scotty333
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| Review: Valve Amplification Company Phi 300 Tube amp I own the phi Beta integrated and feel too with out a doubt it is the best amp/preamp / gear I have ever owned. I have owned several other tube brand gear but the VAC stands out and the phi gear is Kevin's best to date. Great review, enjoy! | |
| H.P.Caravelles owners, are you still Satisfied. VERY SATISFIED. Musical, transparent, timbre, soundstaging, etc. I could go on and on. I would recommend a sub with them, even though the bass is very satisfying. I also have the newer stands and have compared them with the older stands. The new o... | |
| Transparent , Kubala , Luminous , or RS Poiema Received the prana deva with bochinno xlr's. They came broken in on a cable cooker. I have had them in my system for an additional week. Now these are truly special and I would highly recommend the bochinno's if you have the added scratch. Better ... | |
| Transparent , Kubala , Luminous , or RS Poiema I have heard great things about Kubala...but recently purchased the Prana Deva speaker wire. The speaker cable is truly special, very musical, high resolution and quiet. Some of the most natural sounding cable I have ever owned. I am taking delive... | |
| Some random thoughts for Tube newbies Good thoughts. Consult your manufacturer. They have 'voiced' the units and quite likely have tried various NOS tubes and settled on their favorites...Also, let the tubes break in before any tube rolling...Having said that 'system' balancing is a f... | |
| Speltz Anti Cables Twisted together - are these similar to mapleshade speaker cables? | |
| isolation transformer vs line conditioner Sean, Thanks, and sorry, I found the 'archived' posts where you recommend the Xentek and Topaz, after the fact :). I know you were going to post something to the effect of how to make the 'best' out of dedicated lines using Romex....which is what ... | |
| isolation transformer vs line conditioner Sean, what do you recommend in a iso transformer, i.e brand, make, - - let's say for digital, dac / transport. And also for the amp? | |
| Any fellow VAC Phi 220 owners out there? Thoughts? Tvad,glad you figured it out. I hope the adaptors work really well for you. I know on the 70/70 you could dial in the feedback, but on the 110 am not sure how much flexibility there is. It sounds like you are down to some really fine tuning of you... | |
| Any fellow VAC Phi 220 owners out there? Thoughts? Tvad, I owned the phi 110 and the ren 70/70's - while the negative feedback may 'tighten' the high frequencies, I lost some of the air and what I would call presence with negative feedback. Sometimes it was even recording dependent. I am not sure ... | |
| Powercord to tame brightness and add musicality Some other thoughts? Can you 'tame the room'? This can make a big difference. I would look to the room...and if you don't want to change gear, I would look at cabling. There is musical cable that has high resolution and there is 'detailed' cable t... | |
| Wash, Cut, Polish & Demagnetize I have used cleaners, many....I have the Herbie audio mat - the best that I have tried, and tried several...I have then cryo'd my cd collection, a great tweak, highly recommended....then purchased an audiodesk....The improvement is well worth the ... | |
| VAC Phi 70 good match for Vandersteen 5As? The Sistrum stands are a great stand for the VAC. I believe it really helps. Glad to see you are using it as well. | |
| Any fellow VAC Phi 220 owners out there? Thoughts? The Sonoran power cord is an excellent match for the PHI. Very musical with terrific bass extension. | |
| Review: Valve Amplification Company VAC PHI BETA Integrated 110 Tube amp Kevin is the owner of VAC and the designer as well. He is a great guy and can answer your questions. The web site is www.vac-amps.com, that should have the contact information to call him for questions. |