paul_lindemann
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| Help With New Preamp Decision A good grouping! My experience with the Backert has been positive - except that the sound sounds a bit manufactured - not musical or organic. I love the LTA gear, but overall, the pre sounds thin compared to real life. A Pre to try is the Coinc... | |
| Need a big favor picking a preamp @thecarpathian Good one! Him or Aquaman... | |
| Help me find a pre-amp A lot of good suggestions. In my experience the Backert sounded like AI - very dynamic, but artificial sounding. A sax should sound like a sax and the difference between a piano, harp and harpsichord is easily confused with the pre. I passed on... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? IMO, the term more musical refers to the overall presentation of a given work. The pacing, smoothness, dynamics, harmonics etc. - everything one would hear with live music. Some amplifiers may sound very quiet with no distortion, but they lack t... | |
| Are AYON Amps popular in the high end community? Ayon manufactures very good audiophile quality gear. That said, their service is abysmal. Only one distributor/dealer is available in the USA, and unfortunately, the owner is a jerk (really, a super jerk) - so much so, that I could not even get ... | |
| Help and opinions needed on pre-amp situation Agree with MP3 comment - very, very nice sound! Not a fan of the Rhumba Extreme...sounds artificial...lots of wow factors that do not strike me a musical or real. Also tried a couple Ayon preamps, but I did not find myself enjoying the music. I... | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes Alot of great 6SN7 types out there! To my ears the Ken Rad - although a great tube with the best bass, has the weakest midrange and treble. The Metal based Sylvania sounds amazing for the first couple hundred hours, but the pixie dust wears o... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER Great conversations and recommendations. I am in all of your debt!! I called and spoke with the manufacturers at Berkeley DAC and Aesthetix. Berkeley's Technical director thought though direct in would be just fine and nothing would be lost in ... | |
| Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC Series 2 MQA vs. PS Audio DirectStream DAC (Windom) Articulated succinctly and descriptively. I agree with the Berkeley DAC sound as I won the same piece...not sure if a preamp would add the missing element of dynamics! P | |
| PSVANE ACME 300B TUBES Hi. Yes! The Frankie is my main amp...may try the Coincident PC next to see if that also lowers the noise floor and adds punch to the bass etc. Cheers, P | |
| ELEMENTS THAT AUDIOPHILE SPEAKERS REQUIRE Here are some factors that I failed to consider in my analysis of purchasing a speaker. 1. Customer Service /Longevity - Over the course of 40 years an audiophile, I have had one tweeter go bad on me. So that is 1/50 pairs of speakers in 40 yea... | |
| Coincident Frankenstein 300b Stereo Amp Hi Charles. The Franks are exceptional amps....but the choice of speakers, Soliloquy 6.2 with its impedance curve is a perfect match - better than the match of the wavelengths for example. Then speaker positioning, room tuning, trying out numero... | |
| Coincident Frankenstein 300b Stereo Amp The Frank stereo amplifier has out performed my Wavelength Cardinal XS mono blocks, VAC PA160, and Wyetech Topaz. Simply stupid good - correction, GREAT. The Wyetech had the superior leading edge of the note and overall dynamics - until I switch... | |
| Tip for purchase new power cable I have auditioned a number of power cables and one that makes an audible difference is the NRG The Five power cable...adds 2-3DB to the bass without clogging up the mids or highs. https://audiobacon.net/2019/08/17/27-audiophile-power-cables-revie... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables In comparison to higher end gear, the China cables are very, very average. I have the China Valhalla cables and they are OK - nowhere near the quality of the Audience cables that are my standard. |