pwerahera
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| low bass response @jw944ts You have a very good setup. Ravel go down to 23 Hz at 3db. So you should get good low frequency response. First you need to measure frequency response of your system from the listening position using Stereophile Test CD or similar with te... | |
| Thiel 2.3 @audiodwebe Congratulations doing home work and getting Thiels to sing for you. They are very revealing speakers. You can hear the difference when you change upstream electronics which is a blessing and a curse. But you were willing to tame the ... | |
| Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma? Classic audiophile dilemma is assembling: the most accurate audio system with very high sensitivity money can buy OR an audio system musical and forgiving with modest sensitivity Now some may argue one can have the cake and eat the cake. That dep... | |
| Phono stage price range 1500 to 2000 dollars. You cannot go wrong with Audio Research PH5 unit. There is one currently available for $1,400 with remote and original packing. I use the same phone stage. You have many options for tube rolling with 4 x 6922 tubes if you decided to do so. Highly ... | |
| Do power supply units/cables make a difference in sound quality? @baumwoll Vast majority have never taken classes in electrical engineering that include Electrical Circuit Theory, Electrical Measurements, or Wiring Diagrams classes. Few years ago, one of the biomedical engineering faculty members told me, there... | |
| Do power supply units/cables make a difference in sound quality? @baumwoll For nearly 25+ years, I never felt the need to change power cords, fuses, interconnects, add power conditioners to "improve" the sound from my audio system. @jasonbourne52 pretty much summarized the technical reasons behind why such chan... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers @vthokie83 It would be hard to find a book shelf speaker matching Thiel 3.6, but at least gives me an idea re your "taste." Please include Joseph Audio Pulsar in your list. There are several available in the used market starting at $3,250. There... | |
| Vandersteen Speakers.. Are All Other Speaker Makers Doing It Wrong ? I don't think Mr. Vandersteen even remotely implied his speakers are the only ones "correctly" done. He knew late Jim Thiel and John Dunlavy also designed speakers with the same philosophy. When I started this hobby, I auditioned Vandersteen 2Ce a... | |
| DAC`S @sheridanmartinj I own ARC DAC2 and DAC3 MKII. DAC2 is built-on one of the best DAC chip Ultra analog D20400 chip, 20-bit implementation and it is solid state. DAC3 is tube DAC built on a delta-sigma 1-bit DAC from Crystal Semiconductors. DAC3 u... | |
| Need help picking my first tube amp @holmz It is possible they did it after 1998. I saw this on Joe's Tube Lore "Special warning to Audible Illusions preamp users: The one you can say for the Sovtek is that you can run it hard and it can take it - and apparently that’s exactly wh... | |
| Need help picking my first tube amp @holmz I would stay away from AI units. They drive their tubes very hard and it will reduce lifetime of the tubes. Not sure if you have experienced this. | |
| Need help picking my first tube amp @audiomike33 There is a VTL TL 2.5 advertised by High Performance Stereo for $1,200. Make them an offer. https://www.highperformancestereo.com/preamplifiers-surround/vtl-tl2-5.html And one Cary slp 03 advertised for $990 in the US Audio Mart. ... | |
| Need help picking my first tube amp @audiomike33 I would look for a VTL TL 2.5 or Cary slp 03. I cuuerntly use Cary slp 03 and owned VTL tl 2.5 before. Both are excellent preamps with 12AU7 and 12 AT7 tubes. VTL does not have balanced input or outputs, but still a very good tube amp... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @xcool Congrats on purchase of new toy. Cary slp 05 is a great unit and you will be happy for many years. I have slp 03 and I can only imagine how much better slp 05 would be. Only reason I am sticking with slp 03 is the remote control functions a... | |
| Denefrips Pontus "burn in" period? This is a SS DAC with R2R ladder and have separate power supplies for each channel. This should sound as good as it can ever be within 10-15 mins after warm up! If it is still not sounding good after 8 days, chances are it is not going to sound an... |