mulveling
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| I Find Primalunas Ugly. How about You? Is there an alternative? I don’t get all the op bashing; our hobby would be better off if more of us (and especially reviewers) were willing to be brutally frank about what we DIDN’T like -- but oh, that might offend somebody! And presto, we have a 2nd hand FS market glut... | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. I’m still driving my Tannoy Canterbury with 275 Watts/ch push-pull tube power (Rogue Apollo Dark monoblocks), and have absolutely no regrets! Amazing sound; highly dynamic and "live" sounding, while perfectly maintaining a neutral/natural balance ... | |
| Which Preamp "internals" would you choose? Based on picture only Man, you've been having a rather tough go of this preamp search. I wouldn't touch Pro-Ject gear (especially electronics), and the Schiit stuff elicits a "meh" response from me (and I own a Yggdrasil). Though it's not exciting compared to higher-en... | |
| The longest you have owned any gear? Limiting this to items that are "team 1 starters": Rogue Hera preamplifier (now at Hera II status) - almost 9 years now, which seems like an eternity here; I’ve only been seriously at the 2ch game for about 12 years. Next closest would be a Koetsu... | |
| Choices narrowed Rogue RP-1 and Primaluna Prologue Premium Preamps Perseus is one of the few Rogue pieces I haven’t heard. But like I said, not a huge fan of the 12AU7. I rip em out and replace with Sylvania black plate 12BH7 in my Ares and Apollos, which has a huge impact on sound quality - most Rogue gear can h... | |
| Choices narrowed Rogue RP-1 and Primaluna Prologue Premium Preamps I'm a big fan of Rogue, running their Apollo Dark/Hera II/Ares Magnum stack. But I agree the RP-1 internals don't look terribly exciting (the RP-5 looks a lot better, though at 2x cost). Though I haven't heard the new RPs, I'm a bit miffed they di... | |
| koetsu I have a few Platinums, and they all match amazingly well with both the Bob’s Devices 1131 and Sky 40 SUTs. The 1131 sounds much better at 40x than 20x, btw. The SUT provides plenty of gain when paired with a good MM of your choice (keep it below ... | |
| How "Tribal" are we? I'm not tribal by nature; rather, I'm a closed-minded loner, hah! Though I'll likely high-five anyone I meet who sees things in a similar enough light.Some of my "teams":Analog over digitalTubes over SSTannoy speakersKoetsu cartridgesStax headphon... | |
| Manley Chinook question My mistake then...that is excellent service. In the past I'd heard they weren't too kind towards servicing 2nd hand gear. The Chinook looks like a great stage. | |
| Manley Chinook question USED isn’t a bad thing if the manufacturer offers good support to 2nd-hand owners. What I’ve heard about Manley is very unfavorable to that, though. So yeah - used is a bad thing in this case :-P | |
| Would an ARC Ref 6 be a good match for a VTL S200? Another general rule of thumb: tube amps usually have a high input impedance, and thus don’t have impedance matching issues with either SS or tube preamps -- even most preamps with higher output impedance should work OK. Some SS amps have rather l... | |
| Dynavector XX2 MKII? Your thoughts of it? 1,000 is a LOT of hours even if the seller’s being honest, but $400 on a $2K cartridge is still a good deal if the maker offers a good rebuild program. From what I can glean online, Dynavector does not (but perhaps I'm mis-informed) -- you’d want ... | |
| Is the upgrade from Scout 1.1 to the Prime worth it? A 2M Bronze, yeah a Prime can do much better. A Cadenza Bronze however, would be a sweet match. | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp I don’t have experience with those units, but by all accounts they are all very nice. BUT you’ll want to be very careful in matching phono stage to your cartridge -- while ALSO considering future cartridge upgrades; again, your Prime deserves it!Y... | |
| KT150's in Rogue Cronus Magnum ii I would contact Rogue and listen to them instead of advice from an audio forum.But a number of us forum members have already talked to Rogue specifically about KT150. They’re a small company, so it’s nice to share information amongst owners rather... |