pubul57
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| Question for Merlin VSM/ARS Sonum owners Not saying the Fila is better than what you have, but it is certainly a great pairing with the Merlin, between ergonomics and money in your pocket, I don't you will be dissapointed. I made the move from CAT amp and pre to the Ars, and in terms of ... | |
| Pass Labs & Belles class-A amplifiers I've not heard the Belles, not sure many have, but the XA30.5 is the best amp I have ever heard and imagine the 60 and 100 sound very much like it. In my mind, you just can't go wrong with Pass for sound, build quality, and support. If you did not... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? A more active argument would be a thread on whether anyone can actually hear ANY difference between power cords of the same guage....... | |
| reasonably priced tube amps You don't say it, but you are looking at integrateds only? | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? That is very true, for some no active beats a passive in their system. So to answer the original question, many use them becasue they are a very viable opton to SOTA sound, though some still prefer actives for their own reasons, and it not a right... | |
| Merlin owners, AC or battery for BAM? It's scary to think about. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Chatta, that is beyond question. I've been going back forth on this a long time, I've concluded that great active linestages are better than passives, but that passives are better than many actives. But there is no doubt, that if you are on a budg... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? It is all about system building and matching between components, to the point where it come sometimes be a little misleading to even say what a particular tube sounds like absent any information of the circuit it is used in, I know the Roger Modje... | |
| Merlin super bam How to connect. I agree. It is all about system building and matching between components, to the point where it come sometimes be a little misleading to even say what a particular tube sounds like absent any information of the circuit it is used in, I know the Ro... | |
| Merlin super bam How to connect. Jim, if you liked the RM9, you should here the RM9 Special Edition of which Roger only built 16, they are point-to-point, and it uses six [6] 6bq7s for the driver stage. I'm using the Siemens, and it puts out 162 watts into 8ohms and 200 into 4ohm... | |
| Wadia 381 vs. dcs Puccini vs. EmmLabs CDSA SE Have not compared them, but feel comfortable saying that if you are not happy with any of them, you will not find a digital player that will. I know own the CDSA-SE which I prefer to my previous Accustic Arts transport/DAC combo. Truth is I was ve... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? I love many, but the Music Reference MR10 MKII is not only a keeper, but it might actually last that long without failure. | |
| Merlin super bam How to connect. Bobby, if someone were stupid enough to experiment with a passive preamp (me), would you expect the BAM to perform best between Source and Passive, or between passive and Amp. There is no issue of amp sensitivity, amp input impedance, or, with sho... | |
| Merlin super bam How to connect. Man, that is the best explanation I have heard. Thanks BRF. Bobby, I think that should be in the manual with pictures - maybe it is on the website. I suspect this is not clear to all users - I now know of at least two:) | |
| Help: My newly upgraded AA Capitole gives no sound It does not get better than Pass or ARC for service - might explain their success, besides the fact that ther stuff don't sound too bad:) |