oddiofyl
Responses from oddiofyl
| burn in - how important? I thinks its both .... speakers? Sure. Electronics? Not so sure ..... I do think some of it is just getting acclimated | |
| Current Best Value In A Pair of Quality 300B's? I just ordered WE 300b also..... im having a 300b built , so why not? | |
| How do you explain audiophiles to your friends? I dont ...they don't care. | |
| John Miller Preamps. Super 6 or Octal 6 Impressions? Spend a little more and get a QS linestage...I have the same amps.... they are ridiculously good for the money as is all QS across the lineup | |
| Modern "Vintage" Sounding Preamps Yes, Quicksilver is great stuff.... can't be beat for the money in my opinion. Greg, I keep telling you, call Mike at QS and tell him you need a pre wired with dual RCA outputs..... | |
| Modern "Vintage" Sounding Preamps Make sure if you do buy a Classic, buy the Classic 2. The original Classic is limited in the choice of tubes, . The 2 uses a 6922 , easily sourced new production or NOS but $$$9 | |
| Help with McIntosh Repair Facility Did you call or email McIntosh directly? | |
| Anybody use a single ended component with one that is balanced? I’ve used XLR to RCA from my tuner and it sounded great. I used it to get FM into my Vault 2i so I could have remote volume for casual listening | |
| Anybody use a single ended component with one that is balanced? I’ve always had single ended amps and preamps. The inclusion of XLR inputs and outputs just make it more flexible now and in the future. | |
| First Sound Preamplifiers Impressions It just is. Rather have a single knob Thats not to say it isn’t a great preamp , I bet it is It is definitely the most dual mono pre I’ve seen in a single chassis. It’s literally got two mirrored left and right mono preamps in one chassis ... | |
| First Sound Preamplifiers Impressions It looks high quality.....about as true dual mono as you can get. Unfortunately dual volume is a deal breaker for me | |
| Top 5 Most Influential Companies in 2021 "and one of the Chinese Dacs (RME?)" RME is a German company. The adi 2 DAC is made in Germany.... it walks all over those Chinese DACs | |
| amplifier longevity Not counting my first tube amp, a VTL.....I have had excellent reliability with tube gear. My current amps are 8 years old , look and work perfect still | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. I've actually had good luck with tubes...QS has been super reliable. I'm actually going to put the CJ pre and QS monos in a second system. I auditioned my last two sets of speakers on PL integrated amps and thought they sounded quite good. | |
| Anybody use a single ended component with one that is balanced? I'm using a Zesto Leto preamp with a mix of RCA and XLR sources . They all sound great , I'm driving a pair of Quicksilver Mid Monos and my sub controller via its RCA outputs . The difference in volume is often perceived as sounding better bu... |