stevecham
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| Should I buy a new amplifier; and if so, what? I can confirm that Krell will work fine for Thiels (400cx with CS6) and after ten years with this set up it is quite warm sonically and thermally, but also very revealing. I have no inclination to change amps and, so far, the caps are just fine. | |
| Aesthetix Rhea? I should have added that I run my Helikon at 62 dB (whereas only 56 dB with the original tubes) and at 125 Ohms. | |
| Aesthetix Rhea? No noise issues here. Bought one used a couple of years ago and last year replaced all the tubes with a new set from Aesthetix. This allowed me to go one gain stage higher and drop any remaining the tube rush considerably. Bass tightened and sound... | |
| Tracking force and Unipivot tonearms So what now, the manufacturer knows squat about what's the correct VTF for the products they design and make? C'mon, really?Monty Python indeed.I have to stir the pot just a lil' bit. | |
| Tracking force and Unipivot tonearms That's pure BS. Provided you have a cartridge that has the correct compliance for use with unipivots, you should be using the manufacturer's recommended VTF. Higher forces will force misalignment of coil and magnet structures within the cartridge. | |
| How do I remove gunk from a Lyra Delos cartridge? As Woody Allen said in Annie Hall, "Don't you wish life was always like this?"Thanks Jonathan! | |
| Ayre V-Kxe and Thiel 2.4s As Unsound suggested earlier (nod to you bro!), you might also consider Krell, a brand I strongly recommend because I use a 400cx with my CS6s in my other system and it drives them adequately. The 6s are, in my opinion, more difficult to drive tha... | |
| Ayre V-Kxe and Thiel 2.4s Unsound: Do you actually own 2.4s? | |
| Ayre V-Kxe and Thiel 2.4s OK, The 2.4s measured 88 dB at 1 watt at 1 meter at 1% THD. The CJ at worst puts out 77 wpc into a nominal 4 Ohm load at 1%. So for most of my listening at 80 to 85 or so, I am using a watt or two.Unless 1% THD is considered to be clipping...Look,... | |
| Anyone have honest opinion of Jolida amps? Owned a 2003 302B powering Meadowlark Kesrel 2s for about a year, then Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures. Then traded up to a Rogue Cronus, than to a CJ CAV50. The Jolida was OK as a entry point into tubes but if I could do it all over again I would have... | |
| Ayre V-Kxe and Thiel 2.4s Unsound, feel free to go ahead and invalidate my assertions and experiences. It's OK, this is common place in the world today. But is it based on experience or speculation? There is no "well into clipping" going on here, and frankly, in this regar... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 Another vote for Bon Iver, runner up is Wilco's The Whole Love | |
| Cartridge around $2K help. I heard the Kleos on a friend's system recently and I was very impressed by the musicality and detail retrieval. I am also a fan of Lyra carts, owning both Argo i and Helkon. A Kleos or Skala will be my next replacement cartridge. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? And slowly turns the grinding wheel, in the Court of the Crimson King. | |
| Ayre V-Kxe and Thiel 2.4s Could be; I can certainly and easily get it well above 100 dB, the 95 is a nominal figure and I am sure that even on the rat shack meter, the actual peaks are 100+ dB.High end aspirations...now there's an interesting concept. |