noble100
Responses from noble100
| "What's Your Best Price?" After making 3 purchases here on Audiogon, and perpetually being a potential buyer, here are a few thoughts from a buyer's perspective FWTW:1. When a seller lists an item for sale, especially with the "OBO" stipulation, I, and I believe most buyer... | |
| McCormack DNA-500 Mlauren, The amps you've used and mentioneded are all very good to excellent amps. They're very unlikely to be the source of any harshness. Ever consider adding a tubed preamp into the mix? They normally tame harshness and may solve your issue of ... | |
| Maggie 1.6/QR pre-amp for 29.95 I'd reccommend a VTL 2.5 tubed preamp. It has HT bypass,a beautiful machined aluminum remote and the introduction of tubes to your system will give a more palpable,realistic and dimensional sound to all your music as well as Home Theater. Used uni... | |
| Suggestions for a pre amp with HT passthrough? Having gone from a ss preamp to a tubed one, I'd definitely recommend the tubed versions. When you utilize the bypass mode, you'll gain the advantages of the circuit routed through tubes, even with movie dialogue: a more dimensional, musical and p... | |
| Tube Pre-Amp Question I have the same VTL 2.5 preamp with a SS amp and it's dead quiet even if you put your ears next to the speakers and turn up the volume. The output impedance of the 2.5 preamp is 200 ohms. I've read here on Audiogon that the input impedance of the ... | |
| VTL TL2.5 Preamp I don't think you can go wrong with the 2.5. This preamp gave me what I was looking for: large and deep soundstage, more detail and that tube quality that makes music and instruments more dimensional and life-like. I was also considering the Cary ... | |
| maggie 2.7 ? Mykesinger, I have the 2.7s and like them a lot. I bought them used 3 years ago through Audiogon and they're still going strong. I did compare them to the newer 1.6s and the 2.7s were definitely better in my opinion: fuller bandwith, deeper bass a... | |
| hdmi cable: are there different levels of quality? I substituted an inexpensive HDMI cable from my cable box to my SXRD HD TV, replacing component cables, and there was a marked improvement in clarity and detail. Not sure of the technical reasons (or if a better HDMI would be a further enhancement... | |
| Tubes or Solid State????? Go tubular, you'll be grateful! | |
| What are the best tubes for a VTL TL 2.5 Preamp? Mfb33, "By the way, which has more impact on the sound the 12AU7"s or 12AT7"s?" I'm not sure which has more impact since I swapped both at the same time. My guess is that they both do since the signals flow into both sets (1 set for input and 1 fo... | |
| What are the best tubes for a VTL TL 2.5 Preamp? I retubed my VTL 2.5 with NOS Mullards but mine uses 12AU7 and 12AT7 types, 2 of each. I bought mine new in 2005. You may have an earlier version that used 12AX7s. The sound quality improved noticably. The tonal characteristics became richer,sweet... | |
| Suggest a preamp please I went from an Adcom 565 to a VTL tubed preamp and it was one of the best changes I've made. There are plenty of good tubed preamp brands. Try and get some you can try at home. | |
| Subs for Magnepan 2.7's Thanks everyone for your input. I'll look into the Revels, too. | |
| tub preamp vs ss preamp with ss amp. You'll get varying opinions on this one, but I'll give my thoughts: I went from a ss preamp/ss amp to a tubed pre/ss amp to make the sound more real and musical and less analytical. In my experience, a tubed preamp adds more beauty to the music. S... | |
| Subs for Magnepan 2.7's Herman I'll check the Vandersteen's out. Thanks Mr Tennis, I'm currently using an older single sub crossed over at exactly the frequency you recommended (about 50hz) and it blends well. I think I need better more musical subs and would probably ke... |