milpai
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| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp Folks,One question - when I think about tubes and the demos at audio shows it was always some vocals or smokey jazz or classical. But I do occasionally listen (and I am not bashful about it) to Michael Jackson, George Michael, etc - so pop from 80... | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp Thank You @audiothesis and @philipwu @philipwu ,Do you have the Rhythm 1.1 or the 1.2? Like hifiman5, I would like to hear about the differences between your Rhythm and the Rhumba that you previously owned. Now was that Rhumba 1.1 or 1.2? | |
| Proac Response D30 DS @itzhak1969, Congratulations on the new ProAcs. Would love to see your setup here on the Gon. Use moderate volume to break them in. You are in for a treat.I believe your ProAcs have Ribbon tweeters? | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp @bdp24 ,Thank You for letting me know about EAR. I will research a bit and find more information. Yes, who does not know Tim de Paravicino. I do have a few Water Lily SACDs. | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp @axo0oxa ,Yes, I spoke to Andy about the polarity and he did mention that it was correct polarity with the new models. But he did not mention anything about the "true balanced" design for XLR. In fact, if you go to the following page, it mentions ... | |
| Wilson Audio Sabrina . . . I'm smitten. Should I consider others? @kcpellethead,Trust your ears. They heard the music and they belong to you. Your seem to prefer warmth over neutral or cool. This is PERFECTLY fine. If you liked the same speaker twice over the Magicos, then go for them. Don't force yourself to li... | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp @sbank ,Thank You for the reference. It does help to know this detail because reviewers have a different expectations than designers. | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp @jwpstayman , thanks for pointing that. But I managed to talk to Andy at Backert Labs and he answered all my questions. Looks like the new Rhumbas do not do phase inversion issue, since a transformer that they use inside does it (not sure if I put... | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp @1markr ,You are welcome. Good to know that you liked the Rhumba so much, as to not return it.@soix ,You are more than welcome to add to this thread. While I blame Ralph for getting me to start looking into tubes, I want to "wet my feet" first. Th... | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp @david_ten , will try to reach out and discuss with them.@atmasphere , I wanted to make sure that it was not really a generic issue. Backert Labs do mention that all their preamps are single ended, with XLR out. I don't think, for that matter, tha... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? @fleschler ,That is what I told OP on " 07-20-2018 2:29pm". I hope he gives it a shot. | |
| Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday! @chayro ,You meant "burn in"? Hifiman5 does not like breaking anything :-) | |
| Speaker spike feet? OP,I know you are looking for cheaper options. But if the original owner is offering you the original spikes for $400, ignore it and go for GAIA feet instead. | |
| LOUNDSPEAKER FOR $10,000.00 PER PAIR +1 on the ProAc D48R as cmach suggested. I purchased them earlier this year after 2 years of loudspeaker searching. | |
| Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ? Ralph,Thank You for the correction. Obviously I am not a tube guys and hence probably did not get that fact right, when I looked at the Specifications page. http://www.atma-sphere.com/Products/#MP-3So I am assuming that it uses 2 x 6SN7GT and 2 x ... |