leotis
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| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? @folkfreak Thank you for clarification. I have 4 separate rack mount ETs running 4 separate systems so no risk for the difficulties you encountered.BTW previously had PS Powerplant PPP. Could only use on front end. Not enough power for amp. Cleane... | |
| Prima Luna Integrated - EL34, KT88, KT150, Brimar AU - My experience OK, you convinced me to try the Cifte.Just the 2 middle tubes for now. (= $290 out the door. Ouch!) Got the extra 4 Brimar a couple weeks ago for the outer tube positions, but liked it better with the Mullard I already had. Am thinking all Cifte m... | |
| Prima Luna Integrated - EL34, KT88, KT150, Brimar AU - My experience I think the hard edge is in part due to ultralinear mode. Try triode and it will take the edge off. I have that amp and initially ran it ultralinear because I thought my Revels needed power. Tried the Brimar and thought they were a little bright a... | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? folkfreak: curious to know why you say balanced power is more trouble than it is worth. I have 4 systems all using EquiTech balanced power and have had no trouble at all. ET lowers noise floor 16dB on average so it allows you to really hear the mu... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? As far as Oppo direct to Amp, I am told by someone who should know that the digital volume control on the Oppo produces a signal that is not lossless. I tried Oppo to amp a couple years ago and it sounded better with the preamp (Classe SSP-800) in... | |
| Full-Range to Monitors As usual, I agree with Eric.Newest issue of TAS has a Harley review of JL Audio F113 v2. With a sidebar about how to time align a sub. Time alignment is crucial. JL’s auto EQ is excellent. Proper EQ and time alignment make all the difference. I su... | |
| Speakers least affected by room acoustics No disrespect. After all you are the Audio Doctors! (and I am merely a physician, haha.) Never the less, I would say that with a dipole the sound perpendicular to the panel is canceled because of opposite polarity. So less side wall pressure and l... | |
| Speakers least affected by room acoustics +1 for directional speakers.Will make a difference.Electrostats like MLs send less energy toward the ceiling. | |
| Hearing loss , speakers or headphones ? Do you have hearing aids?Good hearing aids will stream Bluetooth from a variety of devices. iPhone included. With lossless files might sound decent.Or listen to whatever speaker you like with the hearing aids. My wife loves music and some Oticon h... | |
| Wide dispersion + high efficiency + detail + coherence in a speaker? Coherence and dispersion = Revel. But not efficiency. Efficiency plus coherence maybe Goldenear Triton; anything with the powered woofer (3+ and up). No efficient speaker with coherence and dispersion comes to my mind. Zu may be efficient and quas... | |
| Falling out of love for my Gallo Strada 2’s (long) Martin Logan Montis discontinued. Can find a deal somewhere probably. Saw a pair on Craigslist for like $4200. but that's pretty rare. Woulda bought em if I didn't already have a pair! The Ethos can be found pretty cheap also. You will not regret ... | |
| Belles Virtuoso or PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium HP +1 PL Dialogue Premium HP Int. Called Upscale considering separates and Kevin talked me into the Integrated. For the price difference vs SQ difference a much better value. A little tube rolling (KT 150 /Mullard CV 4003) and I doubt anyone would b... | |
| I need some advise on a shipping disaster. PayPal helped me out on a bad transaction once. Worked out well. UPS lost a receiver on me once. Got a refund, though I had to hassle with eBay a bit. The receiver showed up a month later, looking a bit beat up.UPS lost a subwoofer on me once. Sel... | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp PrimaLuna HP with KT 150 tubes in ultralinear mode puts out almost 100W.Drives my Revel F206 (88dB sensitivity) no problem even in triode mode.Haven't tried other suggested amps, but pretty happy with the PL. Especially with Mullard CV4003 and KT... | |
| Classe Audio rises again Yay! |