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| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? Not sure if it is the equipment, but being passionate about anything (except another woman) seems to appeal to the fairer sex (i.e, men with no interest are not very interesting). | |
| How to divide up $4,500, Amp/Speakers Yup, I think we have to settle the speaker issue first, but certainly one could build a Merlin based system with good amplification for $4,500 used. Or a Maggie based system, Or.... it is all going to start with the speaker and only OP can answer ... | |
| VTL ST 150, Audio Research VT 100, mk. II Glad you mentioned Quicksilver a classic combination is Audible Illusions, Quicksilver, Vandersteen. You will not find a more reliable tube amp than QS, and I'm pretty sure Richard Vandersteen owned QS V4s. I think this combination was popularized... | |
| How to divide up $4,500, Amp/Speakers Have you ever heard horns of any kind? Very different than Merlins. Not saying better or worse, but surely different. I do think you have to find the speaker you love, and the worry about the amp, since the speaker is the most influential (other t... | |
| How to divide up $4,500, Amp/Speakers The VSMs with Lightspeed and RM10s are SOTA IMHO (the LS replaced my Joule LA150 SE which is wonderful in its own right), but Clio9 might be right with the output impedance issue, and excellent integrated for the Merlins would be the Manley Stingr... | |
| Tally up best preamplifier ever Joule LA300 ME if you need gain and buffering for impedance matching between sources, ICs, and amp. Have not heard the CAT Legend however..... If your source,cabling,and amp are gain and impedance matched (like mine)even these will be hard pressed... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? There are alot of audio enthusiast that own McIntosh, but there are also alot of McIntosh owners who have never heard of Amperex or Teles (not casters)- in other words a brand of good equipment that might be owned by many who have never read TAS o... | |
| Would like some opinions on tube rolling Where did you find the 12sx7s? Dr. Peppard seems to really like that tube. | |
| Would like some opinions on tube rolling Yup, got a Sylvania in there now, and seems very quiet for a tube linestage, though not as quiet as my passive:). I love the MT 2A, a very thought out product with zero BS factor. As good as my CAT, Lamm, and Joule Signature Edition? Hard to say s... | |
| Would like some opinions on tube rolling Toguht I would revive this old thread as the subject matter I'm interested in seems rather esoteric - 6x5 tubes. I've order some from Sylvania, RCA, and GE. Any fols familiar with the differences between various 6x5 alternatives and how much or li... | |
| Mapletree Audio versus Decware preamps Got it - 8 hours so far. Wow, really a wonderful piece of equipment for $800. Most recently had CAT, Joule, and Lamm active tube stages - I can tell you that if you don't have that kind of money to spend, Dr. Peppard has definitely given audiophil... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players I think the methodology you propose would be better, yes, but unfortunately it is not going to happen. The other thing is, that even if it were possible, and one were to buy the winner, you would still have no guarantee that this would be piece of... | |
| Spica TC-60 vs. Merlin & Totem Nice review, you are good at them. | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players 11-09-10: Mrtennisthe problem with such a test, is that the results cannot be extrapolated onto one's own stereo system, i.e., one would best listen to the same digital hardware in the context of one's own system--true for any component, to make a... | |
| SS amps for merlin vsm Never heard the combo, but Bobby said he like the Mac SS gear with the autoformers - I think both the 6500 and 6900 have autoformers. |