mitch4t
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| solid state amps matched with tube pre amp Some solid state amps do not have an on-off switch and are meant to be left on all of the time. This creates a real problem if you want to mate a tube preamp with this sort of solid state amp....assuming you want to turn off the preamp to preserer... | |
| What is the quietest preamp you've used? Audio Research LS 10 solid state preamp using balanced interconnects...it was run through a BPT line conditioner.Dead quiet...eerily quiet. The sounds came out nowhere in a pitch black background. | |
| Two Sunfire Signature's wired together? Regarding my post above:I used a vertical bi-amp configuration in my setup. One amp per speaker. | |
| Two Sunfire Signature's wired together? I've used two Sunfire Signatures bi-amped with two different sets of speakers and the results were very different for each set of speakers.I first used a pair of Sunfire Signatures to bi-amp a pair of Infinity Kappa 9....very inefficient notorious... | |
| Whats a good inexpensive passive pre If you just want to get your feet wet...get a Luminous Axiom for $150....even less if you buy used. At that price, you have no risk. I've owned a couple of Lumninous Axioms and they performed quite well.I bought a Placette and it bested the Lumino... | |
| Sunfire Signature or Aragon 8008BB to power SL3? I'm using a Sunfire Signature to power a pair of Infinity Rennaiasance 90's. I'm currently using a Luminous Axiom passive preamp with an Audio Research CD-2. I am using Signal Cable interconnects and speaker cables.The deep soundstage is there. | |
| Cable confusion Try Signal Cable. They offer a 30 day money back guarrantee also. | |
| Bi-amping with "split mono-blocks"? Since I've tried bi-amping, I know I'll never go back to anything else. If you have very inefficient speakers, the change will be night and day if you bi-amp. More control, headroom and ease with which the music is delivered.Everything got much be... | |
| What is the best value you have encountered? Carver Silver 9t monoblocs 900 wpc @ 8 ohms--$1200 used Luminous Axiom passive preamp $150 (it will blow you away)Signal Cable Silver Reference speaker cable and interconnects. | |
| Odyssey Extreme Monoblocks the website listed above from Mexico does not workdoes anyone know the power rating of these amps at 8,4 and 2 ohms? | |
| What's the funniest song you ever heard? I was in Denver 10 years ago and I heard a song on the local jazz station called: "An Ugly Woman Told Me No"...it was hilarious and I never found out who sang it, I only heard it once.Randy Newman's "Short People" was a hilarious song also.Oscar B... | |
| What's the better, High Powered SS Amp? Deshapiro,...how did the X-600's stack up against the Krell 750 monoblocks in your system?What made you forgo the Krell monoblocks for the Boulder stereo amp? What are the improvements of the Boulder over the Krells? | |
| I want to hear what you have to say bout my HT Sacman, how does your system sound to you? Whats improvements, if any, do you think that you need? | |
| Manley Neo Classic 250 Monoblock Were you running Signature amp in your comparison to the VTL amps?What did you think of the Sunfire overall?You ultimately chose the Manley,...how did the Sunfire compare to the Manley? | |
| DTS vs Dolby Digital? DTS......no contest |