pokey77
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| Need advice about upgrading speakers ( it might be the last one i own). @jrosemd It seems as if you heard the $10k Montis at a real disadvantage; probably with a poor setup and maybe supporting equipment mismatch too - synergy is everything. The Magnolia near me plays them typically with McIntosh tubes. While I'm not... | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? @bsimpsonWell, before some thankful guy beats me to it, Thank You! to the OP from all of us who may be wanting to upgrade to a new speaker or system and need to get others on-board with the change. I can show this to my wife and she'll think she's... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp @parsons here are Kevins comments on EL34 vs. kt150 from Page 4 of this thread. "I use an HP at home with KT150's and it's amazing. But it's not night and day from a stock one with EL34's. It's a small nudge." | |
| Intigrated Amp Dilemma Sounds partially like a synergy problem to me. You seem to prefer the Rogue sound in your Reference system over the Paradigm sound in your office system. But I also assume your source and such in your office system are not as competent as your mai... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp @fsonicsmith Quoting you "Generally speaking, modern ARC gear tends to be fairly "in the middle" between classic tube and ss sound and I understand PL to be a bit more on the tube side of the spectrum." If you'll read my comments above, I thought ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp @tablejockey I used the word “unblinded” as in we could see Kevin’s making the cable swap as opposed to the blind switch where we were "blinded". @jbhiller "It seems like the takeaway is the Primaluna product is a solid bet with tons of value" I'd... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Not wanting to restate Kevin’s comments, I’ll just try to add to them; I’m certainly not as succinct as he is as you can see by the length of this post. Before getting started with the listening, Kevin reminded us the purpose behind this shoot-out... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Hi Table Jockey,I sat in the middle on the back row and then when we shuffled I was the guy on the front right near the equipment racks. | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Kevin,Just wanted to thank you again for your hospitality and openness to organizing this shoot out. I will put together some thoughts and post in a while. | |
| Amp recommendations Hello Chuck,Martin Logan / McIntosh owner here. FYI, Martin Logan / McIntosh are known to synergize well together (work very well with each other). I have the Vantage speaker paired with an MA6500 Solid State Integrated amp, both a step down or ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Hi Kevin,Myself and a friend will make the hour or so drive for this shoot out. We can be there around Noon. Let us know what the consensus on timing is. | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Now that's funny!!Kevin, what speaker and source will you be pairing with these integrateds? | |
| 2017 ‘Keeper’ speakers under - $25K @blindjim I took a few minutes to ready your answers to others questions above. I feel like I'm sorta in the same boat. I'd like to put together a new system as the one I'm using now is ten years old. Nothing wrong with it, but wouldn't mind a c... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp @lalitk and @jhillsAnother point about the auto-biasing is that you can roll in a number of different tubes (I'm sure you know this lalitk, but for the benefit of others....). The ARC sales sheet mentions that you can use 6550, KT88, KT90, KT120 ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp lalitkI've heard the LS28/VT80 combo with Wilson Audio Sabrina's at LAAS. Very very nice; I dream about that combo a bit too obsessively. The source was the ARC Ref CD9 and a TT. Both sounded wonderful. The "High Definition" moniker is very accu... |