pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| Warm romantic & detailed Congrats Jeff! Did you get the walnut pair listed in Michigan?What is the rest of your system comprised of? | |
| Warm romantic & detailed @jeffinnh76 My room is 14’ x 26’ with 7.5’ ceilings. I had no problem with the 40.1 in my room and I know of others with comparable or smaller rooms that had success with 40.1’s. If your room is well treated, I’m confident you will be fine. With t... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed I owned 40.1's for 8 years and currently own 40.2 Anni's. The 40.1's are considerably warmer and more full bodied / organic sounding than the 40.2's. The 40.2's are more neutral and detailed. If you prefer warm and romantic, go with 40.1's. ... | |
| Similarities and Differences-VAC 200IQ versus Music Reference RM-200 I owned the VAC Phi 200 (not IQ). Bass was exceptional, but I moved on as it lacked finesse, transparency, decay and air. Excellent build quality, but I expected better sound quality from a VAC amp. It did seem to be harder on tubes than other ... | |
| How would you characterize the VAC tube amps? I don't think VAC amps can be characterized with a house sound, as sound from their 300B based Renaissance amps (30/30, 70/70) is very different from the KT88 based Phi 200. The VAC Phi 200 has very robust bass, but lacks transparency, air and sw... | |
| sharp and piercing high pitch /frequency coming out from Harbeth C7 I experienced similar issues when I made the change from 40.1's to 40.2 Anni's. Changing the amplifier may help some, but the fix for me was experimenting with placement, most notably toe'ing in the speakers so the tweeters align to cross in fron... | |
| Ever Hear a Tube CD player? I'm on my second Audio Aero Capitol... outstanding CDP, DAC and preamp in one unit. | |
| Warm romantic & detailed Harbeth M-40.1’s would be a perfect fit for your desired qualities and budget. I've owned them twice, spending a combined 8 years with them and only just recently replaced them with 40.2 Anni's. Great speaker for warm, rich, full bodied, organi... | |
| Experience with Cary CAD 808, "Rocket 88" ditto @decooney Spendor SP 1/2e's are on my bucket list. I bet they'd sound fantastic with a moderately powered vintage EL34 tube amp. | |
| New Melody Gardot release I'm listening to the Qobuz version labeled HR... and it sounds sublime, regardless of the actual sampling rate. | |
| Bluesound Vault 2i, with external DAC and hi-end CD player I own the Bluesound Vault 2, connected to the DAC of an Audio Aero Capitol Reference CDP. While I've found the Bluesound definitely benefits from an external DAC, the cd's ripped to the Vault don't sound as good as cd's played direct from my CDP. | |
| What's the deal with Vintage Tube Service? I cancelled an order with Andy at Vintage Tube Services over a decade ago because it was taking too long to fill the order and he’s banned me from making new purchases ever since. Don’t cross him, or "NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!"Brent Jessee has been my go... | |
| Lampizator to which dedicated music streamer? @ three_easy_paymentsDo you know if there are sizable sound quality differences between the U1 and the U1 Mini? I know the U1 has an all aluminum housing, but I would not want to spend more just for aesthetics. Also, have you tried bypassing you... | |
| Who's using Harbeth with tubes, what speaker model and how many watts per channel? @aj523 would love to see that review translated into English, but have been unable to find it. | |
| Tubes most likely to improve SQ? RAM EL34's are rich and smooth sounding. Highly recommended. |