pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| To all you Cary SLI 80 owners, I'm looking for tube suggestions BTW, Cary said to keep bias < 50mA when using EL34's. | |
| To all you Cary SLI 80 owners, I'm looking for tube suggestions I prefer RAM Labs EL34's over RFT EL34's and Gold Lion KT88's. The RAM Labs are a steal @ $140 for a quad. Using NOS Amperex 7308's and TungSol 6SN7WGT's from Brent Jessie. | |
| Need suggestions on preamp DeHavilland Ultraverve or Mercury both available on US Audiomart. Tube roll to tailor the sound to your liking. Point to point wiring and very well made. | |
| $8k for speakers - new or used Based upon the McIntosh gear you aspire to own, I agree with the suggestions of Revel Salon 2, Magnepan 3.7i, and JBL, and would add Sonus Faber (various models) and Joseph Audio Perspective to your list. | |
| Quick question for the Cables Don't Make a Difference Crowd. I acknowledge cables can sound different, with some better than others, subjective to system synergy. But after 35 + years in the hobby and spending thousands in cables, I've acquired enough first hand experience to know I no longer have to spend... | |
| Harbeth 40.3 and 40.2 Anniversary It's been a while since I've owned Harbeth 40 series, but fwiw, I preferred 40.1's (owned them twice) to 40.2 Anniversaries. I assumed the 40.2 Annie's had to be better vs. the predecessor... and even the reviews said it was better, but I never ... | |
| Is there Tannoy Magic / Should I buy a pair of Tannoys as "accessory" speaker? @immatthewj , @pehare is a long time owner of Tannoy Sterlings and may want to weigh in on as to whether or not Sterlings are finicky with regards to placement. | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? If you are patient, you can find Spendor SP100's for < $3,000 and SP1/2e's for < $2,000. Hifishark.com is a good site to keep tabs of used listings. The Spendor's would look great in your beautiful craftsmen home... and both are efficient ... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? I don’t know that you can simply compare brands, as my experiences with three different Harbeth models (I owned all of them) would imply there can be considerable variations within a given brand: Harbeth Super HL5: fast, clean, but thin soundin... | |
| Audio Research versus McIntosh tube amps: anyone experience or compare both? @bobbydd I have owned several VAC amps... the least favorite of which was a Phi 200. It was well built, but the sound quality was disappointing for the price paid. McIntosh MC275 MKV was superior. Both the ARC Ref 75SE and the McIntosh MC275... | |
| I’m afraid my Audio Aero Capitole mk2 has died I used mine as a CDP and DAC. Assuming you have a streamer, or want to try streaming, the AA may still work when used as a DAC. I regret selling mine, as it sounded great, despite it's age. | |
| 300B or 2a3 SET Class A for Heretic Model A? @rooze I love the sound of my McIntosh MC30's, but always have an eye out for reputable high quality 845 amps/integrateds to have as an alternate that I can swap with the Mac's for a different flavor. | |
| Looking at a Mcintosh 275vi with upgraded gold lion tubes I believe the McIntosh MC275 MKV used Shuguang Penta KT88's... not JJ's. I don't think the Gold Lion's are bad sounding in the MC275's I just preferred the crispness of the Shuguang Penta's (which I believe are no longer available). I would not ... | |
| 300B or 2a3 SET Class A for Heretic Model A? @alexberger my room is not small @ 14' x 26' x 7.5' tall with a 6' wide opening that leads to an adjacent room. My Altec's use Werner Jagusch crossovers, so it's possible they are contributing to inefficiency or negatively impacting the impedanc... | |
| Final Decision On An Integrated Amp I don't believe Jadis has a US service center... so any repairs may require shipping them back to France. Also the "Black" version of the Jadis Orchestra uses cheaper third party transformers, unlike the better Jadis amps using transformers built... |