mulveling
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| Amplifier Recommendations to Match the Tannoy GRF90 I haven't heard the GRF90, but was very interested and almost went that way instead of Canterbury GR. It's hard to find anyone with good experience in Tannoy, so I'll pitch in again.On paper, and given the sonic descriptions I've read on these, th... | |
| Rate my system and chose the next upgrade You have some nice gear, but with $12K upstream gear feeding into $2K speakers, I’d look hard at the latter as the weakest link. And I really like the Clearaudio Performance DC table, but that full magnetic-bearing Clarify arm really needs good is... | |
| Manley 300B or Manley Steelhead Awesome setup @stevecham , you should start a Virtual System here to show it off! I’d love to hear a Steelhead someday.But also, this be a 6-year old thread resurrection, and I can’t help but grin & grimace at the thought of the op’s poor Stee... | |
| Choices narrowed Rogue RP-1 and Primaluna Prologue Premium Preamps Awesome! Hope you enjoy. I'm really curious how the RP-5 and 7 compare to the prior line; wish my dealer will get a unit in, but that may be a long-shot. One advantage of this new line is that it should be quieter. | |
| 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... |