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| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Okay, Grant Green, Idle Moments is my next purchase.Thanks for the recommendation. You know, the fun part of this is that I can actually borrow equipment from my favorite store in San Diego and they let me take it home for extended listening. I ma... | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Please tell me you kept your ML 23.5. That is one amp that I would not get rid of. I would keep it even if I bought other equipment. I've heard it many times, and it was a very good, wonderful amp. Hmmm, four VTM 120 monos huh? Well, the Martin Lo... | |
| The audio research arc line- from top to bottom. Unless you are set on a REF 5, I would investigate the REF 3. It is very good. Also, an SP15 or SP11 with new tubes would make you smile.enjoy | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Rrog; Oh I'm there all right. I don't have a tube vs. solid state bias. I have listened to many amps over the years and built up my system. I am not in the amp of the month club and don't change because some "new and better" amp came around. Becau... | |
| Arm for SOTA? I have owned a Star Saphire for years with an SME IV arm that is wonderful.enjoy | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Find a used Mark Levinson 23 or 23.5 or 27.5 and you are there. I have an Audio Research REF 3 pre-amp that goes to two AR VTM 120 Monoblocks for the upper panels of my Monolith IIIs and a Mark Levinson ML3 for the bass drivers. I also use an ultr... | |
| Ground source hum Please do not float any ground. I understand your situation, but floating grounds is quite simply defeating the circuit protections designed to save your life. You are now a better ground than house ground because it isn't there anymore and you ar... | |
| Can you ever have too powerful amp for speakers? The gain of an amp does not change. It will amplify the signal exactly the same regardless of the level of the signal, or it will try to. So an amp rated 200 WPC into 8 resistive ohms, with an input sensitivity of say 1 volt would give an output v... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. Never say never. I have auditioned some very nice equipment, tube and solid state and I can tell you in my humble opinion, that one typically becomes comfortable with certain sound and distortions. The amps are not reproducing the electronic signa... | |
| Modern Jazz Pianist recommendation take a listen to Eliane Elias plays Bill Evans. It was absolutely wonderful. enjoy | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. I'm sorry. Who is Ralph? I would like to read his papers on the subject. Thanks,To touch on a subject mentioned earlier. as long as we are using solid state/tube devices, wires, capacitors, inductors, etc. we will have propagation delay, distortio... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. Amazing and very interesting discussion. Please keep in mind that there are several lines of thought regarding amplifier design. 1) the amplifier is designed to drive specific loads, 2) look like an open circuit (impedance wise) so that it does no... | |
| Tube Monoblock location? - Rack or near speakers? Thanks for the question Cooljazzcat (great name). There really isn't a quick and dirty answer or correct or wrong answer to your question about maximum cable length. it depends on 1) how well the electronics were designed and built, 2) quality of ... | |
| Tube Monoblock location? - Rack or near speakers? Thanks for the question Cooljazzcat (nice name). The general rule in electronics is to minimize the cable length if you are concerned about losses (power) and phase shifts due to the reactive impedence caused by the inductance and capacitance of t... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. I have played classical violin for years, listened to live unapplified music and applified music. Jazz, Rock, R&B, classical, etc. One first must have a good idea what the music is suppose to sound like, and even then, you don't know how it wa... |