thegreenman
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| Wholesale prices To me its a great deal! Using the kef reference 5s right now, would top up the extra to get your kef blade 1 for sure! Get it! | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 @jbrrp1 hahhaa thats really a lifelong hobby for you! Yeah cool! Nice way to upgrade the system! Hahahaha and great wife you have :p Which component in your system do you feel plays the greatest part in determining the sound? Oic! If I ever do get... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? @douglas_schroeder haha ok sure will check out your reviews! Haha interesting surprise gear you are going to reviewHaha I probably lean way more towards the tube camp :p when I have enough funds will want to upgrade to horns with low powered tube... | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 @jbrrp1 ouch! Tt really hurt! Sigh....thats the sad part about audio...despite it being good it depreciates so much!Hahaha oic wow naise selection of tubes! Was wondering if i bought it....prob will get the RK 300b and maybe 242s as well from KR. ... | |
| A new (huge) R2R high end DAC in town @astrostar59 hi thanks for sharing your journey!Am personally looking for a tube dac now....was looking at the lampi big 7 vs the audio note kit 4.1 or 5.1. How did your lampi GG compare with the audio note kit 4.1 or the audio note 5 that you own... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? @douglas_schroeder thanks for your input! :) haha wow you sound very experienced! Oic! Always was wondering why I dont see multiple amplifiers rather than 1 stereo / pair of monoblocks used! I guess that must be the reason! Ok sure, looking forwa... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? @hshifi thanks! Im actually using primaluma...just tt i prefer the sound of big tubes eg 300b, 211 , 845. Im thinking of different solutions I can use to circumvent the power problem@boomerbillone wow thanks for sharing! Haha 8 channels must sound... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? @atmasphere thanks for your advice! :)) ok sure will go and look for the dynaco manual! :))Always thankful for pros like you giving advice! :)) 🙏🙏 | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 @jbrrp1 hahaha oic ok thanks for sharing! Would you buy the big 7 again if thats the top of your budget?Oic nice thanks! What tubes were you using? :) KR audio 300b RK? :) haha wow your current front end costs more than twice my speakers and amp :... | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 Hi @jbrrp1 Did you manage to listen to the dac 5.1? If you did, how does it compare to the big 7? :)Actually am quite curious regarding the sound of the DHT tubes (eg 300B) vs the usual tubes like 12AU7. Was wondering if the sound is more open/mus... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? Hi @atmasphere Thanks for sharing the idea on monostrapping! Was reading up on it. How about what if I do not monostrap? Monostrap kind of puts the amplifiers in series if Im not wrong? So if I place the amplifiers at parrallel will they actually ... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? Hi I am using kef reference 5 with recommended 50-400W needed to power it. Most of the impedence on the chart is around 4ohm instead of 8 ohms. Lowest dips to 3.2 ohms. Although it is 90db at 8 ohms, there are 4 woofers, 1 tweeter and 1 midrange o... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? Hi Erik and Oldhvymec,Thanks for your suggestion for the bi-amping with solid state for bass. However I note from some reviews eg Steve Guttenberg it isnt that easy to get a good matching of the amplifiers (eg he tried with zen triode at the top a... | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 Hi JbrrpWow you own one of my grail dacs the lampi pacific! How many % would the ANK dac 4.1 be compared to your pacific? In terms of soundstage how does it compare?You also mentioned a rectifier upgrade. What did you use in the end that sounded g... | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 Hi guys,Thanks so much for your input! 2 questions:1. What source/cable were you using? CD player? Computer? Streamer? Any issues with connectivity?2. What do you feel about the soundstage?Thanks! |