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| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... I spoke with Israel Blume of Coincident. The Triumph Extreme is designed to have both extremely high sensitivity and extremely flat impedance across the entire frequency band. It is designed for SET, he told me. There's no home trial. It's US $300... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Brownsfan,Can you characterize some of the differences between the Triumph Extremes and the De Capo's?Thanks! | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Map: The Triumph Extreme II's are $4000 with the matching stands, $3000 without. So the TE II's minus the stands would be the absolute upper limit for me if I do extraordinarily well in the sale of my De Capo's. Not impossible, but I'd be interest... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... I can't imagine what it would cost to ship these babies from Cyprus (the location of the seller) to the US, but look. Good price, though (before shipping)! | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Charles,Yes, quantity does not equal quality  so much of it is about the interaction between the speaker, the amplifier and the room.When I first started to get back into audio actively in the mid-2000's, I sold my 1986- era PS Audio Elite + (70... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Charles,Working all weekend, as usual. Hoping to have something posted tonight or tomorrow. Stay tuned! | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Mikirob:Spoke to Eric Alexander at Tekton last week and he sounds like a really stand-up guy. His prices are unbelievably reasonable and his 60 day trial makes trying one of his speaks into a lower risk proposition. Given my amp and my room, he re... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Smctigue1:Oh, also: have you ever heard the Omega's? I spoke to the proprietor and designer who sounds like a lovely guy. He really believes that his hemp cone drivers have eliminated the classic bad rap on single driver speakers: harsh midrange "... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Smctiuge1:"Rebbi, for the sake of De Capo owners in the future looking to experiment with SET it may be beneficial to explain why this thread took the turn it has. Earlier in the thread you commented that the power issue had "been put to bed."Good... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Wow, so many interesting perspectives. How much fun would it be to get all of us together in the same place to talk audio and music? ;-)Mikirob,I am very curious about your Tektons. They are SO reasonably priced and I'm wondering whether they're "... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Grannyring:"Deeper connection to the amp" indeed. I almost can't imagine buying a finished piece of electronics at this point. The build process was just SO satisfying! And I learned so much.Also, I'd have no hesitation to pop the bottom off the c... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Grannyring,I think you bring a really valuable perspective. Do you want the amp to sing or the speakers to sing? Or, ideally, both?Brian Smith of Audio Note Kits says that their high-end EL34 is a fantastic piece of work that combines the delicacy... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Starting to share my listening impressions of the Kit 1 on the blog. Have a look and enjoy. | |
| What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days? Davide,Interesting perspective. I'll check that out. | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Hey, Folks,As Mapman wrote, it's been a little while since I posted in this thread so here's an update.A few things are clear:First, the Audio Note Kit 1 has more than enough juice to drive my Reference 3A De Capo's to satisfying volume levels wit... |