pubul57
Responses from pubul57
| Should I get a new amp? It sound like the speakers need a lot of current, not voltage (watts)and with that you are pretty much left with SS, very powerful tube amps (and heavy and expensive), or a hybrid tub amp like the Music Reference or the Moscode amps. | |
| Passive Preamps? Anyone? With that 15kohm inout impedance I would only go with the Pass B1 Buffer, not quite passive, but awfully close. For some reason the GON consensus seems to be that TVC and AVCs (I've owned both from Bent and K&K, as well as the Placette Active ... | |
| Should I get a new amp? With that kind of impedance swing, and yet wanting the glory of tubes, I would take a look at the Music Reference RM200 which are great amps with any speaker (assuming 100 watts is enough), but also handle impedance swings easily and are extremely... | |
| Which integrated Amp for Vandersteen 2ce Sig2 ? Glad you found your cup of tea. | |
| Verity Parsifal or Magico V3 or Wilson Benesch ACT For point source soundstaging and cohesiveness across the spectrum, it would be hard to beat Merlin VSM-MXe (30 watts should be enought), but they are -2b at 33Hz, full-range enough for me and my musical taste, but maybe less than you would get wi... | |
| Verity Parsifal or Magico V3 or Wilson Benesch ACT It would take a lot to recommend anything other than the Verity to you as they undoubtedly excellent speakers if they already proven to be your cup of tea - trust your prior experience, it is a lot more important than anything we might have to say. | |
| Verity Parsifal or Magico V3 or Wilson Benesch ACT Seems to me there is no way you could go wrong with any of your choices. The Verity's have only improved since you had them and if you liked them then....Otherwise, you might simply choose on the basis of which you like the look of best, they are ... | |
| 2-way speaker with best bass I've not heard the Shearwater, but I did own the Hot Rod Kestrels and they were very good indeed. I wonder what the designer is up to now; it seems he had a real good way with speaker design. | |
| 2-way speaker with best bass Shadorne, I take it you are talking about the Meadowlarks. | |
| 2-way speaker with best bass Twoleftears, I take you are looking for a refined, highly resolved system in addition to bass? That is a speaker that would also qualify as a "best in class" type speaker for overall performance. I also assume your question is regradless of cost t... | |
| 2-way speaker with best bass The other issue with bass (and yes room size and volume levels matter a great deal)is the issue of quality versus quantity. The Merlin VSM has no output below 28HZ, but is +/- 2db 33Hz to 22KHz - trust me that is a lot of bass extension for a two-... | |
| 2-way speaker with best bass Merlin VSM-MXe with BAM, incredible bass quality for a two-way. | |
| Cat JL2 with blown board. Advice needed The CAT JL2 Signature is likely the best push-pull, transformer coupled amp in the world. The Symphonic Line is proabably the amp that Ken Stevens would recommend if you did not buy his amp. So you basically have to excellent choices. I always pre... | |
| EL34 Lovers? As I've experimented with my Music Reference RM9, I cam to conclude that even though the amp was designed with the EL34 in mind, and even though the EL34 is said to be a good match with my speakers, I consistently prefer the KT88s in the amp in al... | |
| Speakers & the room It's a real mystery. You seem to have a great room and setup. Have you tried calling Rives or a group like that. It's hard to figure out what could be wrong with you room. |