o_holter
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| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Charles1dad & Jafox, have you heard the Io Eclipse (not Signature), over a prolonged period of time? I have not heard a better phono stage, although I have not done a lot of comparison. Many reviewers agree. Of course, there are others, newer,... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Charles1dad - thanks, you make an interesting point, perhaps my preconceptions are wrong. But to my ears, the Io has the highest resolution. With the Einstein, I may not hear all the small sounds in Zappa's orchestra playing Waka Jawaka, but I get... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Very interesting!Albert - I use very low noise Telefunken in the Io, as you've written many times, these tubes are critical, and they help in the second and third gain stages also. The pair of Siemens is for the Einstein phono input, based on advi... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Jafox, do you have more details on the RCA 12BH7 that worked magic - ? These tubes can be found, but I am not sure is it the right one. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere An A-B testPlaying Ane Brun: These days (from the It all starts with one LP)(System: Lyra Atlas / SME V / Hanss T30 / Io Eclipse / Einstein The Tube / Atma-sphere MA-1 / Audiokinesis Dream Makers)A - direct from Io Eclipse to MA-1 ampsB - through ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Thanks Jafox - I will try. I also have a Tele au7 and a pair of Siemens 6922 coming. Will be interesting. Did you try the Hytron? Are you saying, you preferred the Einstein to the Callisto Sig? Albert - thanks, very interesting. If I had known tha... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Ditto HMS Donovan, the original Dawn double LP - amazing, an overlooked gem. This preamp makes Donovan a folk singer, quite rightly, but I can hear him rock out too, no problem. Donovan took the consequence of "the youth revolution" and created a ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Experiences from other Audiogon members regarding The Tube, especially in combination with good tube phono stages and amps, are of course very welcome too. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere As well as other tests:Deep Purple, Shield (from Book of Taliesyn LP) - wow!New Vermont LP - same - best sound so farDiana Krall and various jazz - also very goodThe Einstein The Tube preamp perhaps excels even more in the "energetic" than in the ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere CBS Hytron - Albert, I think you are right. I just listened, quite loud, to Chicago Transit Authority: Poem 58. Utterly amazing. Right there. The tube stays. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Again, many thanks! I agree about testing, going slow, and taking time. I will compare the Sylvania, the Hytron and soon also a Telefunken 12au7. | |
| Subwoofer: should we even use them at all? For what its worth, here are some tricks I learned living with a Velodyne DD18:-do as much of the setup in the analog domain as possible. Move the sub, adjust position, height etc before doing anything digital / EQ. In my ears, the less EQ the bet... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system My experience equals others in this thread. I would not say I have given up on "resolution", but for me also, "musicality" is even more central. Last year, I tested the Aesthetix Io phono stage direct and through preamps so much that I started to ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Thanks Atmasphere. With so may tubes in my system I should probably have gotten a tube tester long ago. I will check possibilities. | |
| Subwoofer: should we even use them at all? So what is the conclusion?The thread starter was warned against a sub due to "the lack of coherence that inheres in adding a subwoofer". I think this is system and room dependent. Bass has to be integrated anyway. There is no general rule that it ... |