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| Manley Chinook I have this combination. I use 60db gain and 800 ohms. Soundsmith recommends 470 ohms or higher. | |
| Low Biasing on an ARC Ref75 My understanding is that 65ma adjustment for ARC amps relates to the idle current, not the bias voltage. So if you reduce the idle current, you are not reducing the bias, and the amp will run cooler, not hotter. I don't think this damages the am... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp While I would never claim that line stage preamps are interchangeable, I agree with Kevin Deal where he indicates that most of the top preamps sound pretty good. Roger Modjeski, when addressing my audiophile society, noted that high quality line s... | |
| Vandersteen 5? Pani, I agree with you regarding the reviews but cited them because they raised no obvious defects. Regarding the audition in 5 different setups, I don't challenge what you heard for yourself but it is no useful information for anyone else because... | |
| Vandersteen 5? Doen't disgard the Krell yet. It has received some excellent reviews and is not suddenly going to sound deficient with the 5s. (I have tried some high-end but not megabucks amps with this speaker. You probably won't have any issues.) In any event,... | |
| Vandersteen 5? I own a pair that I bought used. They are superb sounding with Audio Research electronics and do not require a powerful amp. But the fact that they are upgradeable is irrelevant. I would have to pay several times what I paid for the 5s to have the... | |
| Technics SL-1200 goes out of production Strange. I wonder why demand is decreasing. I keep reading about the vinyl comeback. | |
| My Venture into Hifi with Vandersteen Model 1 They are well worth trying out with your tube amps. If it turns out that there is an issue with the speaker, such as a bad driver, replacement parts are readily available from the factory. The later models of the 1 are definitely better than the e... | |
| Have you replaced the batteries inside Vandy 5? Sidssp,Thanks for your post. I have a pair of 5s and it's well past time to replace the crossover batteries. I am looking forward to hearing the results. Yesterday I replaced the batteries in the external low pass-filters. The boxes needed complet... | |
| Vandy 2ce sig versus 3a Bass performance is not the only area where the 3As are better. The 2Ce Sig has a less sophisticated midrange driver than the 3A. Midrange is the heart of the music. The 3A has a more advanced open-back midrange driver using an Alnico magnet. The ... | |
| Vandy 2ce sig versus 3a Yes, the 3A is easily worth the extra $200 or so. The biggest difference is that the 3A has superior bass. Also, the 3A has better drivers. The 2ce Sig II uses the same midrange driver as the 3A but I don't think that that the 2Ce Sig does. | |
| UPS on DC controlled tables? Not the same as a UPS but in the same vein, I have been using an upgraded external power supply.I am using an HP 6200B lab power supply with my DC motor Sota turntable. I bought this because I noticed minor speed variations that my non-audiophile ... | |
| All vandersteen users ? Point taken regarding original poster and the built-in subs. I have used my 60 watt ARC amp exensively with 2s, 3s, and 5s, with roughly the same loudness results. It looks like the rated sensitivity and power recommendations are about the same fo... | |
| All vandersteen users ? Hello unsound,I have Vandersteen 5s and I am powering them with a 60 wpc tube amp. My room is fairly large and I am quite happy with the sound level. I don't agree with the blanket statement made by the dealer. |