mulveling
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| Rogue Audio Atlas Magnum III Power Amplifier I had an original Atlas and compared it to a Stereo 90 in my system, long ago. Yeah, the ST90 was definitely better (I later upgraded to Apollos). So I agree with @avanti1960 - you should probably just stretch to the Stereo 100. | |
| Rogue Audio Atlas Magnum III Power Amplifier The Rogue amps perform really well from their 4 ohm taps into 8 ohm nominal speakers, so a 3 ohm dip shouldn’t be any problem when running from those taps. But the Stereo 100 should perform better overall, if you can go there. 100 Watts, even sac... | |
| Rogue ST-100 Tube Rolling I’ve tried KT120 vs EH KT90 in Rogue Apollos and KT120 vs. KT88 Gold Lion and KT150 in VAC amps. Yeah, I just always go back to KT120, which sound more musically balanced to me in all cases. In the VACs, they get progressively darker and bass heav... | |
| Are tubes psychological? Probably not that. I upgraded from amps where the tubes are visible to amps where they are not. And the new gear sounds better. | |
| Best cost no object tube phono I wander why the Steelhead is not mentioned more often since it is a USA product. Some guesses: It’s been around a long time without any superficially visible new versions. The ultra high-end segment seems to love either "brand NEW version Alph... | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl My woofers at home are 15" and the speakers are flat to 20Hz. I never have problems with the woofers flopping about. But I am careful to make sure the cartridge isn’t too compliant for the mass of the arm. If it is, as the cartridge negotiates th... | |
| Best cost no object tube phono @lewm Yeah, no ideas on those 2 weird issues he's having. Just pointing out that his pairing of the LPS with other gear made me think "woah, I wouldn't do that". | |
| Best cost no object tube phono @reimarc I’m surprised / impressed you able to balance the 16g LPS on a ProJect arm, but this is probably a case of too much cartridge for your deck. I have an LPS in my collection and felt it wasn’t a great match for a SUT - I’ve tried several... | |
| How important is the cable between the SUT and phono pre? Agree with @mijostyn keeping your run out of the SUT super short (0.5m or less) is probably what you should focus on in most cases. @jpjones3318 No I don't have a cite for that part. I've seen it mentioned a couple times on forums, but forget wh... | |
| Phono preamp suggestions; can I improve upon my Aesthetix Rhea Sig ? I borrowed a Colibri XGW, nice cart. It was of the clean / neutral camp somewhat akin to the Ortofon A90 and not as warm / thick as the Koetsus or even Benzes. I enjoyed it with my VAC tube MM stage and an EAR MC-3 SUT. Both of which add "flesh to... | |
| Biamp question If the output of the Parasound is louder than the Rouge then you are good. But if the Rouge plays louder, turning the Parasound down won’t work. I’ve bi-amped with two of the SAME amp, but slightly different minor versions, and felt even that s... | |
| How important is the cable between the SUT and phono pre? @billwojo I am probably not the kind of expert you need here. But look at this page which I found very interesting: http://www.hagtech.com/loading.html The first section deals specifically with loading MM cartridges with capacitance. However, ... | |
| How important is the cable between the SUT and phono pre? Really, really important. Ultra low capacitance, and low run length < 1.0m are key. You need to try to keep it under 50 pF. Don’t use a "normal" thick audiophile interconnect. Before I knew how important low capacitance was, I did some cable r... | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! @lalitk Same! Got my Canterbury GR just over 4 years ago. I upgraded from the SE, and was initially depressed how blonde and dry the new GR wood looked next to the 5-year old SE. Now the GR wood looks like my old SE did. It only takes a few wax a... | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! @pehare Amazon.com. I’ve got 1.5 Liters of the stuff now lol. No more stressing over the Tannoy tin getting low. Did my first wax application with it a few weeks ago. It’s EXACTLY the Tannoy stuff. Finally got a good tipoff on what they use / r... |