mitch2
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| Impedance Matching Preamp/Amp Assiance Pls? It is not unusual for tube preamps to greatly exceed their reported (at 1K hz) output impedance at lower frequencies. This can be heard as a bass roll off with some match-ups, usually into SS amps with input impedance below about 20K. John Atkinso... | |
| Which tubed pre to "flesh out" my mids??? I personally didn't care for the Joule, and the CAT is unlikely to "flesh out my mids," although with the CAT your bottom will be tighter than Halle Berry's. That CAT Ultimate II is a pretty nice preamp, and threw the absolute best bass I ever hea... | |
| BAT Vk-51 SE vs Aesthetix Calypso I chose to keep the Lamm LL2 in a head to head comparison in my system vs. the VK51SE (I owned both at the same time). I did not really care too much for the Calypso, but owned it before the other two. I believe I chose a VTL 5.5 over the Calypso,... | |
| Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around Considering your power needs, Lamm M2.1 or newer M2.2 amps should work very nicely - basically solid state monos with a single 6922 tube in the input stage. | |
| shipping heavy amps - Canada to US? Thanks again everyone. The seller and I are currently exploring options that might be a win/win for both of us. I did receive a much better response when I called BAX today, compared to the information I was given on the website. On the website, i... | |
| shipping heavy amps - Canada to US? Thanks guys so far, lots of good points (and some disappointing ones), but nothing to really run with. It seems that driving them across is the recommended best option, but both the seller and I are hours from the border, so with gas and drive tim... | |
| BAT VK-D5 SE CD player So, Larryken, how would you compare your Raysonic with the BAT? I have been considering the VK-D5 SE to mate with my VK-51SE preamp, but I am not convinced it would beat my Lector. I would be interested in hearing about dimensionality; midrange li... | |
| Bi-wire v's single with jumper leads. At the end of the day, it all comes together at the amp. Vandersteen as noted above, and DIY'er Jon Risch over at AudioAsylum recommend bi-wiring when the HF/LF crossover boards are totally separated, and they each give reasons why bi-wiring is a ... | |
| SS or Tube Preamps with Dual-Balanced outputs BAT VK-51SE, check classifieds. | |
| Power Cable DIY - need advice Anyone compare either of those to the Flavor 4? | |
| Quality Cheater plug?? Try the humx;wwwdotebtechaudiodotcombackslashhumxdesdothtmlemail me privately | |
| Lector CDP 7 Mk I, II or III ? That was a strong statement, and my point was simply that IMO the MkIII for $2,100 is a great deal. I have been thinking about trying other players, but dispite months of looking at options, every time I listen to my system with the Lector I think... | |
| Lector CDP 7 Mk I, II or III ? I have owned the CDP 7TL MkII and two MkIII's, either of which should sound better than the MkI. Lector made improvements from the MkI to the MkII in the power supply, chassis damping, and top drawer slider. The only difference from MkII to MkIII ... | |
| Rig building - When or Why, do you change devices? My buying and selling is pretty much exactly as posted by Tvad above. I have found that sometimes an upgrade of one component requires changing another to maintain synergy, sort of an endless loop. | |
| Good Copper IC's for 2.5M RCA pre to amp? Thanks again guys. For now, things seem to sound good with Purist Aqueous Anniversary (1M)from source to preamp, and Purist Venustas (3M) from pre to my Cary 500MB monos. I have been trying different speaker cables after selling my Venustas bi-wir... |