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| Differences in Jolida JD-100's? Changing the tubes in the JD-100 changes the tilt and the tonality just a bit but, it does not change the basic character of it's sound. Which, is very good in that it is fluid, full(slightly bloated) and musical. However, the soundstaging lacks t... | |
| Alternatives to Pass Labs Innersound ESL-300 is a very good alternative to Pass. Grainless, smooth and dynamic. It seems to impart a slightly stronger foundation to the music and is very homogenous. Perhaps slightly less light'ish sounding too. But that takes nothing away ... | |
| Magnepan 3.6r's - are they to much for my room? I don't necessarily agree with the philosophy that one needs more power for Maggies in a small room for bass reasons or, for that matter any other reason. On the contrary, I have been powering my 3.6s with a lowly NAD C320BEE for well over a year ... | |
| Best amps for full range electrostatic loudspeaker The Atmasphere OTL series work beautifully on Soundlabs. So, I can reasonably assume that they would work equally as well on any full range electrostatic. Unfortunately they are expensive like most other OTL amplifiers but, they sure seem to match... | |
| Which Dac is more "Musical Sounding" ??? I will agree with the Trivista recommendation. I tried it for three days recently and it is extremely musical, incisive, harmonically rich and it throws a stunningly real soundstage. Now truth be told, I have not heard some of the other dacs menti... | |
| Smooth sounding DAC? Jolida JD-100 is a shoe-in for this type sonic character. It is warm, reasonably dynamic, and with very good presence (immediacy). The soundstage is slightly larger, slightly diffuse and slightly less 3-dimensional in comparison to a Musical Fidel... | |
| Has anyone had any experience with Decware's SE34 The Pathos Classic is suppose to be a really good amplifier. It is tubes on the input section with solid state transistors for the output. No op-amp stuff here. There is a review in a previous issue of Stereophile (Nov, Dec or Jan - I don't rememb... | |
| Anyone audition the Rowland 201 mono amps yet? Just for info, there is a review of the 301 in the new (March) issue of Stereophile written by John Marks. Based on Rowland's history, I would suspect the sound character of the 301 is very similar to the 201's. | |
| Talon speakers and Spectron amps? I would recommend trying one of the Atmapshere models if at all possible. It will open a clean new window on sound. They detail, quickness, extension, and certain bloom that is arresting. Extrememly musical. For that "reach out and touch me" sound... | |
| Jolida JD-100A Tube Rolling "Distortion", I am looking foward to your comments with the Sovtek 12AX7WA's. I have tried the EH and my summary opinion parallels yours. Same with the stock tubes. In regards to the Sovteks WA's, I find these to be overall smoother, more fluid an... | |
| My Jolida JD100 mod VS Music Hall CD25 mod I have owned the Jolida JD-100 for almost two years. It is an excellent CD player for the money, or even a lot more. Yes, the soundstage is huge and slightly diffuse, the edges of definition have been dulled just a wee bit, soundstaging is just a ... | |
| Music Fidelity Trivista 21/Electrocompaniet ECD-1 After auditioning a well broken in Trivista 21 in my system for 3 days, I will whole heartily agree with "Stanwal's" assessent. A very, very good dac with exceptional soundstaging (width, depth and image placement). As with the dcs Elgar/Purcell e... | |
| Scott Nixon outboard DAC's, any good? Yes Slawney, I was referring to the AN 1.1. And thanks for this info, you have been very helpful in detailing the differences. There are a few more differences than I had thought. | |
| Scott Nixon outboard DAC's, any good? "Slawney", or anyone, can you comment on how either of these zero upsampling dacs compare to the Audio Note 1 dac that seems to be fairly popular? (I think it is the model 1, or 1X) | |
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