reynolds853
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| Power conditioner help Arsh,I got my Bryston from Audio Advisor. They were great to deal with. Music Direct carries the Torus. Both carry the P10. I think both might have return policies that will give you the opportunity to demo and return if that should be your de... | |
| Power conditioner help Arsh: An opportunity to demo at home is always a great way to go in my opinion.@vicweast: I didn't want to hijack this thread so I sent you an email regarding my Ayon + KT150 tube experience. I have both a Spirit III (office system) and Triton ... | |
| Power conditioner help Arsh,My experience with the AVR20 mirrors Vic’s experience with his system as I have not experienced any limitation in current, compression of soundstage, etc. In fact, quite the opposite has been the case. Also, Vic and I use the same amp (Ayon T... | |
| Power conditioner help Arsh,The Bryston plugs into the wall, my amp and media player plug into the Bryston. The Torus/Bryston 20-series is a beast. I use a Kimber PK10 Gold to run from the wall to the Bryston, and the PK10 Palladian power cords from the Bryston to the a... | |
| Power conditioner help Arsh,I use a Bryston AVR20 isolation transformer and love it. It's the exact same thing as a Torus AVR20, just branded by Bryston, so any review you read on either can be substituted for the other. The AVR series has surge protection, power isol... | |
| "Good tube Integrated Amps" I’d add the Ayon Scorpio to your audition list. | |
| Question about valves running hours The owner's manual for my tube amplifier advises that to increase tube life that it not be left running for more than an hour if it is not being used. Along the same line, a comment made in the owner's manual for my (tube-based) media player is th... | |
| Dynaudio Sappires vs Focal Sopra 2's Paul,I certainly know how how our hobby goes... always something!I look forward to hearing your impression of the Sopra 2's.Best wishes,John | |
| Dynaudio Sappires vs Focal Sopra 2's I do not have any experience with these two speakers but wanted to say that the Sapphire uses my favorite tweeter, the Esotar. For my tastes, and provided that we are talking about similarly sized speakers, I would not change from a speaker that ... | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? I use XLD on my Macbook Pro. The music files sound better than iTunes and I agree with the earlier post suggesting that you stop using iTunes for ripping your library. Also, my process is to rip the cd's to an external hard drive connected to my... | |
| Avalon Vic,I'm glad to hear that the amp is sounding better than even your post indicated! I think getting the speakers off the floor will definitely help. I agree too that it is indeed an adventure.I occasionally switch over to pentode, say for some s... | |
| Avalon Vic,Congratulations on the Triton. I replaced my Rogue 99Magnum preamp/M180 mono block system with a Triton 1 a few years ago and have been very happy.Regarding your speakers, are they on isolation spikes? If not, that would help at least to tig... | |
| FLAC vs WAV I use XLD for ripping. Playback is via an Ayon S-5 pulling files from a NAS drive. Playback control is via JRiver. Before ripping my complete CD library I tested the AIFF and WAV formats of some of my usual demo CD's. AIFF gave superior perfor... | |
| Bass is not enough !!! Speaker problem? Speaker cable? Power Amp? PC of Power Amp? The Kimber PK10 Palladian power cords I put in my system improved the bass significantly. I described the experience on my system page if you are interested. | |
| Audio advisor and Constellation amplifiers I got a Bryston AVR20 isolation transformer for my system from Audio Advisor and working with them over the phone was great. The guy with whom I talked was very familiar with the product and quite helpful. Since the AVR20 was not a stock item fo... |