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| Reasonable not to be offered a trial on a cart? JMc2, not only that, but he takes a whole day to install at no extra cost. Aiming for early part of 2013. Will keep posted, this needs to be my last major component change before I work on system wide improvements (supports/cabling/balanced power/... | |
| Reasonable not to be offered a trial on a cart? JMc2, yes I have subsequently found a dealer for the Straingauge who's been courteous enough to offer a home trial. But reasonably I'm going to need to build a relationship with him by travelling the couple of hundred miles to his shop and demonst... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? I'm not going to rush into a cap change at this point, although it's on my radar. The sound of the 4s is changing daily, thankfully for the better, as I continue to make small adjustments. Eg I've just located my amps onto Symposium Isis supports,... | |
| Hovland still cuts it 7 yrs on as 2013 approaches Steakster, Bob IS amazing. I'm notoriously hard to impress when it comes to audio, and after 7 yrs I'm STILL enthralled by his HP200/Radia combo that thoughts of changing them are just thoughts.Can anyone enlighten me as to why they became a casua... | |
| Reasonable not to be offered a trial on a cart? Thanx for your input everyone. I totally understand that dealers lose out in terms of time/expense on home trials, esp. in this day and age of timewasters, and reduced margins.But like spkrs I believe the cart is so open to getting the final choic... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Charles, I had a little bit of a mindstorm, and thought you were suggesting I replace the caps in my Hov pre! That would have cost me a tidy sum, in effect the cost of totally new amplification!I'll check with Sean on the cap value on the tweeters... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Well Charles, I've just checked the main UK source of Dueland Cast PIO Copper caps, and depending on spec, they range in price from $300 to $3750. Gulp! I presume I need these for the preamp only? How many am I likely to need, just 2 with labour c... | |
| Hovland still cuts it 7 yrs on as 2013 approaches Yes, Tm, I'd concur that the Hovs are really tonally spot on, liquid and neutral in equal measure, hence my extreme reticence in considering breaking up a winning partnership.Certainly investigating cap changes never crossed my mind, but coinciden... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Charles, not sure. All I know is that Simon the UK distributor who is a big fan of Atma Sphere certainly agreed that the hint of leaness with these OTLs could be effectively countered by a cap slightly holding back the top end and accommodating th... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? A little info that may explain the assertion that the 4s with OTL sound possibly lean thru the midbass, and analytical with emphasised treble, versus SET 845 which may present more body and a richer tonality.It seems that the capacitor, a Mundorf,... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? I can't thank everybody enough who has taken time to contribute to this part of the thread. What I'm finding with my Zu-Hovland combination is a great synergy, but the 4s are so revealing that I believe I'm hearing the sonic fingerprint of my Radi... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Charles, excuse my ignorance, but what are the salient differences between the two tube camps?I had never got on with tubes full stop, being totally put off them by the stereotypical over warm wooly sound portrayed by BAT eg. But seven years ago g... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? My Hovland HP200 tube pre/Radia SS power amps are showing a good synergy with the 4s, and I'd really need to be convinced of the benefits of all tubes to make the pricey step up.In the UK it's getting harder and harder to make meaningful audio com... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? I've never yet heard a tube amp to sound lean and analytical, BAT gear esp. always strikes me as too lush and warm.At this point in my audio quest I have struck a good synergy between Hovland tube/SS and the Def4s, and so have to make a decision t... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? So Phil, you set low pass filter at 38, me at 40. Where do you set volume (me at 5), and are you getting any change with both PEQ and phase settings (I'm not)?The 4s are so revealing that I think I'm hearing my SS power amp fingerprint in the soun... |