stanwal
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| Best Preamp for Ayon Orthos II monoblocks? Someone I knew had the CD-5 and an Ayon integrated amp; the pre amp section was not good in either and my 20 year old Meridian 200 transport and Audio Synthesis DAX sounded better than the CD-5. He still has the Ayon amp but has sold the CD-5; he ... | |
| Best Preamp for Ayon Orthos II monoblocks? Since you are a tube man the obvious choices are Audio Research and CJ; I don't see how you could go wrong with either. | |
| 2 Ch/HT integration-need help from experts I am familiar with the sound of the Sasha as my friend has a pair; they are very revealing speakers. My advice on the whole thing would be, don't do it. I have a separate system for HT but it is also 2 channel and I find it works just fine. A 5.1 ... | |
| Conrad Johnson CA200 opinions welcome They have discontinued all their SS equipment, only tubes or hybrid are left. I have talked to them about it and my interpretation of what they said is that their market is more in the tube sector and with the contraction of the general market the... | |
| Power handling capability of original Quad esl 57s They don't really need 30. I use to use a Dynaco Stereo 35 power amp which had 17.5 watts a channel and my friend, who has a pair I sold him in the mid 70s, uses a rebuilt Heathkit with 8 watts. The Marantz 8B in triode, which was 12-15 watts [ I ... | |
| Where can I get Avalon Eclipse tweeter? I was ready to buy a pair of them knowing that the tweeter situation was in flux but the owner decided to keep them. As long as you reveal the circumstances the decision is up to the buyer. I have had two tweeters go out out of at least a couple o... | |
| Acustic Raven One vs Basis 2200 Signature I have a 2001 and two of my friends have Raven Ones; they have Graham Phantom arms and I have a 2.2. From your description I think you would like the Basis better as you have described the sound I hear from the Raven as what you don't like. I hear... | |
| Phono preamp directly into amp? You can use a passive pre if you can't find a phono stage with volume controls; most passives don't have balanced outputs. I think the Manley Steelhead phono stage might but I haven't used one. | |
| Am I in the minority? The people I know who have tried "memory DACs" find they are not as good as standard DACS. | |
| Conrad Johnson CA200 opinions welcome I have its big brother, the Premier 350, and it does like a tube with bass according to my tube using friends. They like it very much; I would expect the 200 to have a similar sound as the circuit is very similar. | |
| Where can I get Avalon Eclipse tweeter? The problem is not finding a quality tweeter but finding one that will work with the existing crossover. The Scanspeak Revelator is a better tweeter but how it would sound is anyones guess. I remember when I was looking at a pair of these a couple... | |
| Preamp for someone who's never needed one? Rothwell was the name of the attenuators I was thinking of; they have a web site. | |
| Preamp for someone who's never needed one? Or just buy some 10 Db resistors[ or whatever value you need] to insert in the signal line to lower the output. These are available from sources that often advertise on here and require no modification whatsoever. Could be easily resold if you don... | |
| best subwoofer for stirling LS3/5A I like S series RELs. I use them with Spendors; just use them to augment the bass as the 3/5s sound better played full range. When I sold 3/5s I used the Swedish made Audio Pro; I think they are still around but haven't seen any for a while. | |
| Michell Orbe SE Still a very good table; the modern massive tables have their advantages but disadvantages as well. They are very good at speed stability and deep bass but sometimes seem to me to lack the agility of the lighter, suspended tables. I would not hesi... |