pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| newbie mania The impedance curve of the 2.5's is very benign, rarely dropping below 8 ohms... so yes, either the Cayin 88 or the 100 will work well. Definitely recommend you go with tubes, regardless of what you end up with. | |
| Quicksilver_ProAc I've used two 75 WPC McIntosh tube amps with my Harbeth M-40.1's with no problem and they have very similar efficiency rating as your ProAc 3.8's but the imdedance goes slightly lower 5 ohm min. Either amp should be fine IMO, so I'd save a few buc... | |
| Have you ever deceived your wife-audio purchase 01-06-11: Paul_grahamChad thinks it's funny, but he doesn't want Liz to know.That's LOL funny... good stuff! | |
| Natural and Neutral could be boring .. Ditto Ckoffend's recommendation of the Aesthetix Calypso. I sold mine to go with an integrated tube amp, but will likely go back to the Calypso if/when I go back to tube separates. Really a great preamp when used with the right NOS tubes (amperex ... | |
| Tube amp advice My experience is that once I tried a tube amp, I have been unable to return to (enjoy) solid state amps. | |
| Preamp match for a mcIntosh 275 Mechans suggestion of the AES AE-3 would be a good move if a budget line stage is what you want. If you have a higher budget ($2,500 on the used market), I had good luck matching an Aesthetix Calypso line stage (with NOS tubes) with the MC275 MKV,... | |
| Creek Destiny or Rogue Cronus Magnum? Vinyladdict - While I can't discount your statement that the Cayin is a better value from a price / performance standpoint, I would still seriously consider the Rogue as it is American made and I know I would get long term support if I would need ... | |
| Jolida Reliability For the money, I think Jolida offers good dependable value. I've owned one of their tuners a CDP and still own a hybrid integrated and have never had any problems or need for repair. | |
| Creek Destiny or Rogue Cronus Magnum? When in doubt, go with tubes (in this case the Rogue). You can customize the sound to your liking by rolling tubes. | |
| Audio Aero Capitole 192 MK II se upgrade I had my local tech (Alpha-Tech Electronics in St. Louis) replace the tubes in my Capitol 24/192 Mk 1 with Jan Phillips 6021's (not cryo'ed) from Tube World and they sound just fine. | |
| Can the Harbeth 40.1's boggie ????? Garebear... sorry the 40.1's are not working out for you. I've had mine for about 20 months and I love them. Suggest you experiment a bit more before giving up on them. I like them best with Mac tube gear... McIntosh MC 275 MKV with NOS Telefunken... | |
| Rogue 99 pre vs. BAT vk30 Can't speak to the Rogue, but previously owned the BAT VK30 and was disappointed with the sound (grainy and mechanical sounding), however the build quality and appearance of BAT gear is top shelf. I highly recommend the Aesthetix Calypso with NOS ... | |
| Amp Suggestions for Harbeth C7es3 Come on... you know you want to go to the darkside... try some tubes! Cary SLI 80 in triode mode would sound heavenly with your musical tastes and small room. Other well respected tube integrateds to consider:- ARS Sonum Filarmonia- Leben (take yo... | |
| My Final Choices For New Amp - Need Your Help Of the group you mentioned, I'd be leaning towards either the BAT or the Music Reference. Personally, my experience with the McIntosh MC275MKV with upgraded tubes was very, very favorable... and the amp has plenty of oomph and runs cool. The stock... | |
| Dali helicon 800 mk2 or Harbeth 7 for luxman 550 a Given that the Helicon 800's are full range and retail for approx. $7K, I suggest you get closer to comparing apples to apples and compare your Helicons to the Harbeth Super HL5's. The Super HL5's should work with both your Luxman and Cayin amps a... |