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Best tube integrated with Merlin TSM-MMI?
Capt369, it would be very interesting to hear your observations regarding 6550 versus EL34 with your Merlins after you have had a chance to compare. Has anyone had experience with both the Cary and Manley's (with Merlin or other speakers)? 
Best tube integrated with Merlin TSM-MMI?
Ok, let's change the question to - Can anyone make suggestions for a good tube integrated amplifier worthy of consideration for use with my Merlin TSMs?There is some evidence to suggest that if the integrated uses El34s for output tubes it is like... 
Recommended Bookshelf Speakers $1200
Seems more audiophiles are blown away than mafiosi. 
Personal amp evolution
In order of acquisition - I often had more than one amp on hand:NAD 3020 / B&K 102 / Quicksilver 8417 / Pass Aleph 3 / Pass Aleph 2 / CAT JL2 / Quicksilver V4 / First Watt Aleph J / Pass XA30.5 /Music Reference RM 9 Special Edition / Atma-sphe... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Agree that #1 is completely irrelevant to me in my system and not worth "fixing" - the nature of the beast. I have the feeling that way for the LSA to be better lies in ergonomic issues, and I don't think can easily be addressed and remain being a... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
George, in the Warpspeed DIY thread, the poster identified some area we he thought the LSA could be improved:What I found interesting at the start of the Warpspeed thread was the identification of a few "problems" with the LSA and attempt to impro... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Thank you. 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
My record for misspellings in a single comment. George, is there any issue other than capacitance related to cable length? That is, would a 1/2 meter of a quality cable almost always sound better than 1 meter even if it were slightly more capaciti... 
Please help a Novice
Forgot about the Stratus, they did have bass above their weight class. Used, should be in the price point. 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
I run 1 meter from LAS to Music Reference RM10 (hmm, at least 3 folks with that combo - probably because Roger beleives in passives and builds his amps accordingly)- the cable is 12pf or less the 60pf, perhaps the lowest capacitance cable on the m... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
09-27-11: Acuscott"...if you can afford a very epxensive pre-amp, then trying out this little $470 number as an experiment won't hurt the purse strings."Precisely. It is indusputably worth auditioning and deciding for yourself if it does the trick... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Are you guys dealers for LSA? :) 
Please help a Novice
Very good sounding speakers are not likely to have really good bass at the price point, it is one of the tradeoffs the designer must make at the price point and speaker size IMHO (though Totem at a higher price does do bass very well for the size ... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Don't mean to suggest with an amp with less than 100kohm input impedance, rather that would be my personal pridelection - I'm sure Goerge would point out that 47kohm and up should work fine. Of course you would not have any tubes in the chain and ... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Teajay asked me that? That's odd - missed it. I use to think this site was mostly enthusiasts that liked blabbering to each other, but perhaps there are more commercial interests lurking in the woods that I care to think - nothing wrong with that ...