perkadin
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| Finally received my SimAudio Titan back! Ah good to see it all worked out. I had a suspicion it would check out in good shape. Much of the discussion on capacitor life comes from older Tube or Class A gear which tend to operate at much higher temps, so it's really difficult to determin... | |
| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming If you feel it lacks dynamics swapping to KT88's will help open things up. I much preferred KT88's over el34's and my speakers are also 86db. I'd try those before KT120's or 150's to stay within the comfort zone of the rest of the circuit. You als... | |
| Total System Gain Question If your concerns have anything to do with the previous thread on Gain wars there is no need to worry. 2V output from the source is just about industry standard. Actually those specs you listed look common and should mix and match easily. Some hi... | |
| HELP! I bought equipment drunk, don’t know anything. I love to drink wine and other things while listening to music. I can see how it can lead to a vicious cycle of drinking and spending. At least that pre only needs two tubes, though the 12AU7/5965 tube family is one of the largest and easiest to ... | |
| Audiophile Loudness Wars—Too Much again!? I think when it comes to DACs and other digital gear, the differences in decoding are immaterial. There are no "musical" dac chips etc, its 1's and 0's. The level of "jitter" or other artifacts in even low end digital gear is well below audible le... | |
| Do you integrate a stereo preamp with HT system? Primaluna models are tubed and have H/T bypass but no 12V trigger so there would be some getting off the couch issues (a deal breaker for most families lol). I have my music setup in a separate room. I gave up on the idea of a simple, easy to use ... | |
| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. Ha, well done, for a beginner you stepped right up to some very fine gear and well selected NOS tubes! Enjoy, and welcome to the tube world. Personally I was expecting more of a romantic, warm, mid-range type of sound and was shocked by the level... | |
| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. Johnfritter - did you get a tube pre? Update please | |
| New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k? Well there you go... a monster AV Preamp at the heart of your system and you aren’t satisfied w/ music performance. Let me guess, guitars could sound a bit meatier, brass a little brassier, vocals don’t have that holographic 3d realism, performer ... | |
| New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k? I’m a bit confused, are you saying you want to get rid of the UPA-1’s after hearing the XPR-1’s? Or do you currently have the XPR-1 and looking for something else?Also you didn’t mention what you are using as a pre amp but you may want to consider... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! Thank you OP for contributing with your experiment. Blind testing, spl matching, as well as adding other opinions, particularly non-audiophiles, into the test is the best way to really figure things out. I was also in the pre amp isn't important c... | |
| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. I just went through this myself and went with the Willsenton r8. It’s around $1300 and will 100% give you the full tube experience. Don’t listen to that crap about needing to spend 2k+ minimum or even that tubes are expensive or difficult to maint... | |
| What are your opinions of Sim Audio amplifiers? High end gear can be considered Veblen goods, like some other luxury goods, the higher the price, the higher the demand. There is an exclusivity created by higher prices which is something a large segment of the population value. I wouldn't say t... | |
| What are your opinions of Sim Audio amplifiers? The older Sim gear when they made the transition from Celeste to Moon, like your W3, was really good, a great value, and looked cool. Today their stuff still sounds great but the retail prices are getting out of control ie the 6 figure 888 flagshi... | |
| Importance of the Preamp in a system @Miller- Vinyl doesn’t work if you like bands like the Dead or Phish that have massive catalogs of live music. And Phish is still performing, they have an app that lets you listen to an entire concert minutes after the shows over, it’s awesome. ... |