michael_moskowich
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| Bel Canto Ref 1000 vs. Spectron Musician III Mk 2 Hello Kiwi,About an year and a half ago, I also posted the same question as you did (my speakers are WATT/Puppy 8 soon to be replaced by Sasha, most power hungry speakers in Wilson line).The same Ajackson urged me not to buy Spectron, the same Rad... | |
| Joule Elektra 150 MK ii v Jeff Rowland Synergy 2i "....price wise one cannot compare the LA 300 to the Jeff Rowland "Its not exactly true statement. I paid for my Capri quite a bit and Joule-Electra have many promotions.At worst, instead of LA-300 you can get LA-150 SE as Coxhous did and you will... | |
| Joule Elektra 150 MK ii v Jeff Rowland Synergy 2i I owned Jeff Rowland Capri preamp and was rather happy with it. However, when I got Joule-Electra LA-300 preamp I learned what "sonic paradise" is all about.... No comparison between two. These both preaamps are similar to that you asked.Mike | |
| Spectron vs Parasound vs Cary vs ? Ajackson: What speakers do you have?I am asking it because B&W802, referenced in original question, are very power hungryThank youMike | |
| Bel Canto S300 driving Gallo 3.1s FYI only Anthony Gallo develops his speakers (and show them at CES and RMAF) with Spectron amplifier.I learned that Gallo will show its Ref.3.5 speakers at RMAF 2010 with Spectron again but with some change.Mike | |
| Spectron RS Signature speaker cable auditioning Hello Coxhous: Watt/Puppy are not bi-wireable so I use only one set of RS Signature.Sorry, I can't help you except to note that Spectron Signature jumpers are very expensive because they use 8 ultra expensive Bochhino spades and/or BananasMike | |
| Spectron vs Parasound vs Cary vs ? I don;t want to say a bad word regarding NuForce or any other amplifier in the world but you must be aware that your B&W802 need huge amount of power to utilize them FULLY. I have had very similar story with my Watt/Puppy 8 and only when I bou... | |
| Class "D" amp? I do not have a clue. Do you? "Switching power supplies generate high frequency noise that is easy to filter out and non audible. For this reason Rowland uses switching supply in Capri preamp and he is very noise conscious guy (he used batteries in preamps). "Hello Kijanki. By... | |
| Class "D" amp? I do not have a clue. Do you? "Ref1000 can drive 2ohm delivering 40A " That means that its peak voltage is 40x2 = 80 volts. Its not bery good!With medium efficiency speakers the MEASURED peak voltage is above 100v. This why Spectron amps have peak voltage of 240 volts (to cove... | |
| Spectron RS Signature speaker cable auditioning RS Signature cable is simply SPECTACULAR addition to my Spectron monoblocks running WAT/Puppy 8. First that striked me was its three-dimensionality and instrument separation. I never suspected that my Wilson can throw such huge soundstage. Yes, ba... | |
| Joule Electra LAP 150, Noisy? I have Joule-Electra preamp and I am immensely happy with its performance. The best I ever owned or auditioned. Its much more silent then my previous transistor preamp, Capri by Jeff Rowland. My speakers are 92 dB.I agree with Pubul57 that only pa... | |
| Praise for Spectron Hello Zybar,OTL versus non OTL depends mainly on the speakers the amp is matched. I heard Joule-Electra OTL with Merlin and it was, indeed heavenly sound but OTL will not work well with my own speakers, W/P 8 due to sharp impedance drop and Spectr... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 and ModWright KWA150 Hi Zybar,Yes, you are correct. While I do stand by my writing but I have toi admit an error: instead of "Semi" I wrote "Zybar" and vice-versa.As I said I love sound of OTL amp when speaker can be matched appropritely. What is rather strange for me... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 and ModWright KWA150 "Tube-like to me means: Dimensionality of images, bloom and decay, a sense of instruments actually present... "According to these criteria Spectron is the best "tube-like " ss amplifier I auditioned or owned. (There are very few other ss amps stan... | |
| Praise for Spectron The people there are very customer support oriented. I need once small repair and it was done "overnight!!!"Also, the quality of equipment is superb. I still cannot undertsand why it is not praised as most expensive and best audio equipment we hav... |