pubul57
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| First Impressions of a First Watt - the Aleph J I read this review a long time and kept it in mind for future rference. I've been running my Merlin VSM MXe with the 100 Watt, Class A, Triode CAT JL2, and I can tell you that is a lot of power. I bought the CAT before the Merlins when I had speak... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum "I've stopped agonizing..." That very much describes how I'm feeling. I won't say the Ars is better than the Joule/CAT, and that pairing will certainly be better for a broader array of speaker options, but I'm just as happy listening to the Ars So... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Sherod, the wife liked it, but she said I better never say it in public. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum That makes sense. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum I had to run home and try it. I replaced the Tesla 6922 (driver stage) with an Amperex White Label PQ (USA) and in my opinion an improvement. Seems better at microdynamics and presence -or put another way, it sounds beautiful. I'm going to settle ... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Trelja, have you tried any tube swapping with the ARS. I'm thinking of the little tubes (6922 and 5814/12au7s), I will leave the EL34s alone. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum I think the wait would be longer than that. I've not heard the Jadis with the Merlins, I'm sure they are superb (they sounded great at the NYC audio show with Proac, I think), but what might (speculation) make the Ars and even better match is the ... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Cwlondon, love the tape deck. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Would smartbad mean a piece of equipment the thing makes technolgical sense, "looks" well made, it is expensive, well reviewed, should sound good, but for some reason it stinks and you wonder what all the fuss is about? I won't name names, but I h... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Sorry, stupidgood. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Cwlondon, no - I make my living selling newspapers. And I doubt there are any dealers (not sure about that), these are handmade, one-by-one in small quantities and you can expect a wait to get one. I think the maker does it as a labor of love, he ... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum In my opinion, the ARS Sonum provides as much musical pleasure as any of the separates I have owned (currently Joule pre and CAT amp). Much is said about the importance of the amp/speaker compatability; the quality must in good part be a perfect m... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum No not Drew, but I'll do my best Hemingway. I can't believe how good the Ars Sonum intregrated is with my Merlins speakers; stupidgood. | |
| CAT SL1 + JL2 or JL3 compared to Lamm L2 + ML2.1 I found that the CAT amp with the Joule preamp provides just that added touch of organic nuance (not that the CAT pre was not an excellent performer) that provides a more emotional connection to the music. I think the CAT will give you what you ne... | |
| CAT SL1 + JL2 or JL3 compared to Lamm L2 + ML2.1 Was the CES setup with an ML2.1? |