mahandave
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| 60 WPC sufficient power? The question should be, is there a better 60 watt amp for my speakers out there? 60 watts is plenty period. A BEL 50 watt amp will blow the speakers apart without breaking a sweat. So will many other amps with high current. Also amps under the 100... | |
| SupratekHovland? Yup, The only other audiophile I know in the area was kind enough to let me listen to his and I also had recent experience with the Hovland. I have absolutly no interest in owning a tube pre as I have an AyreK1x and tube amps. But I do have strong... | |
| McIntosh MC2102 tube or MC402 solid state amp. as a owner of the 2102, not a chance, it hardly drives maggies (3.6). Though it is totally stable into the 2 ohm load, you will be not happy with the volume output. Even two in mono would be a test. | |
| Pass Labs X-1 -vs- Ayre K-1X Preamps I shopped at AudioConsultants. They sell both brands. The Ayre was my choice by far. This wont help you much as if I had a different system, mabe the Pass would have been better?? But in my system, the only similar performance was in the quietness... | |
| Atma-Sphere with Gilmore on HE 2004 I have to mention that it is not the amps also-absolutly not possable!!! But I don't want to bash those speakers just that it's not a good match. The speakers are very low sensitivity and probably have a hard impedance curve to boot. That fine if ... | |
| Parasound JC1's vs. Sim Audio W10 I look at the back of the Parasounds and see the cheapest plastic 5way binding posts and wonder what else is junk inside if thats the quality on the outside? the Sims are pure quality but you can do better musiclly. A McCormack DNA 500, Belles Ref... | |
| $4000 to spend on a SS power amp - help me choose I'm doing the same price range and my short list is the Belles Ref.150 (2 in mono) or the BEL mk5 (current version) thats Brown Electronics Labs. Have heard good things about the Gamut amps. it's insane to buy without hearing the actuall amp in yo... | |
| To preamp or not to preamp? The only pro to going passive is saving money period. If your budget is over 4grand then even the best passive company out there agrees and promotes that active is allways better. Check out placette audio for conformation of the concepts at work h... | |
| Suggested tube amp with First Sound Deluxe? The Deluxe is very dynamic- Cary is easy going but might be livened up by the Deluxe. I would be very interested in that combo as I also have a very dynamic preamp and am looking for a tube amp. Mabe the VTL 150's would show off the dynamics of th... | |
| best of two worlds...any preamp suggestions? Add the Ayre k1x preamp to your list , it's the best I have ever heard including ARC II,BAT 51,ML,VTL and many others. It is as musical as the CJ Art! minus the glow. Thats all that needs to be said except it has way better dynamics than the CJ. T... | |
| Preventing marks on chassis of my CD player use cork sheets or cutouts that you can buy from home depot or any hardware store. The felt pads in the same section should do well also. | |
| Looking for a cd player with analog or digital vol better to buy a placette passive and use a regular cd player through the fixed outputs!!! This will be better than any volume control thats inside any cd player. This is comming from a die hard active person and so I am not biased on the passive s... | |
| BelCanto eVo2 vs Plinius SA102 vs Pass X-150 I sold my SA102 to get the BelCanto Evo2(2)for mono. A huge step up in musicality and (irrelavant) no more heat. It is amazing what these digital tripath type amps can do- it's like going single ended tube with all the solid state bass you could w... | |
| What is amp's watts-per-channel exceeds speaker? My speakers handle 150watts and I use BelCanto Evo's in mono rated at 400watts into 8ohms and 750watts into 4ohms-the concept works perfect! I probably use about 25watts(yes just 25 no typo) max at all times so am I wasting power?-absolutly not as... | |
| Does balanced interconnect sound beter than RCA? I have an all ballanced system so I am not biased when I say that it is absolutly a non issue in most cases. If you have a ballanced piece of equipment, it may sound identical going through the ballanced or single ended/it may sound better going t... |