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| B&W 803's/cm9's with b.a.t. You don't mention specifically what bat gear you have but B&W is usually a terrible match for tube amps (assuming that's what you've got). Ralph at Atma Sphere (all tube stuff) claims it is one of a handful of incompatible speakers for his equ... | |
| VTL 6.5 vs any pre for the same Dollar or less There is a 7.5 available now on Agon for less than $7995. | |
| Scratch in 7b Aerial speaker As little as you can find someone to pay. :) | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners I remember thinking the same thing about the Bass when I decided to buy mine. At the time I had a 200 watt SS amp which I knew would be under powered but deep bass has never really been my thing. When I got them they still sounded great but I kept... | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners You can use a Y connector from your pre or have another set of outputs installed. I'm sure the Pass will sound great by comparison. Who knows maybe you'll prefer it? Bat also makes some solid state amps. BTW you don't have to Bi-amp just use a pow... | |
| Calling Aerial 20T owners Congratulations you made a great speaker choice. I have 20T V1 as well. I have used a number of SS amplifiers on them with varying success. I tried a medium powered tube amp and it was the only one that was not good at all. It was bright, edgy, an... | |
| Atma-Sphere vs Pass Labs Class A I'm sure Ralph would tell you if your speakers would be a good match for his amplifiers. 300 series Rowland amps run quite cool and are very "tube like". | |
| Mark Levinson 436 or McIntosh MC501 with B&W801-S3 Levinson and B&W is a classic match. That would be the better fit. 33's would be even better! You might also consider DMlawitm's suggestion, Classe is also a classic match w/ B&W. | |
| bi-amping dali speakers I just bought a Rowland 304 which I use to biamp my speakers. The improvements were not subtle and I have become a huge Rowland fan. There is a 304 for sale right now that is a steal. I paid much more for mine. | |
| Wadia, Benchmark Questions.. I have a Carver receiver that has the same pre out set up. I'm not sure if the main ins allow another function as you describe. I can use it as a preamp and bypass the amplifier, but not vice versa. You mention you want to use the amp only but you... | |
| Big Karan amps Cappucino-Do youb have 20T V1 or V2?Do you use 1 pair of 301's or two?I have V1 and am using a Rowland 304. | |
| Dartzeel 108 Vaipe-I owned a 390s. Eventually I found a Wadia I liked better that also had volume control. Then I finally took the plunge and bought an Ayre K-1xe preamp to compliment my Ayre amp. Wow was I blown away by the sonic improvement. To this day it w... | |
| On one leg or two legs? I have two. One for power amp(s). The other for pre and source. The idea is to create "quiet" circuits that are receiving as little influence as possible from other power users in the house. Makes sense to me that amps may draw more power and ther... | |
| Integrated for Green Mountain - Classe, Bel Canto An Ayre Ax-7e would be perfect. Used they go a tad higher but it would be worth it. | |
| Low-powered, class A, solid-state integrated amps I don't know for sure it's class A but the Ayre AX-7e is an amazing piece of equipment at a bargain price. Boulder also makes an integrated. I think it's the 865. One just showed up used today but you'd better hurry. |