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| HeadAmp Blue Hawaii HP amp And let me add that a buying brand new BHSE is a stellar deal (especially in the context of high-end audio), and you’d also be supporting a great American small business in these trying times. The used prices aren’t discounted very much anyways. | |
| Only 1 Lacquer producer left, in a garage in Japan? Maybe one silver lining is that we'll have fewer garbage RSD issues because of this. Or maybe no more RSD altogether. | |
| Recommended S.S. amp type for TANNOY 15'' speakers I haven’t tried SS with my 15" Canterburys, but class D has always seemed to pair very nicely with dual-concentric Tannoys, going back to my very first Tannoy experience with Eyris DC3 and the (now hopelessly outdated) PS Audio HCA-2. | |
| Fyne Audio 302’s....anyone heard them or have them? Fyne looks like the new, maybe better Tannoy - so a lot of us Tannoy fans are curious and excited about them. Though I can't help you with the sound of Fyne speakers as I've not personally heard them yet, the buzz around them continues to grow, an... | |
| Tannoy Speaker Owners @oldschool1948 In that case where Legacy series are ruled out for width and/or WAF, check out Fyne Audio. A lot of Tannoy engineers started it up after Tannoy’s last ownership change (and a lot of outsourcing to China). Fyne speakers are all made ... | |
| Tannoy Speaker Owners Big fan of Tannoys here! They sound pretty great with any decent amp that’s not on the dry, bright, or analytical side of things. I’ve even heard them sound good from the old PS Audio class D amps of the 2000s, so I’d bet your much more modern NAD... | |
| Phono Preamp Tube Rush @elliottbnewcombjrThe "rush" sound from your source components renders roughly the same on both efficient and inefficient speakers - because your efficient speakers are equally sensitive to both the noise to the signal (i.e. signal-to-noise ratio ... | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION @mijostyn I've run the RSP on a Fidelity Research 64fx, an FR 64S with a 20g Ikeda headshell (that's more than enough mass for anything), and a Graham Phantom II Supreme. I think the stones are better. | |
| Phono Preamp Tube Rush First impressions of tube or component changes can be especially nebulous - because anything that the new component sonically accentuates can easily evoke a new emotional response that we can't help but latch onto. This can allow us to experience ... | |
| Dream/upgrade list: rogue ares VAC's built-in phono stages are amazing, even better than the Ares in my experience. They aren't cheap add-ins, though. But yeah, the Ares should be playing at a much higher level than both the Pharaoh's built-in stage and the Schiit box. | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION Well the differences in Koetsu builds are always shrouded in a bit of mystery. I don’t have any experience with any Urushis or the Black, but I do have experience with the RSP and a number of stone bodies. The differences in stones like Jade vs. O... | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION Just be aware that “lifetime warranty” and such may not mean as much as it sounds for these basically 1-man companies run by out of shape older guys. At least the Japanese analog masters often live and work into their 90s :-P | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION I believe the Vermillion is unique in that it has half the output at 0.2mV vs. the 0.4mV of other Urushis and the non-Platinum Rosewood - due to its unique coil configuration. If you go for Vermillion I think you would be advised to pair it with a... | |
| Rogue RP-7 vs. New RP-9 - What's the Difference? Here's a pic of the RP-9 in my system back when I had Apollo amps. It did look really pretty like this! Ironically, the Apollos have so damn much gain (way lots of gain), and the Tannoys are so highly sensitive, the RP-9 might actually match bette... | |
| Rogue RP-7 vs. New RP-9 - What's the Difference? I’ve had an RP-9, and posted some thoughts before. It’s gone up against the ARC Ref 6 and Renaissance V here - both cost a good bit more (a full 2x more in the case of the Ref 6) - so I’m definitely not putting it up against cupcakes. The Ref 6 ha... |