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| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. Also, how much heat do the 100.5's generate? I listened to some larger Pass mono's recently, and they turned a huge listening room into a sauna within an hour! | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. I was hoping I might hear from you, as you and I have shared some attachments to amplifiers, going way back to the Jeff Rowland Model 6's. You've also had quite a few other very good amplifiers, as I recall. Your comments on the 100.5's carry a lo... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile " Hi, Nightfall,Just because you have $XXXX doesn't mean you need to spend all of it. I would investigate Don Sachs Consulting's 6SN7-based line pre-amp. Don's in Nelson, B.C. His no-frills unit starts at $1800 (US) and is based on Roy Mottram's ... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile As a last note, and just for reference, I was able to verify that the Wells Immorata's input impedance is actually 50k ohms. | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile I was speaking with Jeff Wells of Wells Audio, at length, earlier tonight. Turns out that he has two preamps coming out this summer which he said would produce world class sound paired with my existing Wells power amplifier. I think, at this point... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile jmcgrogan25,804 posts04-06-2017 6:00pmI hope your Rowland Model 6's are still serving you well!Actually, the Model 6's are long gone, but not forgotten.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/rowland-model-6-monoblocks-my-thoughtsThe Model 6's we... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile soundsrealaudio, thank you for linking that article, it's very helpful. | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile Just came across this in a Stereophile review of a VTL preamp I thought worth looking into, and it also has me very interested based on the description of the sound. Again, though I would, have to wait for a used unit to appear, in the interest of... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile almarg, thanks for including that quote on the Herron. I've obviously heard of them but do not know a great deal about the company other than hearing many positives, in general. By that description, it certainly does sound like something I need to... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile JMC Grogan2, I completely understand your point. I'm trying to find the sweet spot between warmth and richness, without sacrificing too much detail and speed. I particularily appreciate your thoughts as you and I share, I think, somewhat similar t... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile The amplifier that I will be using the preamp with is superb, but not well known, which is why I failed to mention it earlier. It is the Wells Audio Innamorata, which is single ended with an amplifier input impedance of 50k ohms. | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile I appreciate everyone's input thus far. I will research and carefully consider your suggestions. I've also had recommendations for the following:Cary SLP-05Allnic L-3000 MK2McIntosh MC500TJoule Electra LA-150 Mk II Special EditionAny thoughts on w... | |
| Which Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica 3 Speaker I'm now in the same position as the OP, having just purchased a pair of new Olympica 3's, on a great, year end deal from a dealer that badly needed to move some product. So now I need an amp too. markmendenhall, can you describe a bit more about t... | |
| PSB T3 Owners - Tell Me About Your Speakers - Considering Purchase - Can't Demo Them itzhak,You are absolutely correct. The 300 would not be correct for my size room, and the salesman dutifully pointed out that the PL200 II would be the proper speaker. And again, they were still too analytical for my tastes. I am surprised to hear... | |
| PSB T3 Owners - Tell Me About Your Speakers - Considering Purchase - Can't Demo Them Itzhak, I pent some significant time auditioning the more expensive Monitor Audio PL300ii earlier this week. They didn't have the PL200ii in stock but told me that, per the manufacturers rep, the two speakers had virtually the same sound. Very nic... |