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| Heat I use two computer fans underneath 845 SET amp, tremendous current and heat from these transmitter tubes. Don't bother with my other tube amps and pre. | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @regismc , based on specs Statement linestage should be fine match to Hyperion. Statement output impedance 500 ohms, Hestia 400 ohms, Hyperion input impedance 22k, both well matched based on amp input at least 10x higher than pre out. This is by f... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics @unreceiveddogma, Yesssir! | |
| LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ? @antigrunge, you're not complicating it at all, sound quality of these tubes has to always be taken in context of entire system. What may sound great in one system may not in another. Even with the reliability factor, context matters, one amp may ... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics Who would sit on this audio peer review board, and what form would this analytical analysis take? I don't think audiophiles will ever accept any appointed or elected audio peer review board in the near future. There is so little commonality betwee... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? Humans have always been opinionated, I'd suggest opinion may be becoming an obsolete descriptor as it pertains to ideas. New modes of information technology has inculcated self belief in the masses of expert status in whatever field they choose. A... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? Our lack of social evolution also tied much to our physical natures, testosterone and alpha wars. | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? Humans are clever and inventive, thus humankind evolves in the technical sense. Socially, we've likely not evolved more than five minutes. Someday, if we're clever enough may invent robots who'd be rid of us.Also, for far too many, this human life... | |
| Advice sought on sending a preamp from Canada to the US for repair and return While I'm opposite of you, live in US, amp and preamp Canadian. I've shipped these pieces to Canada for upgrades, always state on custom forms items are being shipped for repair. I always diy out of country shipping, major shippers make it somewha... | |
| Brothers from another Mother ? Volti is like modded Klipsch, I'd expect Volti to be more refined than Klipsch. Greg, Volti principal, has been offering Klipsch upgrades such as crossovers and horns for quite awhile. He knows Klipsch well, and how to improve. I use his mid horns... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics One could more precisely estimate bottom line value of fine tuning devices by removing every single one and compare. I'm not gonna do it. I've often done this when adding individual fine tuning device. Sometimes the addition of device is such that... | |
| Klipsch Forte ii too bright, or is it my room ? +1 on room first. You'll never receive full value of any system in your room. Don't color the components, fix the room, then you can hear true sound signature of your system. | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope Its been a long time since I've been flailing trying to better performance of my system. Every listening session over past few years has been pure musical ecstasy. I ended my cable auditioning quite a few years ago, present cables (and likely last... | |
| LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ? @charles1dad , Yeah, Israel trashed my Linlai 101, he seemed to not know of them when I initially spoke to him, only added he doesn't like mesh plate tubes. He also told me my particular pair were bad, I had them tested on Amplitrex tester after g... | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @dkerr For amps I have Coincident Turbo 845SET,Art Audio Carissa Signature 845SET, custom built 300B SET monoblocks, Prima Luna Dialogue Four (modded with Takman resistors and Miflex and Mundorf capacitors, use exclusively with EL34 these days), ... |