paulfolbrecht
Responses from paulfolbrecht
| Revisiting Digital? The digital I've ever heard comes from Audio Note DACs. The combination of no oversampling, no filtering of any kind, a very good power supply, and a very good tubed output stage (NOT a buffer!) does absolute wonders for digital. I tried a kit DAC... | |
| which dvd for under 1k What is this new analog DVD format? | |
| best WOOFER ??? John, there should be a permit required for a woofer that size. | |
| best WOOFER ??? Yeah, take a look at a Velodyne sub if you want good explosions. | |
| Wide bandwidth = necessary? After trying them all, I like many people, have concluded that the best format for digital sound is redbook CD played back on a DAC with NO oversampling and NO digital or analog filtering - such as an Audio Note DAC! This bandwidth-limited solutio... | |
| best WOOFER ??? Actually, you're evaluating the cabinet much more than any particular driver. | |
| phono pre amp giant killer? I've never had or heard a Cornet. I've owned the MM but long before the Seduction. I'd say quality is quite close to par between the two. MM uses 12AX7s which tend to have a bit more tone than the 6922 family, which some prefer as 'faster'. The MM... | |
| phono pre amp giant killer? The biggest giant-killer of a phono pre I'm familiar with is the EE MiniMax. One good hit to the side of the head with the MiniMax took Lars down (for good) - Lars was easily 6' 6" and 300 lb. (It was self-defense.) It's those step-up trannies.Ser... | |
| Cogent horns Jonathan,I have to say I like a man who tells it like it is (or as he sees it, at least) and also that what you say makes some sense. FYI, my comments here (the thread) may have seemed rather out of the blue, but actually I was initially trying to... | |
| Cogent horns John (K), you know, it is not much short of a miracle that you live an hour from me and I have never bought a speaker from you, given that I've owned about 30 others in the last 4-5 years, and I talk to so many who have your speakers. But you woul... | |
| Paradisea owners I had a Constantine, which is just the Paradisea without the tube buffer (it's NOT a tubed output). It was the most musical DAC I'd heard and I kept it over several much more expensive DACs and CDPs.Then I bought a used Audio Note Kits DAC 1.1 her... | |
| Tube Amp for Green Mountain Audio Callisto I've had three different pairs of GMA speakers including the Continuum 3. Six Pacs were great amps on them but an 845 SET was even better.(The Pacs are the best push-pull amps I've heard; triode operation with 0 NFB is a great way to do P-P!) | |
| What would you do with an awesome quad of 6BQ5? Obviously, when you find a great tube, you build a new system around it. Find the preamp or amp is goes best in then work from there in both directions: source, speakers, wires. And you're done. | |
| Tube Amp for Green Mountain Audio Callisto Srosenberg,95 dB peaks at that distance is a far different story than 80 dB - in fact, you need about 32 times the power! So, forget what I said about a 300B and definitely forget about the 2A3! :)(I know you didn't indicate you were looking at SE... | |
| Tube Amp for Green Mountain Audio Callisto With requirements like that you could get by happily with a 3W 2A3 SET amp. You would lose a little bit in dynamics, though.With an 8W 300B, you'd have plenty of dynamics. (SETs, with their class-A operation and frequently overbuilt power supplies... |