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| Mosfet amps A true compromise betw. tubes and SS? Muralman1: O.K. now I see your system setup. As for the tubes, I did like some 1960's Mullard 6DJ8 I put in an ARC LS25 preamp I owned a while back. (Currently I skip a preamp, by using a Wadia CD player only). But in the Llano amp, such Mullards ... | |
| Mosfet amps A true compromise betw. tubes and SS? Muralman1 - Yes I can see how tube pre + Pass might work well on Apogees. That combo didn't quite do it for me with my Maggies (3.6/R), but of course different systems, cables, listeners, etc. Not just midrange aspects, but a tube preamp seems to ... | |
| Mosfet amps A true compromise betw. tubes and SS? I have to disagree with Muralman1 about Pass X. I think these amps are indeed relatively lean in the midrange compared to some other amps, certainly to certain tube amps or hybrid amps. I'm talking "body" in vocals, "wood" in cellos, "resonance" i... | |
| Mosfet amps A true compromise betw. tubes and SS? Yes Tubegroover, I too was a big fan of the old Counterpoint sound, with their tube/mosfet hybrid amp design. Tried some other mosfet-output SS amps in recent years like Gamut, Belles, Pass. I think the mosfet amps really do give a certain "dimens... | |
| From tubes to solid state Interesting, Bishopwill. I've had just the opposite experience, with music (especially classical instrumental) seeming more real through good tube gear. Granted, some tube equipment can be euphonic and "slow", but other units can be very detailed,... | |
| From tubes to solid state RLB61: I agree in principle, but the tube CDP's I've heard (e.g. AA Capitole 24/192 MKI) are bit too ripe in the bass for me. So I prefer a solid-state CDP (preferably without preamp needed), feeding a biamped system where one can use tubes for mi... | |
| Tube pre amp with 2 outputs for Biamping Placette Active Linestage has 2 outputs. O.K., so it's solid state, but supposedly one of the most neutral preamps available due to its high quality volume control. Also has 30-day in-home trial. I'm considering this preamp for a biamp setup. They... | |
| With Wadia, pre-amp or no pre-amp As an 850 owner, I agree with the posts by Jfrech and Ejlif above. Wadia just sounds more palpable and natural direct. Through a good preamp you get some extra dynamics, but lose some sense of "real instruments playing" (superb timbre from Wadia's... | |
| Wadia 861 or Aero Capitole MK1? Aron: Will you have a chance to directly compare these two players in a store or at home? This would be preferable, but it's not always possible I realize. Having heard Wadia and Audio Aero extensively, I feel that they are both outstanding musica... | |
| ss amps with variable input sensitivity Hi KP. Just noticed your new thread following our active-xover discussion. The only SS amps with some adjustment that I've heard of are ones which have a limited number of discrete gain levels that can be changed by the owner. For example, the Row... | |
| Active crossovers KP: Yes, matching the 2 amps will be challenging. If you can find out the overall gain of the Rogue that would be a good start. Most solid state amps will have gain in the 28-30 dB range. Might be interesting to see what Albert uses for his SS/tub... | |
| Active crossovers As has been touched on above, the "purist" solution for the VR4 is to passively biamp. Putting an active xover in the signal path is going to introduce unnecessary processing. The top and bottom modules of that speaker already have high pass and l... | |
| Marsh Amps I previously owned the DNA225, and once auditioned the Marsh A400 in home next to it. My speakers are Magnepan 3.6/R, which are quite revealing, and I found these amps a bit too forward and bright in the upper mids/treble in my system. However, th... | |
| Tube/Solid State Bi-Amplification The posts above give a good overview of what you'll need to do. Since some experimentation is now needed, it might be easiest to start with a Y-splitter for your preamp's output, then borrow some amps to try out a few combinations of passive biamp... | |
| LLano Amps. Coming back to the original topic (assuming Bozo is still reading this after several months): I recently obtained a Trinity 200 amp. (No problems in shipping.) I wanted a more tube-like amp to drive the mids+highs of my actively-biamped Maggie MG3... |