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| SST Ampzilla 2000 SE MB and Ambrosia Preamp I owned that combo a few years back and, IMHO, they're fantastic. I even liked their blue faceplates with the Star Trek logos! They definitely ride the neutral line, you won't get much of anything added or subtracted, so your front-end better be ... | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? Spatial Audio X3. My endgame speakers. So badly wanted these to work out. Sadly, one of the most disappointing speakers I’ve heard or owned. | |
| DACs and more. Is there a good analog sounding DAC. Denafrips Terminator Audio Mirror Tubadour SE | |
| Tube phono rec’s for AT Art9XI - Allnic, Modwright, Luxman… Allnic is a great choice, i run a H-1202 and it’s a really nice unit for not a lot of money. A step up is the Manley Steelhead RC which might just be in your budget if you’re shopping used. Lots of flexibility with the Steelhead including a good ... | |
| State of current production (2020-21) top flight 300b tubes Good luck finding EML XLS. Fantastic tubes but they’re becoming hard to source. | |
| GT Audio Works Refrence3 vs Arion Audio Apollo 12 I’d be interested in receiving any technical information, and pricing info too. PM is fine. | |
| More expensive = better? Define ‘better’. More linear, more accurate, more extended top to bottom…. Maybe. Whether or not it’s more emotionally engaging and enjoyable within the context of your particular room and system isn’t necessary linked to the purchase price. | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition Popular opinion suggests a linestage should do little other than provide source switching and volume control. It should add/subtract nothing sonically, and just be a transparent conduit between a source and amplifier. That specification may or may... | |
| Speaker advice please If you’re buying new, and you must have an audition, what’s available to you via a dealer in a 200 mile radius? That might be a good starting point here, tell us what’s available and some people with experience might be able to help prioritize yo... | |
| Spatial X5 speakers For X3's, the XO point to the powered sub is 90hz. "The 12” mid crossover point is 2nd order at 1kHz. The driver runs without a filter on the bottom of its range to preserve performance". (Per Clayton) I'm running X3's with Allnic Audio A-6000 30... | |
| Preamp thoughts- Conrad Johnson ET7 S2 V McIntosh C2600 @eugene81 Glad to hear your Allnic pre is working out. I've had the same experience as you trying to run directly from a digital source to a power amp, counter-intuitively it always seems to sound worse. Allnic gear is a real 'sleeper' in the hig... | |
| Experiences by Owners of Lyngdorf Integrated Amps using the Room Correct feature I owned the TDAi2200 years ago and it was a very good piece of kit. No matter the room or associated equipment the sound was always improved when activating the RC versus running it in bypass mode. The unit sounded good as a straightforward integ... | |
| Can't Source Target R2 Stands - Best Substitute? Virginia. Sorry, good luck with your search. | |
| Can't Source Target R2 Stands - Best Substitute? I have a pair of Target stands that I used with Epos ES14 speakers when I lived in the UK. I used them recently with Merlin speakers, shown below. They're about 25 years old. I think they're R2s but I'm not 100%. They're lead-filled and not shi... | |
| Does Time alignment and Phase coherency make for a better loudspeaker? I've owned Dunlavy SC-IIIs for about 3 years now and a key feature of their design is time/phase coherency. I've tried a number of different speakers over the past 3 years but keep coming back to the Dunlavys. Whether or not it's the time/phase f... |