC, are tube based. I have not heard either Boulder piece in my own system, so it is hard to say with certainty what aspects of the... | |
| SS Pre-Amp / Tube Amp I agree with Audiokinesis. First you pick a speaker you love, then find a great sounding amp that is compatible with your speaker choice. That amp may be a solid state amp if higher power or ability to drive a difficult load becomes an important c... | |
| A 9 watts SET for the Maggies, Heavenly marriage A friend of mine, just because he likes to experiment, put a single-ended 45 amp on his 3.6 maggies. That amp puts out about 1.5 watts and was, of course, WAY underpowered for these speakers. However, he has also run them with a Wyetech SET that u... | |
| Suspended vs. non suspended turntable If one has a suspended wood floor that could cause footfall problems, then a light suspended table would not be ideal. I've seen situations where the footfall causes such tables to go into prolonged oscillation and for the tendency for skipping to... | |
| Euphoric Realism vs. Euphonic Romanticism Exlibris,I have heard one of contending ANJ models, but I don't recall the specific model number. It was a little brighter than a comparably priced ANuk model, but, it was certainly not excessively bright or strident. I liked it a lot.The Epifania... | |
| Euphoric Realism vs. Euphonic Romanticism Exlibris,As you know probably better than most of us, system integration/compatibility and personal taste makes it pretty much impossible to predict how any one recommended component would work for you. I think it is terrific that you are not aski... | |
| Who else wants to keep their system secret? Sometimes it is helpful to have an idea of the kind of sound a poster favors in order to understand what he is saying or what he is looking for when enquiring about components.To me, this is an important reference point when the discussion is abou... | |
| Power amp s for Avantgarde Duos? I've heard, and liked the duos with a number of different amps, such as the Art Audio PX-25 and the Viva Solista. I particularly like it with the Solista. I also heard the Duos with a couple of different OTL amps (one by S.A.P., the other a custom... | |
| Great Cartridge for Graham Phantom I have heard, in a friend's system, the Titan and Orpheus and Phoenix on the Phantom arm. All are very good sounding and a preference will probably depend on taste and differences in other system components. To me, the Phantom is a very well dampe... | |
| For people with experience with Class-A amps I find it interesting that the amp gets hot quicker playing loud. That suggests that it is not a pure Class A amp. With a pure Class A amp, delivering a lot of power to the load (the speakers) would decrease the amount of power the amp dissipates ... | |
| What's that tube you have there? The only way to find what works best in your setup and to your own taste is to try different tubes -- different brands, vintages, and different tubes for different positions in the amp (driver, input tube, phase splitter). Also, the "flavor" of ou... | |
| Graham Phantom vs Triplaner A friend of mine has both a Phantom and a Vector arm on a table drilled for two arms. He has both a Titan i and a Transfiguration Orpheus cartridge. Both cartridges sound terrific on either arm. I would characterize the Phantom and the Vector as v... | |
| tube preamp w/ solid state amp There is nothing inherently wrong with running tube preamp/linestage into solid state or vice versa. Some tube linestages have a high output impedance and should be matched to a linestage with a high input impedance. That is typically the case wit... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective I've heard the EMM and Esoteric in a familiar system (but not at the same time) compared to a system with the Audionote DAC-5 signature DAC (sorry can't recall the transport). On strictly redbook material, the Audionote was distinctly more musical... |