lissnr
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| sweet, euphonic, reasonably powerful tube amp? For fear of making even more generalities here we all have our deserved experience based opinions but lets dabble a bit more with [hopefully] more of these and not our pre-conceived notions. As stated above, circuit design can significantly extrac... | |
| sweet, euphonic, reasonably powerful tube amp? Circuit design is an obvious variant but apples to apples I have found that the EL-34's have a seemingly more inherent midrange richness than the 6550's or even KT-88's My experience is based on my last tubed monos, the VTL MB-125's which are 4 x ... | |
| Subwoofer integration with Silverline Sonata MK111 Until recently I was running a Sonata 2 with my Rel Stadium 2. Jax has good points, settings will be different with these slightly different models (The Sonata 2 used 2 x 10"s) as well as your room but you should get a SPL meter to help. By ear, i... | |
| EL34 Lovers? PubulI started into tube amps with a Jolida SJ-302A integrated just to get my feet wet, it was 50 wpc using 4x EL-34's total and I really thought it was a nice sounding unit and a great value. After that I was curious about the Hovland but it was ... | |
| EL34 Lovers? VTL MB-125. A phenomenal overall performer which showcases the EL-34's at their best. Any brand of tube you choose. Awesome amp. | |
| ARC ls26 vs.SF Line-3/se "This question has been asked before on Audiogon and many owners have vouched for the reliability of their SF L2/3." You said it Semi... if this is the point where all the SF L2/3 owners come in to back you on this, consider it done; there are pl... | |
| Signal Power Cord with digitial components I have the Signal cable digital reference pc on both my transport and processor. Significant improvement over stock and a steal for the price. Quieter backgrounds, cleaner, yet richer, less digital artifacts... all the buzz words we use for improv... | |
| Walker Audio- High Definition Links- anyone I've been using them for years, As above, put them on, you'll like the improvement , take them off for a listen and it'll be brief, they go back on. More natural, less extraneous "stuff". Well worth it. | |
| bi-wire speaker cables with single wire spkeakers I guess I've been living dangerously for a long time now. I also stack my bi-wire cables but am careful not to move my speakers at all, never walk near my cables (they're not in a traffic flow area), and I'm sure to really tighten my binding posts... | |
| ESS speakers synergise with valves? Yes Dave, The 8" Eminense woofers are on that OCS site, the 10" passive radiators I'm going to leave "as is" for now because I had replaced those previously (Only concern was whether the surrounds/edges were deteriorating or not, but they seem OK)... | |
| ESS speakers synergise with valves? Hi Dave, Yes, Mine are the 8" woofers and they do have the Eminense woofers in that size. My passive radiators are 10" across (only about 8" or so of actual driver size). My only concern with them was whether the surrounds are drying out at all or... | |
| ESS speakers synergise with valves? Thanks Dave, I've now put that site on my favorites list and I'll be picking up those woofers soon. I may have to call to speak with them about the passive radiators though. Thanks for the insight! | |
| ESS speakers synergise with valves? I have 35+ year old PS-8A's which I've been meaning to revitalize again. The woofers are shot but the passive radiators had been replaced awhile back. The Heil air motion transformers look OK but we'll see (why shouldn't they be?) I have a Fischer... | |
| AES Cary Sixpacs and Silverline Audio Sonata III What's your room size and how far are you sitting from them? | |
| Surge protection for SF Line 3 I have had consistently good service from the MIT series line conditioners. I started with the Z-center for all my front end components (amps were plugged directly into the wall), including my SF Line 3 and it has been synergistic and effective. A... |