sls883
Responses from sls883
| Why did you lean one way or the other I've had a tube preamp and solid state amp for around 30 years. My systems before that were solid state. A Yamaha amp and preamp. Then an Adcom amp and NAD preamp. I bought an entry level c-j tube preamp and an entry level solid state Coda amp.... | |
| Focal Kanta 2 and CODA 16 amp I've tried a number of different tubes in my preamps. I'm doing some tube swapping this evening. There are definitely tubes that are less bright. Same is true of some of my interconnects. It's worth a shot. I'm pretty confident that the Coda... | |
| Focal Kanta 2 and CODA 16 amp I doubt that the brightness is coming from the Coda. I have a Coda Continuum No 8 V1 paired with a Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL preamp (tube) and it works great. It has a theatre pass through, but no balanced outputs. I use my amp for two channe... | |
| Wireless kit for Subwoofers? I use a REL HT Air mkII for my SVS home theatre sub. It works well, but I've never analyzed the sound quality. My two main subs are hard wired. | |
| Love getting new equipment, hate the break-in Von Schweikert did some break in on my speakers. I think Coda did as well. I bought my preamp used. Everything else was purchased new with the exception of my LHY ock-2 clock. Nothing sounded crappy and turned good with breakin. Any breakin... | |
| How do I know if I need a sub woofer? @ronboco I was thinking the same thing with respect to room size. My system is in a large room with concrete floors. I have the floot space to locate a sub on the outside of each main (full range towers) . It sounds great. But, if my system we... | |
| Your favorite obscure song Fuel to Fire by Agnes Obel. | |
| Suggested upgrade paths Not being familiar with your gear, I would start by reading reviews on my gear to see if the issue with sibilance or bass is common to any of my gear. I would guess that the bass issue is speaker related. Either placement, the speaker itself,... | |
| Suggested upgrade paths You've posted under "what's playing on your turntable". Do you have the same issues with bass and sibilance with vinyl? | |
| Aerial model 5 woofer replacement The woofer is a 7" cast-frame unit with a damped polypropylene cone, custom-made for Aerial by Vifa in Denmark. I agree that you should contact Aerial. The driver may no longer be available, but they could possibly recommend a substitute. You ... | |
| Pass Labs xa-25 or Coda Continum #8 @jsqt I have a No 8 V1. I was curious about your choice of V2. I have 89dB efficiency speakers and Doug Dale with Coda recommended the V1. I am guessing that the choice of V1, V2, or V3 was based on speaker effeciency, but there is probably mor... | |
| Best music in 2025 @slaw i recently discovered Kathleen Edwards. I like that album. Two of my favorites new in 2025 are Stygian Wavz by Envy of None (which was put together by Alex Lifeson, he plays guitar) and Empires Must Fall by Ghost of the Machine. Their a... | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? @lanx0003 I went back through these posts and saw Singxer su-6 recommended. I looked at it and it doesn’t have a clock input. That doesn’t appeal to me. | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? @lanx0003 sorry, I missed your question about the Wiim Ultra. It went to Lincoln with my son, so I wasn't able to try it in my system. | |
| Best selling albums of all time I only own the Eagles, AC/DC, Fleetwood Mac, and Pink Floyd. I could listen to any of them except maybe Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. Not that they are bad, just not my cup of tea. Not a huge Beatles fan, either. |