soundermn
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| Which integrated amp for better musicality - Parasound Hint vs Primaluna vs ??? I have been very happy with my Primaluna. I have the HP and have had it for about two years. It's fantastic. Before that I had a Dialogue One for four years. I was driving B&W 803s with the HP, and it worked very well, even given that the... | |
| End game speakers for Yamaha as2100 under 5k new or used Revel F208 can be found used for about $3k. There is a dealer demo set on the 'Gon right now. | |
| Speaker recommendation I had a set of B&W N803 for about 5 years, and N805 before those. I auditioned the Double Impact, and found them to be good, with nice soundstage, but not really smooth across various frequency ranges. I felt there was a bit of "suck out" in... | |
| Revel F228BE By the way, they sound fantastic! Huge upgrade over my previous B&W N803. | |
| Revel F228BE I just looked at the back of my F208s. The label says "Made in Indonesia". | |
| SPEAKERS, SPEAKERS AND MORE SPEAKERS.. BUT NEED BASS.? shinemaster OP5 posts09-24-2018 6:33pmSoix, fair enough :) Currently I am using a pair of B&W 805 Monitors.. tried Vandersteen 3 series, Dali and Sonus Faber venere series..At this moment my Dedicated audio room is 220 sf. I don't know about ... | |
| Opinions on these budget integrateds? I don't know these other amps, but I will say this. Don't write off the Primaluna Amps as "low power tubes". They have superb transformers, and they deliver the goods. I used my Dialogue to run B&W 803s, which are notoriously power hungry, ... | |
| A way to listen to a large collection I try to pick something unusual or that I haven’t listened to in a while. Then, next album should have a connection, and I look for new ones. For example, start with Tedeschi Trucks. Derek Trucks played with Allman Brothers. Next up, Allman Bros. ... | |
| LOOKING TO MAKE A TURNTABLE CHANGE, HOPEFULLY AN IMPROVEMENT I used to read this forum a lot more than I do now. This thread is a perfect example of why. OP hasn’t said what’s wrong with his system, or really even shared much about his equipment. Yet several supposed experts are telling him to go spend thou... | |
| Jolida JD-9 MC-High issue with severe distortion/clipping Agreed, yogi. I had the JD9 for 7 years, and loved it. I had the Dynavector 10x5 at 2.5mv. I used the MM setting, lowest amount of gain, and used the high output RCAs. The reason is that the high output is the standard level, while the low output ... | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium or Premium HP? Oh, and you asked about musical preference. We listen to classic rock, blues. I could always hear this fuzzy sound with Mark Knopfler, or Rickie Lee Jones, for example. | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium or Premium HP? I think the best way I could describe it is that it sounded like there was "fuzz" around the vocals. The highs were there, and could be crispy and nice... but sometimes it would sound a little biting or harsh such that it made you turn it down a ... | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium or Premium HP? I used the EL34 for a while, and liked them. I also tried KT120 but I found they had a bit of "glare" to them. I tried a lot of things to make it better, and they sounded good, but not as sweet as the EL34. Moving to the KT150 is the best of bo... | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium or Premium HP? I can't help with your comparison. However, as to cost of ownership, the thing you may want to consider is the number of tubes. I upgraded my HP integrated to KT150 and I'm very happy with it. Extra power for larger, hungrier speakers, and it s... | |
| Phono stage can minimize tics and pops on vinyl @atmasphere yes, thank you for the great explanation!@hifiman5 yes, I experienced the same phenomenon when I added the Manley Chinook into my rig. Due to an unfortunate incident, I ended up also changing the cartridge to the AT ART9 with a Line C... |