phantom_av
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| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k Iv owned a number of pre-amps in my past 25 years in this hobby whilst there are tons of good sounding pre-amps out there, I always came back to an Atma-Sphere Pre-amp eventually after owing the older modes selling them off than buying new version... | |
| TECHNICS 100th Anniversary 2018 Premium Turntables. Their best ever. So how about an SL1000R with a Tri-planer U12inch Arm? anyone tried or heard any of the SL1000R with better tonearms? | |
| SET amplifier recommendation I would get a high powered push and pull tube amp on a speaker you're intending to use.Ultimately an OTL would sound the best on a wide variety of musical genre. OTL would be my first choice as over time SET romantic sound kinds of works best on s... | |
| DAC finalist please help Playback Design if your after smooth fatigue free sound. Not only is it musical it never gives headaches. | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? I just ordered some Tubes from Viva directly from Ebay, I did request the tubes to be tested for noise, they did not respond and shipped it out after 2 weeks its arrived at a warehouse i use for shipping to Asia. Lets see what the outcomes out as ... | |
| Accuphase pricing Japan vs. USA Its not always about Greed, The Taxes, Imports Fees, Marketing, Handling Stocking Gear, Supporting Parts and Warranties, time and effort to run the business. all this requires funds. I'm sure The Dealer can come to some form of a deal if you push ... | |
| Entry Level Tube Preamp or Higher Quality Used Model? I would look for a used MP-3 and see if you can push the budget a little more. the Pre-amp is the heart of the audio system. | |
| Sound quality impact - preamp vs power amp? Pre-amp is the heart of your audio systems all the devices are connected to it except the Power Amp. If the Pre-amp is highly transparent the other pieces tend to fall into position better.highly recommend the MP-1 from Atma-Sphere if you can cut ... | |
| Entry Level Tube Preamp or Higher Quality Used Model? I forgot i also owned the BAT gear and Aesthetic Preamps which gave me reliability issues and was sold off within few months so i never had that much time on them. The BAT were ok but not a keeper. | |
| Need advice replacing my preamp I was running 12 Meters of Mogami XLR Cables from Atma-Sphere MP-1 to the mono-blocks. could not tell that between the Purist audio XLR Neptune which cost thousand of dollars.However the above system was from Atma-Preamps to Atma-Poweramps.When i... | |
| Entry Level Tube Preamp or Higher Quality Used Model? Having owned tubes pre-amps such as VAC AudioResearch, Jadis MAC and few other solid-state pre-amps. I can wholeheartedly recommend the Atma-Sphere MP-3 or even better the MP-1. It's more of a destination Pre-amp rather than something you will exc... | |
| Just purchased a pair of Atma Sphere M-60 Mk 3's upgraded to 3.3's I have 300B amps, Sweet sounding stuff, love it with very simple less complex stuff but the Atma Paints an honest picture while the 300b will often lie with the sweet voice :-) Funny how in the end honesty seems to be the best policy for a long te... | |
| Manley snapper vs Atma-sphere M60 I love Rock music on the Atma-Sphere more than SET or Push and Pull. I don't know why but I always feel The Atma seem to handle complex music easily and feel more relaxed when doing so even when your pushing the volumes to crazy levels. SET Amps d... | |
| Cube Audio or Charney I am told the Charneys are warmer than the cube audio Speakers the same guy says the Cube is more transparent and open. | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC Coming from a MSB R2R Dac to a Playback Design DAC i would say the FPGA is on par and sounds smooth and musical Satisfying as any R2R.Whilst MSB make very good dac overall the Playback Design is less fatiguing smoother and easier to listen too. |