raquel
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| Kimber vs Transparent I do not believe that the above post is necessarily correct about Kimber Select being bright with Thiel and Levinson, either on their own or by comparison to Transparent. While I have never owned Thiel, I am well aware of their reputation as being... | |
| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? For that budget, two possibilities that immediately come to mind are ...Tube: VAC Renaissance Mark II preamp with MM/MC phono board, if purchased used (it is a current production model that lists for $17k+ with phono board). Really well built and ... | |
| Best monoblocks around 3-4k used for revel studios I have Salons, as does a close friend of mine, so I think our experiences will be valuable with regard to the very similar Studios.The Power 3's do sound excellent with Salons. My friend ran this combo for a little over a year. Kal Rubinson of Ste... | |
| Match between Revels and Pass XA160s? There are a number of posts which suggest that the Pass X series (X-600, X-1000) work really well with Salons. As for the XA's, I have no idea.I use VAC 140 monoblocks with my Salons. | |
| Power Draw On A Tube Amp It depends upon how the amp is biased.A class-A biased amp runs full throttle at all times. A good example is the VAC Renaissance series amps. Generally speaking, more thermally efficient designs (class AB) idle at much lower wattage and increase ... | |
| Question for Aerial 20T Owners The one thing I hate about starting threads is that, no matter how pointed I try to make my questions, there will always be someone to come along and pollute the thread with an unsolicited, inane response (Tabl10s). Thanks in advance to 20-T owner... | |
| Revel Salons - Do they really sound like this? Dear Cmpromo:I neglected to mention that there seems to be some concensus in the threads that the Salons pair really well with Pass amplification (one thread in particular suggests that the Classe Omega and Pass mono amps are really, really good m... | |
| Revel Salons - Do they really sound like this? Hi Cmpromo:I own Salons and also ran Dunlavy SC-III's for five years.My "evolution" with Salons should be interesting to you. I first heard the speakers at Lyric in Manhattan, and thought that they were dull and lifeless. They were being run with ... | |
| Tube matching for the SF Line-3 Hi Kal:I had a lengthy conversation about this subject with one of the high end's more prominent tube equipment designers, and he said that, for line-level preamps, tube matching is generally not critical at all. He indicated that phono preamps wi... | |
| Revel Salons in an enclosure? It will destroy the soundstaging -- the speakers must be well out from the back wall to soundstage properly -- and almost certainly make the bass unlistenable because of the rear port and prodigious bass capability of the speaker. In short, it wou... | |
| Tube preamp, Leave On Always or ON/OFF? The proprietor of one of the high end's more noteworthy and successful tube gear companies explained to me that the studies done in the 1950's on tube wear all confirmed that small signal tubes, such as those used then and now in preamps and now i... | |
| Refined 30-60 watt Tube amp The VAC 30/30, purchased used, would likely be a smart choice. Top-notch build quality, very sophisticated sound, and far more powerful than the 32 watt/channel rating would suggest (it can drive a lot of speakers). The use of long-life 300B outpu... | |
| CAT SL1 - is there enough GAIN using 0.4mV mc?? I, too, used the CAT with a 0.65 mv. output cartridge (a van den Hul Frog). It was fine, but I would imagine that anything lower than that would be a stretch. When I went to a phono stage with better gain (Rowland Cadence), the improvement in nois... | |
| A little assistance please on a SS Integrated Amp I think a non-audiophile would be very well served by the Bryston B-60, particularly since she has reasonably efficient speakers. The Bryston won't break, it is small and compact, and is an excellent all-around performer (there is even a version w... | |
| from a Krell SS- FPB 600 to What Tube Amp ? I think you wanted a response to your question, and here it is.The most potent tube amp I am aware of is the CAT JL-1 monoblocks. They are only rated at 100 watts per channel, but the figure is meaningless, as they have outrageous power supplies a... |