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| How much room for Magnepan 1.6qr? In my home office, which is a little bigger, the best sound I have had in there was with the Maggies and a SET/single driver system. I tried many 2 and 3 way dynamic speakers that cost many times what the Maggies cost and it just didn't work.I thi... | |
| Anyone using ARC pre-amp with Machintosh amps? What Bob said.Only concerns I could see would be using long ICs with high capacitance. | |
| Pass Labs XA 30.5 , X250.5 or 350.5 Stanwine, No Wilsons. I have Maggie 3.6s connected most of the time. I have heard the Wilsons (which as I remember are much more efficient than the Maggies) and think there would be great synergy between them and the XA. | |
| Pass Labs XA 30.5 , X250.5 or 350.5 Depends on how loud you like to play your system. If not too loud, the XA30.5. I love mine. | |
| High efficient speakers Here's a link to an article that will help you in deciding.It's a good read for anyone trying to choose speakers and amps.http://www.symphonysound.com/articles/tubefriendly.html | |
| Class D question............... The Red Wine Audio 30.2 sounds pretty sweet to me. I have 5 SET amps, so that's where my tastes lie. | |
| recommended 6922 tubes for a moderate price? You've gotten some good recommendations. I'll add the Russian 6h23eb to the list. | |
| McIntosh amp opinions? I'd wait til you get it back from being serviced to make a decision on getting a new amp. It may sound like a new amp to you. At 30+ years old, it was probably getting weak even before one channel went south. It's a great amp. I owned one for many... | |
| Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters Small world sometimes. I just picked this up a few weeks ago. I liked Herbies Jazz Moods/Round Midnight so I thought I'd buy the "2008 Album of the year". Definitely not recorded as well as JMRM. The piano sounds strident.When Jone heard it she pr... | |
| Solid state amp/Tube Preamp. Possible? Find out the output impedance of the BAT. The input impedance of the Classe should be at least 10 times that amount. A good tube pre in front of a SS amp is a very popular way to go. I think you will be very happy. Good luck. | |
| Best wall mount speakers under $1k better yet $750 I think you may have a hard time improving on the Legacy Monitors with a sub 1000/750 wall mount but good luck with it.Here is my rec. I bought a pair of NHT SuperOnes for <300. My criteria for choosing them were: Had to be wall mounts, white, ... | |
| McIntosh Integrated Amplifiers Worldwide, Do your best to try and listen to both types. Most likely you will prefer one over the other. The speaker of choice could also affect your decision. I prefer the AF types.Even if the poll said 90% preferred AFs, you might be in the othe... | |
| Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around The Pass XA.5 series has a sweet sound. I'm using a Pass XA30.5 on my 3.6's. I'm a tube fan/lover and have several tube amps I use in another system and love their sound, especially the SETs. I find the sound of the Pass XA is very seductive.The M... | |
| RCA to XLR adaptor for Ayre, is it worth it? You didn't say how long your RCA is. If it's real long you might get a plus with an adaptor but it would be the lesser or two evils. If it's short, you're probably better off without one but trying is believing.One way or another, if you don't hav... | |
| sweetest sounding ss integrated I use the Red Wine Audio 30.2 in place of my SETs when the weather gets hot. I would call it sweet especially compared to most of the solid state I've heard. |