lars
Responses from lars
| Speakers....Epos and up The Epos are good speakers, perhaps superior to Totems in the treble. I believe you should consider better amplification and perhaps evaluate your source(s) and wires before dumping the Epos. | |
| Speakers....Epos and up NAD got me started, but didn't keep me going. I believe you would be far happier moving on. | |
| Speakers....Epos and up I recently replaced a pair of Epos M5s with a pair of Totem Model One Signatures purchased here on Audiogon. Pretty amazing when paired with a small tube integrated and a small subwoofer in a moderately sized room at low to moderate volume levels.... | |
| Naim Supernait vs XS vs Exposure 2010s Glad you know tubes! Does the Cary have enough power to adequately drive the DeVores? Having owned Naim gear in the past, I'm interested in the Naim/Exposure comparison as well. -Lars- | |
| Jolida Hybrid vs. NAD or Rotel Recently, I directly compared my small Jolida 1301 Hybrid (30 wpc) with a mint late model Creek 5350SE (80 wpc) driving a pair of relatively inefficient Totem Model One Signatures in my bedroom system. I kept the Jolida as there was absolutely no ... | |
| Naim Supernait vs XS vs Exposure 2010s I'd say it's time to try some tubes! -Lars- | |
| Jolida 102B vs. 1501a for Triangle Cometes I've heard from a knowledgeable friend, in whose ears I trust, that the 1301 sounds considerably better than the 1501. However, he unequivocally prefers the current, considerably upgraded 102B. It outputs only 20 wpc, but they are tube watts. -Lars- | |
| Jolida 102B vs. 1501a for Triangle Cometes I believe you should also consider the small hybrid Jolida 1301. You'd be amazed by how spacious and musically involving it is. It's so good and so cheap that you could add a small subwoofer if necessary. I'm very satisfied with a Sunfire HRS-8 pa... | |
| Groove Tubes EL34LS vs SED Consider Groove Tube EL34Ms made by Mullard; very dynamic and spatial in my Cary V12R. Another key with this amp is the use of BZ7 input tubes. -Lars- | |
| The Better My System Gets.... It sure is nice to have the option of live vs. fine home stereo. In many ways we truly live better than princes past. -Lars- | |
| 50 WPCish Integrated/Receiver for Apartment The smallest Jolida hybrid integrated with an NAD or Project phono stage is worth considering. | |
| Shindo Auriges vs. Cary SLP98 Another thing: Replace the stock input tubes in your v-12-r with 12BZ7s. Outstanding! You really don't need another amp. | |
| Shindo Auriges vs. Cary SLP98 Direct coupled means there are no coupling capacitors between the gain stage and the output stage. Stock slp-98s have coupling capacitors to mate with a variety of amplifiers. With the v-12 that's not necessary and the sound is better without them... | |
| Who has dumped the power conditioner? I started using and Audience Adept Response-6 a few months ago. I like the sound so much I haven't taken it out of the system. Perhaps I will do so just to verify that my initial impressions were valid. | |
| Shindo Auriges vs. Cary SLP98 Is your slp-98 direct coupled and have you upgraded the 6sn7 tubes? Coupled with my v-12 r, the system seems more dynamic and detailed than it did stock. |