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| What unbalanced ICs to amps... Try Audioquest Cheetah ICs: very natural & mellow; no strident characteristics. I'm using them between a VTL 5.5 tube preamp & M/F XP200 mono block amps. | |
| Tubes for VTL 5.5 Preamp Many thanks guys. Have been considering Amperex tubes for both spots, but may look into the English Mullard & Telefunken range of tubes. Nice systems you guys got; My system: Wadia 301 cdp, VTL 5.5 pre, M/F XP200 mono block amps, Chario speake... | |
| Interconnect set-up from pre to 2 mono-blocks? Thanks Lugnut, and yes, they are a "stereo" pair to mono.With both units having 2 inputs, left & right. The manual doesn't give me any instructions, only the speaker cable set-up. Even my dealer wasn't sure! Their set-up in their store was bi-... | |
| Audioquest Argent? Midnight? Sterling?AudioTruth? I had Midnight & Argent combo, then changed to Sterling & Argent. Argent gives you more tonal quality right through the musical scale. Midnight gives slightly more bass weight.But, yes, Midnight/Argent combo is very good; but the Sterling/... | |
| PS Audio Ultimate Outlet/P300 power cord ? I use my High Current Ultimate Outlets with PS Audio xStream power cords with very good results. | |
| Wadia direct into amp, Sound a bit too lean?? Hi Jerry, yes, I too have experienced the same result: thin, bright sound. The soundstage also became slightly compressed with direct mode opeartion. I'm using the Wadia 301 & M/F XP-200 mono blocks. Auditioned a VTL 5.5tube preamp and the "pr... | |
| Amp for Shahinian Obelisks? Check out a SA102 Plinius power amp. | |
| Tube Pre-amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6 I suppose the hi-fi term is called "timbre".The VLT 5.5 was giving me a "truer facsimile of the real thing"; vocals & instrumentation sounded more real/true.The 5.5 was far more open; had more "air" in between the instruments, etc. Hope this h... | |
| Tube Pre-amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6 I originally had the VTL 2.5 pre, but quickly upgraded to the VTL 5.5 pre. More open, detailed, tonally superior. Though I'm not running the 3.6s, but using the smallerMMGs. System: Wadia 301, VTL 5.5 pre, M/F XP200 mono blocksand MMGs. Hope this ... | |
| Cyrus amps - what do they sound like? Is anyone running Cyrus Mono X amps? Good and back pointsappreciated. | |
| KRELL KCT pre is it matching with my Plinius sa102 Hi Kops, I'm currently using a VTL 5.5 tube pre with a SA 102 amp...a great combination when driving my MMGs. | |
| Wadia 302 CD Player- Into power amp directly ? For what's worth, I'm using a 301 with a tube VTL 5.5 pre and a Plinius 102 power amp. And to my ears that's the best option. Í tried the "direct" option, and the sound lost some of its weight, soundstaging was flatter and became a little brighter... | |
| Best Redbook player with XLR outs How about auditioning Wadia's 302 player. | |
| Van den hul The Second Ultimate XLR Cheers, and yes, thanks for the correction, it's just The Second! Will look use some between my VLT pre and Plinius 102 power amp. | |
| Interconnect between VTL tube pre and Bryston amp Try Audioquest Cheetah. Been using that with a VTL 2.5 pre and a Plinius 102 power amp with great results. |