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| EAR vs Audio Note preamp No one has heard either EAR or Audio Note or both ? Both of them are suppose to have a cult following. I have heard AN and really like it but it is an expensive brand to get into so I am also looking at EAR products (especially the preamp) but I h... | |
| Speakers choices for AR REF-5/75s You will probably enjoy a horn loaded/based speaker like the Avant Garde, Tannoy Canterburry or even the Zu Audio. They will sound much more lifelike and present. | |
| Experience with Tannoy Westminster Royal Gold Reference hddg, I see that you have already placed the order for your, yet I have some suggestions being a Tannoy prestige speaker owner too. I have tried Wavac, FM Acoustics, Tenor Audio, Pass Labs, McIntosh, Naim and few more amps with my speakers.If I ha... | |
| Acoustic Zen, Reference 3A and ATC In terms truth of tonality and overall music reproduction ATC is among the absolute best. It is a true reference if you want to hear the tone and timbre of an instrument or voices. The active version is in fact spectacular. I cannot see any reason... | |
| Dynaudio C1 compared to Harbeth Super HL5 plus? It is silly to compare any Harbeth to an Electrostatic speaker. Electrostats are fast and transparent speakers. They dont have any extra bass bloom in general. Harbeth is totally opposite. They are warm and bloomy speakers. They are not really fas... | |
| My final table , hopefully ! Rega Rp8 or Rp10Technics SP10 MK2These would be my recommendations for a really enjoyble analog setupThe Avid Diva I have heard, it does the job in a rather straight forward (cold ?) way. Nothing to be excited about | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers 100 db peaks is definitely desirable in a good hifi system. In fact it should be a basic criteria while choosing the speaker-amp-room combo. But 100 db continuous SPL is very loud. | |
| Trafomatic Audio Luna LCR phonostage Lewm, there are also phono stages like the 47 Labs phonocube which does not load the cart at all. I guess when we change the playing field in terms of coupling the cart to the phono, "loading" behaves differently. | |
| Trafomatic Audio Reference 300B monos Hi mechans, I have tried the Tenor OTL 75 after that. It was amazing but was under powered for my speakers. I am now looking at the Zanden Model 6000.I have looked at big tubes. 845 amps just doesnt cut it for me. 211 does but good amps using 211 ... | |
| Trafomatic Audio Reference 300B monos Have you auditioned Pass Labs' XA30.8 yet Pani?f1a, I finally did get to listen to the x30.8 in my system. It is a very clean and controlled sound with very good dynamics. It does not sound like a 30 watter at all, in fact it sounds more like a 12... | |
| Trafomatic Audio Luna LCR phonostage Lewm, loading a phono cartridge is a phenomena that is primarily for active MC stages. All this HF ringing and damping comes into picture when an active circuitry is amplifying the MC signal. It is more or less a band-aid in that context. When it ... | |
| Trafomatic Audio Luna LCR phonostage I agree that OTL amps are amazing if properly matched to the speakers. I am not sure what happens in the case of preamp though since most preamps are at the least capacitor coupled. | |
| Trafomatic Audio Luna LCR phonostage Dear Lewm, like you I too fail to understand why transformers (which involve Kms of wires) would be useful in the signal path however some of the best preamps and power amps I have heard are transformer coupled so I am ready accept that I don't kn... | |
| Durand Kairos vs Reed 3P : listening impressions Check out Acoustical Systems Aquilar tonearm. It has replaced some of the best tonearms in systems I know. I have heard it and it was outright stunning. | |
| Active studio monitors anyone? Active monitors by design definitely less compromised than passive. The issue probably is they are inflexible in the way that they need to be partnered with balanced preamps in most cases. Secondly one cannot play around with amplification for voi... |