montaldo
Responses from montaldo
| Shindo Montrachet EL34 amp -- can it handle impedance of Snell Type A? Now I remember ... If you click the PDF link for the original Type A on Snell.no, the manual specs say the 4 ohms is "minimum". This is what gave me some hope that the nominal may be 6 or 8. | |
| Shindo Montrachet EL34 amp -- can it handle impedance of Snell Type A? Yes I know those archives. I must have read elsewhere that the four ohm figure was the minimum impedance, not nominal. But now all I see is 4 ohm everywhere I read. You must be right. If this is the case I think it may be o good for the shindig. ... | |
| Shindo Montrachet EL34 amp -- can it handle impedance of Snell Type A? Thanks Al! The Snell A impedance data you sent is for the Type A Reference which is several generations from the original Type A. I think this is an entirely different speaker separated by 20 years and entirely different design. It is challenging ... | |
| Shindo Montrachet EL34 amp -- can it handle impedance of Snell Type A? Thank you Brad!Alan: is your caution related to the danger it could possibly pose to the amp or more about sonics? | |
| Air Tight ATM-3, ATM-1 or Thalmann modded CJ Premier Fives? I tried the Premier Fives and liked the sound quite a bit. Big, dynamic, smooth. However they had some mechanical issue and the seller took them back. Immediately after I found a pair of Lamm M1.1 monoblocks for sale and jumped at them. I have not... | |
| Is Jim Smith's Book"Get Better Sound"Best Book ? I just received Jim's book for Christmas after dropping a very specific hint (leaving his magazine ad torn out on the kitchen counter). I.am only half way through and love it. While I know some things he covers, much I did not know and some tips a... | |
| Thor TA-1000 - inerverting or non-inverting absolute phase? I bought the caps myself and had my local tech swap them out. Not too difficult for him. The second set of caps is even easier to change because it does not have other components attached on the opposite side of the board, which was the case with ... | |
| Thor TA-1000 - inerverting or non-inverting absolute phase? Thanks very much! I upgraded the two main caps to audionote mylar in copper and it made a huge difference. Treble is less hard than with the hovlands and added resolution and texture from top to bottom. Wondering how much effect if I change the ot... | |
| Air Tight ATM-3, ATM-1 or Thalmann modded CJ Premier Fives? Decided try the premier fives... should be interesting and I will try to.report back | |
| Air Tight ATM-3, ATM-1 or Thalmann modded CJ Premier Fives? Jafant, my system is a Sota star sapphire, ear 834p, Thor TA-1000 pre, quad esl-63 rebuilt by electrostatic solutions, and vandersteen 2wq subs w passive first order crossovers. digital uses audio note 3.1 sig dac.Premier fives were made from 1981... | |
| Air Tight ATM-3, ATM-1 or Thalmann modded CJ Premier Fives? Thanks jafant. is you comment cautionary or are you saying it deserves audition because it will be amazing? i dont have the opportunity to audition before purchase. so i am rolling the dice that teflon will provide more resolution and extension wi... | |
| Mellow speakers JohnK makes a great point. I too have found that the relative tonal balance from top to bottom can give the impression of brightness and cause fatigue, when what is really wrong is lower mids suckout and/or lack of lower frequencies to balance the... | |
| Mellow speakers Sorry for typo ... ". I am afraid some of the dynamic speakers like vandy and quad may sound mellow to many people"I meant vandy and audio note. | |
| Mellow speakers I have the same sensitivity as you. I cannot stand that edginess because it hurts my head and ruins the musical illusion for me. I have spent years fixing it and i finally have a system that sounds amazing and more like real music than ever before... | |
| Subwoofers Meant to specify i am talking about quad esl-63 speakers in my above post. |