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| Promitheus and Wyred4Sound The new Musical Fidelity M6PRX also seems to have some great specs. But I have seen many folks 'goners not much happy with Musical Fidelity product. The M6PRX is a bit out of budget though:http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/M6-Series/M6PRX/M6... | |
| Promitheus and Wyred4Sound The input sensitivity would be 1.5V as per W4S. Infact when I asked if the sensitivity can be made to 1.5V, they mentioned that the gain would then be 54dB.You are right, I am more concerned about flexibility and I need more headroom (in case). Wi... | |
| Promitheus and Wyred4Sound Yes Clio09, that is what I am thinking. W4S did mention that they can double the gain to 54db. The question is, will this sensitivity change make any negative impact on sound quality?W4S also mentioned that with the current configuration of the SX... | |
| Promitheus and Wyred4Sound Plato,I think of it as "hot rodding" rather than your analogy :-). But your point is well taken. The reason for SX-1000 is for future upgrades and I think a high powered amp will drive the Quads well. I believe when you say that the W4S amps are t... | |
| Signal Cable Silver Ref XLR Don't know about XLR, but I use RCAs from CD->TVC->AMP and have never ever thought about any other system. My entire connections are Signal Cable. I understand from some folks that they equal to Nordost SPMs, which are supposed to be superb ... | |
| Vinyl and SACD rule when it comes to... Yeah Dmc, right..... my non-audio friends said the same thing. CDs pushed them away from music. So now they all buy vinyl and nothing else. And suddenly all of them became audiophiles. Really!!!! :-))) | |
| SACD...around $3500? Just a suggestion - why not go for a used Marantz SA-7S1 or Cary 306 Professional? A great review here: http://www.10audio.com/marantz_sa-7s1_cary_306pro.htmI wish I had the resources to get one of them. | |
| Amp rec needed for Quad 21l2 NAD C372 as suggested above will be a very good match. I have heard rave reviews about the Naim. Also there are couple of Creek 5350SE up for sale that could go very well with the Quads. You can also try a used NAD M3.BTW, you have a great loudspe... | |
| Passive preamp vs. powered Tholt,Dude you beat me to the post. I was about to post my reply and saw that you already mentioned the TVC. You are damn right about the TVC. I use the Promitheus Ref C-Core and it is everything I wanted. When mated with a proper amp, the combina... | |
| Upgrade from Quad 11L? I completely agree with Guido, since I have the Quad 21L. I recently upgraded my preamp and you cannot believe what a difference it has made in my system. I believe that the more powerful an amp you give the Quads, the better they will sing - of c... | |
| PSB Stratus Silver i vs. new Image/Imagine series? The PSB Stratus Silver i are very nice speakers regardless of age. When fed with a nice source and amp they sound amazing. I heard them about 9 years ago at a audio show, when they were paired with a pair of Krell mono-blocks and a CD player I don... | |
| Passive Preamps Tholt,no need to apologize. I was not aware of the significance of these measurements till I asked these same questions to a GURU on this forum. He has explained in detail about the TVC and the attenuation it does to the incoming volts. Send me a ... | |
| Passive Preamps I second Tholt on the Promitheus TVCs. One more point I would like to add is that in case of TVC the amp's input sensitivity is VERY important. With a TVC, the input sensitivity of a power amp better be below 1.5V. With this n mind, there is absol... | |
| Rotel vs NAD James_lipski/Hieule5,When I mentioned NAD warmth, I meant it w.r.t. Rotel's cool character. When I auditioned Rotel, I felt they emphasized "treble" too much. For me, NAD is really neutral. | |
| promitheus refernce TVC suitable for X-LPS V8 gain Acuscott,The Denon with 2V will be fine. But I doubt about X-LPS with 350mV. The sensitivity of the Rotel (1.5V) is just about OK for a TVC. The higher the sensitivity (lower numbers) of an amp, the better it matches with TVC. Please check with Pr... |