rcprince
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| Krell KSA 200 stereo amplifier You should take a look at the current thread on Krell KMA 160 amplifiers, the sonic signature is fairly similar as the KSA 200 is from the same generation of Krells and the power output is pretty much the same. I used an ARC SP11 MkII with my Krel... | |
| Opinions...Krell KMA 160 Monoblocks Tremendous power reserves and dynamic "slam", very controlled bass (I would consider getting a pair to power my bass modules in my speaker system, and I recall from my TAS back issues that for a while, even recently, Harry Pearson used them to pow... | |
| Help with Krell KSA 50-S versus Krell KSA 200-S Oops, sorry, you're right, I meant the "big brother" of the KSA 80. Same generation Krell. And FWIW, I thought the 80 sounded just a little better than the 200. | |
| Help with Krell KSA 50-S versus Krell KSA 200-S The "S" cersions were Krell's models after the KSA 150 and 250, which were heavily (but not fully, as I recall) Class A biased amps. I think they were the first Krell amps using their sustained plateau biasing feature, where the amp switched from ... | |
| Help with Krell KSA 50-S versus Krell KSA 200-S As a general matter with amps, it has been my experience that the lower powered amplifiers in a manufacturer's line sound better to me, except in the case where you're driving a speaker that needs more power or current. Maybe it has to do with the... | |
| Alon II Mark II Gotta agree with the above posts, though I'm not sure what you're doing to the cabinet of the speakers. The enclosure (or, in the case of the Alons, the lack of an enclosure) is an integral part of the design, and changing that, or enclosing it in... | |
| Best speakers for 15X14 ft room In addition, what speakers are you using now, and what do you like and not like about them? | |
| cleaning the pins of NOS tubes...bad idea? It is a good idea to make the contact as clean and smooth as possible, the above ideas are good. I recall that Andy Bouwman also sands the pins in the tubes that he sells. | |
| Audiophile Record Labels Add Harmonia Mundi and Bis to the list. I'm assuming that you're not going back to the early days of stereo (RCA Living Stereo, Mercury, Lyrita, etc.). | |
| Thiel 3.5 equalizer advice The complaint that the reviewers had about the 3.5s was that the equalizer compromised the sound overall by robbing the speaker of naturalness in the mid and upper frequencies; they felt the speaker deserved a better equalizer. There were a number... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 - Measerments v. Sound I heard the PD unit at a dealer using dartZeel electronics and Evolution Acoustics speakers. It is not at all as you describe the Esoteric (which was pretty much my impression of the Esoteric as well, though perhaps not to the degree you felt)--th... | |
| When did you ever hear a system sound so life-like Goldeneraguy--That is an incredibly lifelike recording. One of the most realistic and convincing ones I have ever heard on my system over the years. | |
| Ascendo C-7 Speakers help. They are excellent speakers--I have heard a few of their models, and they are true to the music. Ptmconsulting's reason for their lack of notariety are probably right--they certainly do not have that many dealers in the states. Don't let their lac... | |
| Kimber Palladian PK10 vs PK14? I was surprised at the lack of information on the website. I'd probably call them to ask or visit a dealer and see the cables, but intuitively my guess would be that the PK 10 is 10 gauge wire (better for amps than 14 gauge)and the PK 14 is 14 gau... | |
| Anyone had and trouble with Jadis JP 80 amps Agree with Gmuffley about the high bias and tube failures. The old MO Valve and GEC KT88s lasted well in them, but every 6550 tube I tried started going bad within a year, and EL34s about the same. Too bad I didn't know about the trick with the re... |