lloydelee21
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| I've heard the MartinLogan CLX.... WOW Speaking only for myself, I have listened to the CLX's driven by Krell Evo 600 and 900, MBL 9010 and by Boulder 2060. Without question everyone at the audition far and away preferred the Boulder. As Boulder's flagship? 600 watt Class A amp, it pro... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Thanks Tuboo. I will say on full Class A, the sound does not harden at full volumes. But it will on the lower biases when class B starts to get introduced...just slightly. Of course, once you get to a certain point, it is these very slight changes... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Tuboo,To try to give you a (slightly) more 'objective' sense of the biasing options, I would say that once the volume requirement surpasses the ability to stay in Class A, it sounds like very high quality solid state. There is a slight hardening o... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Hi Tuboo,I have now spent 12+ hours listenin carefully. Answers to questions I have been asked:1. Biasing. I tried low volume at 50%...on pre-amp that goes to 99 and where 71 will deliver volume to punch thru 2 floors of concrete cynderblock to di... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Watch me!...hehehe...Trust me, when I pushed past 71 on the preamp and got my neighbor upstairs, I was trying to see if I could make it feel like a club in my apartment. It worked!...but a little extreme! There's loud and then there's deafening ju... | |
| Seeking a "high end" integrated amplifier Hi Seldon,For your budget, there are some great options. CJ CA200...I have heard the 350amp and it was a musical amp (not quite the purity of tone of a good tube) but good. Depends on your front-end and your own ears. If you are persistent, Grypho... | |
| need amplification help for sonus faber amati Bonjour Daniel,I have the SF Strads and have spent many long months considering my options by careful listening, reading, speaking with great A'Goners (like Downunder above), Tuboo, Mihalis, Schorly and others. I recently acquired a Gryphon Antile... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Ok...almost 3 hours warmed up, and the Gryphon concedes nothing to the CJ...betters it in every way and I loved the CJ for 9 years. Plus it adds a power thru the mid and upper bass that the CJ had no ability to do. Notes:1. The realism has increas... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? So at long last...the Gryphon has landed! She's been running for about 30 min...so far from warmed up. Initial reaction? 1. More detail than my CJ MV60. I now even more fully appreciate how good the CJ was (already left it with London store to sel... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Thanks, Tuboo! I learn every time i read your posts. As for dominus ferox, if you have specific recommendations on other PCs i should consider, please let me know. I am thinking transparent reference, possibly Gryphon's own VIP or Siltech. Your th... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Tuboo,What power cords are your Antileon owning friends using? I have read PAD Dominus Ferox which is my goal. I think Gryphon use Siltech? Someone else recommended Transparent Ref PCs...I do love their reference speaker and interconnects which ru... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Hi Darkmoebius. Thanks for your thoughts! I do not know this product and will look into it. I know that Musical Fidelity has their superchargers which sound like they do the same thing but "supercharging" amps. I do not know the technology but I d... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Hi Tuboo, Downunder and all the many great A'Goners out there who have contributed to this particular forum. After reading, speaking, auditioning a number of great products, I have gone for the Gryphon Antileon. It arrived yesterday and is deliver... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Thanks Tuboo. I agree with your comments about SS v Tubes...ultimately we are looking for what we feel is "real music" (not SS or Tube), and i also agree that the best of each technology do trend towards that singular goal. Beyond that, the ultima... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Thanks, Downunder! I really appreciate your candor and respect your insights. Funny - I have Velodyne DD18 in parallel with my Strads...once again our tastes and systems seem to run a parallel path. I will let you know my own thoughts on the DM100... |