pubul57
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| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? 25 watts. Should be could for most applications with 91-92db speakers with smooth, and highish impedance (good for OTLs, good for the J2) | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? That J2 is very, very tempting in the search for an SS amp that might serve the listening preference of those that prefer tubes, and I see it had a 100kohm input impedance. Nelson must have figured out that many folks wanting to use his amps might... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? One the best SS amps I have heard, that also is VERY tube preamp friendly due to its 240kohm input imepedance is the First Watt (Pass) Aleph J, which is a further refinement of the Pass Aleph 3. It is only 30 Class A Watts, but if that is sufficie... | |
| Questions on switching to tube amplification The Quicksilver V4 suggestions sounds like a mighty good one with your system. | |
| EMM Labs new XSD1 single box player Thank you. | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? Suikang, I think your "worry" is well grounded, I simply could never find an SS amp that would be my full-time amp, and I tried. I own Merlins VSMs that work extremely well with tube amps, and I suspect with some speakers, the high current, high p... | |
| EMM Labs new XSD1 single box player Do the updates have to be installed sequentially, or is it enough to update the latest version? | |
| Ia a good amp more important than a good DAC? Thomastrouble, it was my experience too that room treatment is a significant upgrade; to the point that if you don't have that handled you never really hear how good your system can be; and as you likely heard, you don't have to strain to hear the... | |
| Ia a good amp more important than a good DAC? Isn't Audiofeil point that most of the fish is good, it's the journey to your plate that can be the problem? Well, anyway, I think we have argued the point to death; yes, the source is important, but unlikely to be a problem with most current digi... | |
| EMM Labs new XSD1 single box player How often does EMM come out with new firmware upgrades and how do you know when it has been made available? | |
| Emmlabs CDSA I think that is a really good way of saying it, microdynamics and detail, yet "musical". That is a very important area of performance to me, it really makes the music more intelligible, you get more of a sense of not only what is singer is saying,... | |
| Ia a good amp more important than a good DAC? Tak the step forward, get the SIM. If you are hooked on Maggies (no reason not to be) you are likely to use SS, and the SIM is a good choice. As has been suggested by most, the amp/speaker combo is critical where is most decent digital sources wil... | |
| best monitor speaker under $2000 What do you mean by monitor? Do you mean stand-mounted speakers? | |
| Emmlabs CDSA Budt, I came to the CDSA-SE after having owned NAIM, ARC CD3mkII and most recently the Accustic Arts Transport and DACIV. What the CDSA-SE does best is provide incrediblly good microdynamics that allows me to better hear the vocal or intrumental i... | |
| Emmlabs CDSA Calloway, does your CDSA have the upgraded transport? It seems to be pretty well built to me. Maybe not VRDS, but like you, I find it to be a wonderful player; I surprisingly prefer it to my previous Accustic Arts transport and DAC, I was not expe... |