rockadanny
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| Personal amp evolution 1. Kenwood receiver (100 wpc, baby cakes)2. Opera Audio Consonance a120 Hybrid Integrated (sweet)3. Van Alstine Ultra 550 (hybrid, pure music)I have no plans on replacing the 550, unless I somehow, unexpectedly, acquire a load of cash, or my wife ... | |
| Choosing proper gain for preamp. Am I screwed? I ended up specifying gains for my soon to be built preamp as: 10dB, 10dB, 18dB. Thanks for your input. | |
| Preamp: AVA T8, Quicksilver, Mapletree 2A SE? I ended up ordering a Mapletree Audio Linestage 2A SE (with PS 2 power supply). Hope its a keeper. | |
| Intergrated Amp with VR4jrs Excuse my tubeness, but if I may ...I did not have your speakers but did have the VR-2's hooked up to my Opera Audio Consonance a120 Hybrid Integrated (tube pre/ solid-state power) and they sounded fantastic. I, like you, did not want to mess with... | |
| Subwoofer reccomendations I auditioned the REL, Martin-Logan Depth, and a bunch of others (Klipsch, Polk, B&W, ...) and the best of them all IMO was the ACI Titan. In your price range, plus you get a 30 day trial! | |
| Eggleston, Merlin, Jean Marie Reynaud???? I have the Fontaines with an Opera Audio Consonance a120 Hybrid Integrated and I love the sound. My room is so huge I have to replace the a120, but the sound quality is great. The a120 uses a Sovtek 6H30 in the line stage for a dreamy sound, but s... | |
| Choosing proper gain for preamp. Am I screwed? All good thoughts. Thank you all. I appreciate your input. | |
| Choosing proper gain for preamp. Am I screwed? Hmm ... an active gain stage and unity as well. Good thought. Thanks. | |
| Preamp: AVA T8, Quicksilver, Mapletree 2A SE? Rockin', Do you at all find the sound somewhat tipped towards the high freqs? | |
| Choosing proper gain for preamp. Am I screwed? I may not have been clear in my above post. I guess what I'm asking is: has anyone else experienced such diverse output levels on the basis of different CDs or DVDs? Perhaps this is just a common occurrence people just live with? Perhaps there is ... | |
| HELP I need Speaker Recommendation? w/set up I read in a white paper (by whom? when? where? sorry, I forget) that the best place for speakers is hung on a wall anyway, due to vertical blah blah blah ... ummm, beer ...Anyway, don't discount hanging them on the wall. They may actually sound be... | |
| What subwoofer to choose for 2 ch and HT combined I auditioned REL, Martin-Logan, Polk, B&W, etc. and decided on one I never heard before: ACI Titan. After reading so many positive reviews I took a chance and ordered one. (They are returnable if not satisfied.) I think it is the best sounding... | |
| In search of more power ... MF? V Alstine? Well ... I did it! Took the plunge. Ordered a Van Alstine Ultra Fet Valve 350 amp today. And I am GEEKED about it! Spoke with Frank to dicuss options and decided on the 350. Only issue is five weeks back log. So, five weeks of anticipation. Can't ... | |
| In search of more power ... MF? V Alstine? Jaybo - Thanks. BAT, CJ, etc. ... if V.A.'s build quality is on par with those then I'd certainly be happy with that.TonyPTony - Thank you for explaining the sound qualities of the 550. You described it very well.After hearing from both of you I f... | |
| 2 stereo amps in a mono-block config = 2 x power? And just for the record ... I misunderstood my dealer's suggestion completely! A follow-up contact with him revealed that he meant for me to simply bi-amp my speakers (which I cannot do since my speakers have only one set of binding posts). So all... |