talon4
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| Conrad Johnson MF2500A or a high power tube amp Hi Andy, The CJ MF2500A has a musical and tube like sound to it for a SS amp. Since your speakers are DIY, it's hard to figure if the CJ has enough or more than enough power to drive them. Maybe you could tell us how easy (or hard) they are to dri... | |
| Conrad Johnson MF2500A or a high power tube amp The MF2500A--(not the 2500, an older version) is a wonderful amp and it is indeed natural sounding. I had a MF2500A that was paired with Aerial 7b speakers, a Bat vk5i preamp and a Meridian 508.24 cd player. This combination of components was very... | |
| Pass Labs 350.5 or 600.5 owners--breakin time..... Thanks for all your responses! I'm just wondering what kind of time I'm looking at and the stages of change, which is fascinating. I'm looking forward to the final system sound though. Each monoblock is massive (21x19x11.5) and weighs 150 pounds. ... | |
| High priced power cable what about the romex Spatialking, Actually, the 6 gauge armoured romex that my electrician bought at Home Depot for my 70 foot run from my main panel to my sub panel has a flexible ALUMINUM conduit sheath. How can Aluminum conduit be "better" than armoured romex? From... | |
| High priced power cable what about the romex Punkuk, Aside from the theories/benifits of powercords, I'd recommend armoured romex to go from your main panel to your outlets or main panel to sub panel. Armoured cable helps in decreasing RFI and MFI. I upgraded from non armoured to armoured ro... | |
| Can anyone recommend a smooth, rich CD player? Another vote for the Meridian 508.24. A great cd player, especially at it's used price point. It's essentially a neutral player just on the warm side of neutral--very smooth with good low level detail retreival. It also has one of the lowest jitte... | |
| What do folks use to clean cables/connections? Another vote for Kontak. It's by far the best that I've tried. I clean everything every six months... interconnects, speakerwire, component connections, powercord connections, fuses, fuse holding "compartment" + fuse cap, and small signal tube pin... | |
| Shunyata Hydra vs Chang lightspeed? I've got an older original Chang Lightspeed 9600 (the newer Chang is still the same, only the duplex outlets are now on top, instead of on the side) and an original Shunyata Hydra. I haven't heard the Hydra 6, but I'm guessing that it is a better ... | |
| Atma-Sphere amps with Eggleston Andra II's 1markr, I agree about the Bat having alot of reserve power. I used to have a Bat vk5i preamp that I was using in my current system and it had an unreal amount of reserve power for a pre. I also agree that the speakers come alive above about 85 db.... | |
| Atma-Sphere amps with Eggleston Andra II's I own a pair of Andra 2's. I agree with Jtinn. The speakers need some power. French fries's Levinson 33h must have alot of current. I think the 33h are 150 watt @ 8 ohm. I've talked with Egglestonworks several times about amps and preamps. They re... | |
| What is the lifespan of a good SS Amp I own a Jeff Rowland 302 amp."It's a proprietry digital switching power circuitry amp and not a class D amp", in the words of one Stereo Times reviewer. Jeff calls the circuirty MECC (Mutivariable Enhanced Cascade Control). This amp hardly even ge... | |
| Thoughts on Egglestonworks Andra II This is a correction to my 01/04/06 post. Not long after I posted that, I was cleaning the speaker cable posts on my amp and I noticed that three of the four negative posts were loose in their respective bases. Very loose! The amp made a trip to J... | |
| What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean? Jea48, I find it interesting to know that the "pull pressure" of hospital grade recepticles is tested for the hospital environment. I didn't know that and I work in a hospital. However, I'm sure our maintenance personnel are aware of that. One thi... | |
| Which Shunyata Hydra is best sounding? I just went to the Shunyata Research website. They all do not have the same parts. The 8 has a FeSi-1002 noise reduction compound and a massive cryogenic grade CDA-101 copper bus array. The 6 and 4 have 7 guage wire and a solid silver distribution... | |
| Thoughts on Egglestonworks Andra II According to the Stereophile review of it, the speakers are a 6 ohm load speaker, which is "easy" to drive. They drop down to 3 ohms in the 50-100 hertz range. I, also, have been told that they need power. Audioblazer--I'm surprised that the bass ... |