pubul57
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| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Grannhyring, just to give you some context, my view of the Lightspeed is as a current and former owner of several highly regarded tube amps from Lamm,ARC.Joule, CAT, and Atma-sphere. Not that it proves anything, but I would not like this thing if ... | |
| Pass XA30.5 enough power for Wilson Sophia 2? That is quite a line-up of great preamps. I did once use the Audible Illusions 3A with the Aleph 3, which I think was 10kohm input impedance, and the AI3 was realtively high outut impedance, and I did not notice any problem driving the load. I wou... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I meant to say 50kohm input impedance or higher for the amp, not 5kohm - that would not work at all:) | |
| Music First Audio Passive Magnetic Preamplifiers? George, is there any improvement to be had with the chassis and shielding and/or vibration control in a way that might make any audible difference (not just "pride of ownership" bling? | |
| Music First Audio Passive Magnetic Preamplifiers? DIY is no threat, since that community is going to reverse engineer this stuff anyway, for electonic dopes like me, I am more than happy to pay George, have him make a profit on what is simply an amazing sounding piece of gear, and a SOTA, single ... | |
| Merlins VSM placement question I never A/B'd different footers, so I can't say what if any differences I would here. I went with the APs because they specifically say that they couple the speaker to the surface beneath them, rather than decoupling them (some of these brass cups... | |
| Music First Audio Passive Magnetic Preamplifiers? George, you have been working on this for a few decades, any ideas cooking on how to make the Lightspeed better yet, or is there nowhere to go at this point? Isn't your idea patentable? | |
| Music First Audio Passive Magnetic Preamplifiers? I think they are very similar in mids and highs, where I find the LS amazing is in the quality of bass and dynamics - not that the BENT is a slouch, but I wasn't expecting it from a resistor based passive which needs more careful system matching t... | |
| Merlins VSM placement question The AUDIO POINTS - APCD-2 BRASS COUPLING DISC are execeptional and they couple the speaker to the surface below them. I think decoupling can be a problem with certain discs. These things work very well with my VSMs on my hard wood floor and they a... | |
| Pass XA30.5 enough power for Wilson Sophia 2? Same experience as Tvad and Vinw with the XA.5s, but I use Merlin VSMs so I did not want to make to much of a cliam as it relates to deep bass. The XA30.5 (with the Aleph J not too far behind) is the best SS I have ever heard (still prefer tubes w... | |
| Pass XA30.5 enough power for Wilson Sophia 2? I am often surprised how bloomy (muddy?) acoustic bass sounds at live jazz venues (for that matter, how much more metallic trumpets sounds, and how much more dynamic drum kits sound....). The Pass versus BAT on the bass issue may be a matter of pr... | |
| What power cord with your ARC AR VS 115? I asked ARC about aftermarket powercords when I owned one of their amps, after discussing it with them I kept their power cord - they don't sound like the believe it makes any difference if you have enough guage, which the factory supplied power c... | |
| Merlins VSM placement question Are you able to sit with your head 9ft from the speakers? Well, if anyone is going to figure it out, it is going to be Bobby. I use Acoustimac absorbtion panels on the side walls (and bass traps in the rear) to deal with reflections - they are che... | |
| Music First Audio Passive Magnetic Preamplifiers? I second Clio9's recommendation of the Lightspeed Attenuator which is a real steal new ($450), not sure what the one up for sale cost. I have used the following passives Placette RVC (and "Active"), BENT TAP-X autoformers, Goldpoint, Music Referen... | |
| Pass XA30.5 enough power for Wilson Sophia 2? Nickt, at this point, do you think the XA30.5 will do it for you? What are you thinking based on the comments you have heard so far? |