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| Sound staging; Sepertaes Vs. Integrated This seems to be based upon a tacit assumption... that being that somehow separates provide better staging than do integrateds. I am unconvinced that this is true... or even testable. One would need both separates and an integrated of the exact co... | |
| Who makes the highest quality tube amps? I have a 31 year old mcIntosh amp and it has been serviced but once. That is reliability.Also have some Ayon tube gear... sounds great, reliable (so far)... only 2 years old... so in 29 years I'll let you know if it hangs with the McIntosh | |
| Connecting 2 sets of speakers to a tube amp Skoda:let me know how you like the pre-out to a second preamp setup. I am sure you will love it. You can set the relative volume of the backfill speakers with the volume of the second amp... and none of the problems that were listed by other poste... | |
| Weakest Link? Your honest opinions. the best thing to do is borrow (get a loaner) pair of "better" speakers from an audio shop or friend and live with them for a few days and see if the speaker swap takes you where you want to go. AND borrow a better integrated... and again live wit... | |
| Connecting 2 sets of speakers to a tube amp What I have done with my tube amp (Ayon Spirit II) is utilize the pre-out and send that signal to a second integrated amplifier through which I power a second pair of speakers. My tube amp powers the 4 ohm speakers (Montana EPS2's) and a McIntosh ... | |
| What is your take on Mapleshade products I know you are largely talking about Mapleshade's non-CD items... but the Mapleshade CDs, while recorded well(generally well) are of third-rate music mostly and thus the Mapleshade CDs typify the audiophile problem... nice sounding... but music no... | |
| A few basic tube questions I have a Ayon tube amp, and regards KT-88 power tubes, here are the observations I have made... Genelec Gold Lion tubes are fairly unreliable (blow readily) while the Chinese tubes, those from Grant Fidelity (a fine company to deal with), the Psva... | |
| Hey Tube Rollers - Thoughts on Shanguang Psvane? I just switched out my Genelec Gold Lion KT88's for a Psvane KT88's (on my Ayon Spirit II integrated)... and these are the differences... The Pvanes are slightly richer sounding, are more than slightly smoother (which is really important to me ---... | |
| When was the last time you listened to live music? Honestly, while I enjoy the event of live music... as has been stated by others, the acoustics of most "live" events are not good. Frankly, my stereo in my man-cave sounds better than most live music. More immediate, better tone, more clear, easie... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? There is both good and less-than-good tube gear out there and there is both good and less-than-good gear out there that is SS. If you compare good vs. good in each camp, the sonic quality will be comparable (though the relative distribution of str... | |
| Transport for CD's the quality of your transport will make little to no difference in sound if you have a 1.5K DAC in a 8K system (or in a lesser system). Only when you are at much higher-level of equipment will the subtle differences within transports be audible. A... | |
| What Do You Hear When Your Amp Needs Biasing? On my Ayon Spirit II I audibly hear certain piano transients as having a ringing to them. Also, harshness in clarinet, some vibes transients, and some sibilance in female voices. What rectifies this situation is biasing to ensure that all 4 tubes ... | |
| C'mon name that amp ...please? I have the same speakers --- at least by brand (Montana EPS2's in my case). I highly recommend the Ayon Spirit 3 --- which can be had for well, well below your price range. I have that amp and it sounds amazing on my Montana speakers. Or... if you... | |
| best bass or close to that 12AX7 tube FWIW, I chose for my system the Mullards over the RCA's because I like the smoother rounded-off sound that takes the edge off certain piano, violin, and clarinet passages. The Mullards made some strident recordings (of great music) listenable --- ... | |
| best bass or close to that 12AX7 tube I have tube swapped now a fair amount (on an Ayon CD player and an Ayon integrated). From this and reading what others in their systems say when they swap out tubes like I have is that, generally, the effect of tube swapping is highly variable on ... |