leotis
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| Looking to move to a Tube Integrated setup I had a PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP with KT150 and choice NOS 12AU7 and it is one unit I'm sorry I let go. Now using LTA Z40+ and there is no comparison IMO. Guttenberg called it the best integrated he ever reviewed and uses it as his referenc... | |
| Biwiring make any sense? I agree with tomic601. The physics is real. I biwired Martin Logan Request, very resolving speakers; biwire one and not the other and moving from speaker to speaker the improved resolution (Norah Jones voice emerging more distinctly from the mix) ... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Had a PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP and it was pretty great especially with the high end tubes that you can't hardly get anymore. Now I have a Linear Tube Audio Z40+ that is incredibly wonderful (especially with the high end tubes that you can't ... | |
| Pass Labs Speaker Choices Nelson Pass uses Tannoy speakers to voice his amps and I can verify that the Cheviot is an outstanding pairing with a Pass INT 25. | |
| Single vs Bi-wire Speaker Cable Contrary to most of the other opinions here, I say biwire works. It's easy to tell the difference if you biwire one speaker and don't the other. Can A/B just by walking from one to the other. Using Martin Logan Request which are highly resolving a... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value Haven't noticed anyone mentioning power conditioner. EquiTech made every component I have perform much better. Single most effective tweak I've come across. (not just any power conditioner will do that however.) | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS I like Lumin U1mini and SBooster with Schitt Yggdrasil. I think SQ/price is hard to beat. | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES MQA is a scam. See expose by Goldensound: | |
| Is an isolation transformer better than a power conditioner? Would clarify that Equitech is "balanced" power transformer. Not conventional transformer. Noise gets canceled by balancing power to +60/-60 instead of +120/0 (not a completely accurate way to describe it). Most of the noise affecting your system ... | |
| Is an isolation transformer better than a power conditioner? I took Charles advice a while back and now run Equitech on 4 systems. Best audio advice I ever got. Huge improvement IMO. (I had tried Shunyata and PS regenerators), There is a reason so many of the big boys use Equitech. https://equitech.com/c... | |
| Tannoy anyone? Cheviot Legacy vs. Stirling GR Yeah. I was expecting continued improvement based on how the tweeter smoothed out over the first maybe 100 hours. Best speaker I have had in that 17' x 25' room in terms of filling the space and sounding great from everywhere in the room. I would ... | |
| Tannoy anyone? Cheviot Legacy vs. Stirling GR I had Cheviot recently and returned them. In part because they were too large for my space. In part because the definition was muddled to my ear. I’m used to Revels with berilium tweeters which give silky smooth very articulate. Was using PrimaLun... | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? Agree with whoever said power. After I tweeked everything else added EquiTech 2RQ. Was blown away. Made a bigger difference than about every other change combined. Don't care how top end your setup is, if you are feeding it noisy AC, your gear is ... | |
| Think ill just go with a lumin Had Lumin T2 but used the USB output to a Yggdrasil DAC. Sounded better to me in the sense of R2R DAC in Yggy vs Delta Sigma DAC in T2. So I replaced T2 with Lumin U1 mini (with Sbooster PS) to Yggy. If you want flexibility U1 (or U1 mini) to DAC ... | |
| Streaming 102 I had a Lumin T2. Wanted a 1 box solution. But my Lumin U1 mini through my Schitt Yggdrasil sounded way better. So I sold the T2. Also ran the T2 through the Yggdrasil and it sounded better that way. It's the difference between an R2R DAC and a De... |