nightfall
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| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. abrew19,I was told by people involved with the company that the 60.5's would not be a good match due to the requirements of my Sonus Faber Olympica III's. They are 4 ohms, are rated at 90DB sensitivity (which I think is definitely inflated) and dr... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. I discovered how you can PM here. Thanks. PM's sent.To everyone else, thanks for all of your valuable and insightful information, it has all been helpful in my arriving at a final decision on what is an extremely important purchase for me.In the e... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. jmcgrogan2 said:06-19-2017 8:09pmAre you a member on any audio forum where I could PM youYou can PM members on Audiogon. If I had known that, I would have PM'ed you previously! Now if I could just find the way to do that. | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. 06-19-2017 3:32pmnightfall said..."My current preamplifier is the top of the line PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium, which I have loaded up with very good NOS tubes. I find it to be a giant killer under $10k" aolmrd1241 saidI concur. What NOS tubes are y... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. djfst, Are you a member on any audio forum where I could PM you, I have made a decision after a long call with VAC today. Some of what was said is not information I feel it right to share here, as it was a private, and extremely upfront conversati... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. djfst,My current preamplifier is the top of the line PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium, which I have loaded up with very good NOS tubes. I find it to be a giant killer under $10k (granted I stole that line from Kevin Deal who may be a bit biased, but th... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. Thanks for the tip on the 8 ohm taps. I would not have expected that. Another reason why it's good to experiment on what might work best. By the way, what preamp were you using with the Olympica III's and the 200IQ?Very eager to call VAC tomorrow ... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. djfst,Quite a bit earlier in this discussion you said " Would not go with the VAC Phi 300.1. Definitely go with the updated VAC Signature 200 IQ with continuous auto bias. 100+ watts and has all the bass and tightness of solid state and the m... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. djfst, Thanks VERY much for your continuing help and information. I actually talked to Brent, as Kevin wasn't available, but I understand it, he is Kevin's right hand man. and he was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. We discussed a lot if thin... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. I'm a tube guy too, and so, share your thoughts on this. When I talked to VAC, they were pretty clear that they thought even the older PHI 300.1 would outperform the standard 200IQ. Which it should, granted that the list on the PHI 300.1i, when la... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. djfst said:" The new IQ continuous auto bias in the latest VAC amps are a night and day difference from their prior 160, 200, 300 phi models. Far more smoother and transparent, tighter bass, etc and more stable power output makes it a lot easier... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. I should perhaps have mentioned that a big part of originally wanting thr 100.5's had to do with how impressed I was after hearing the 60.5's (not enough power for my speakers) and recalling John Atkinson's review a couple years back calling those... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. At the point of making a final decision now. In rereading this discussion, I was struck by jmcgrogan's early comment that "I tend to agree with George, I'm not sure that a tube amp would work well with the Sonus Faber Olympica III's, they are no... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. Timing, it would appear, is everything. The additional $1000.00, plus what it would cost to ship those 130 pound beasts (x2) nearly across the country has essentially taken out them out of my budget :(He has also changed the ad to reflect that the... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. jmcgrogan2, I saw that same listing for the 160.5's, and that's an amazing price for those. I would jump all over that, but also just read the Tone Audio review by Jeff Dorgay, who knows his stuff. He clearly said that the 160.5's needed a balance... |