muralman1
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| Flabby bass from tube CD player - Break in?? Amandarae is right. Jpstereo, do bare in mind the JD100 is a tube player and not a Krell. Thank Jolida for that. I'm using NOS Sylvania tubes, but Siemens, Telefunken, RCA will all give you much better performance than what was provided. Stay away... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Audio Limits, I'd love to hear them. My Scintlla does the thunder and whisper exceedingly well too. | |
| Mid to High end CD player vs. universal plus DAC Hi Mike. I've heard a wide range of front ends on my system, including a few universals. The Pioneer Elite does a respectable job, and can play any digital disc. Some DVA cuts sound remarkable. However, the CD playback tends to be less refined tha... | |
| Pass Labs Service Now you are talking sense, Nrchy. With the Pass, you won't be needing any of that frequency novacaine cable you were extolling to sooth your present fire breathing Sony/Krell dragon. Talking about the biggest bang for the buck! I acquired Pass X -... | |
| Pass Labs Service Sayas, don't worry about Pass marking their products too high. Market forces will sttle things out. | |
| HELP: I need a solid state amp with a tube sound I've run tubes and solid state on some of the most revealing speakers ever made. I always strive for clarity, extension, and smoothness. For solid state (all used), Rowlands and Plinius, are very smooth and rich sounding. The Pass X-150 (I just so... | |
| What speakers for $5K Used? All of the above mentioned speakers would pale in light of the Apogee Diva. They have money is no object sound. One thing, they need room and great electronics. | |
| Speakers that have holographic imaging on vocals.. Electrostatics and ribbons. These speakers seamlessly PHYSICALLY float an image like NO dynamic driver can. If you have the room, they all like to breathe. For dynamics and full range capability I would search for any of the big Apogees. They will... | |
| Class A amplifier choice, need suggestions Correction: The Pass 600 idles at 600 watts giving it 150 watts of Class A. I used them on 4 ohm Apogee speakers without budging past the idle current flow even at high decibles. I'm using it on the 1 ohm Apogee Scintilla now, and at moderately lo... | |
| Bel Canto evo's I've heard the Evo on the same revealing system I've heard Krell, Jolida, Pass, and Llano. The Evo was just OK. None of the listeners felt it matched it's hype in any way. The Pass, on the other hand, was exceptional. | |
| Who's using the Jolida JD100? Hi Mdomnic, see if you can hear the Jolida with some great tubes, like Telefunken, Seimens, NOS RCA, or the like. Fine tubes raise the bar quite a bit.I would like to hear your review of the SF cdp. I passed one by and got the Jolida. I didn't wan... | |
| Krell Amps vs others Good one Rosstaman, and I've heard the same story all turned around. The fellow I bought my X-600 to power the Apogee Scintilla from also was selling his Rowlands 9tc. He preferred the Pass amps over the Rowlands. I'm using the 600 to power the on... | |
| Who's using the Jolida JD100? Thanks for the response, Sc53. I know little about the Jolida other than, unlike nearly all cdps, it employs no op-amps. Phillip's chips and it's five pin tube drive stage do the amplification. It has a simple circuit design, and I prefer simple c... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! This is the best system I know how to build.First I'd like to say all the silliness that came in the first part of this thread sure was funny.Like Zane, I've found starting with the Apogee speaker makes the rest easy. I'm now settled in with the o... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Apogee Scintilla. The 1 0hm one. If you haven't heard one properly powered, and the bet's on you haven't, you will never know perfection. |