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| Sterophile's not so nice review of Bryston Gotta agree with Cmalak. One way magazines get around it is to pre-screen products and then only review those products that are going to get either a positive, or very positive, review. Since the advertisers primarily fund the magazines, and certa... | |
| McCormack DNA 500 vs DNA 225 upgraded In my above post, I reference a thread which should have been titled:"McCormack DNA-225 Platinum Edition Upgrades"(without the word "amplifier" after it) In that thread, the reviewer/poster states;I would recommend a transformer-based passive or v... | |
| McCormack DNA 500 vs DNA 225 upgraded I have heard pretty much the same thing Cmach posts above from Steve McCormack. However, your question is pretty much answered in posts made by Steve in a thread titled;"McCormack DNA500 and DNA2"You might also want to check out a thread titled;"M... | |
| Quick poll How long have you been in this hobby? 1973 with a Fisher set-up (not one of the classics). I will not count 6th grade in 1968 when my buddies and I bought transistor radios that we hid in our desks and ran the ear jack wires up the sleeves of our shirts so we could listen to Cream, et... | |
| Aerial 8b's to Aerial 9's Never owned the 8b's, but I have had the 9's here for several years with no intent to upgrade. Even at 90dB, the 9's are 4 ohm speakers (with a dip to 3.2) so they need some juice to sound their best. I would suggest a minimum of 100wpc @ 4ohms tu... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? Suikang, The output impedance of the Cary SLP-05 preamp is only 400 ohms not 400K or 400,000 ohms. The input impedance of the Rogue M150 is indeed 200K ohms or 200,000 ohms, which is 500 times the ouput impedance of the SLP-05. Many say the ratio ... | |
| AZ Absolute VS PAD Venustas I have not compared the two head to head, but I can provide feedback on the Venustas since I have owned both the interconnects and speaker cables, which have similar traits.I recently sold 2 sets of Venustas IC's and a set of speaker cables that I... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. I really like the sound of tubes, but for now, for simplicity and low noise, I am satisfied with SS Clayton Class A amps and TEAD Vibe/Pulse preamp, which are the opposite of "thin and lifeless." I do have a tubed output stage in my CD player, but... | |
| Saw the Gregg Allman band last night. They have been a favorite of mine forever. I have seen him twice. Unfortunately, the night I saw him with ABB he appeared to be sick or something and Dickey Betts had to carry the show - it just wasn't the same and I was very disappointed. I later... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Kijanki, you say;"I re trimmed my Satoris with new spades and discovered that wire has inside isolated strands (9 I think) + 1 strand that is not solid but has inside again 9 very small strands."and I found from the AZ website;An incrementally la... | |
| How to match preamp and power amp? Ok, I am going to borrow from Wikipedia, and also add some things I have found to work.If you think of your preamp as a source, and your power amp as a load, then you may consider that maximum power transfer can occur when the output impedance of ... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? I made a recent switch from Lamm M1.1 hybrid (100wpc pure Class A into 8 or 4 ohms - unlike M2.1 or 2.2 which switch to AB at certain power levels) amps to Clayton M200 SS amps. I am quite happy with this lateral move. Both are Class A so the heat... | |
| Pure Class A shootout Others to consider are Lamm M1.2 (a hybrid Class A monoblock design with only one 6922 tube per amp), and Clayton M200 or M300, both fully Class A and SS with either 200/400 or 300/600 wpc into 8/4 ohms, respectively. | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? I have owned both of those amps. The McCormack is good but may not provide enough of the type of sound you are used to. Also, be very careful when matching tube preamps with SS amps. The McCormack has an input impedance of only 10K ohms and you wa... | |
| Personal amp evolution I have been through a few more, so an upgrade....Fisher Receiver- not one of the classics :(Sansui Receiver- worked great and got me through college NAD3140 Integrated - a classic, still powers my garage systemNAD2150 Bridged w/3140(still works gr... |