tholt
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| HIEND CD with PREAMP i knew as soon as i posted, kidding doesn't come through... | |
| HIEND CD with PREAMP What is this brand "HIEND" you speak of? | |
| Power Amp..opinions please i did not audition the tvc with the nuforce. the nuforces were gone before i received the tvc, which is now being used with the Cary and a very nice combo. fwiw Nicholas at Promitheus said the nuforce would pair fine with his tvc. | |
| Power Amp..opinions please I believe there is a 30 day trial period with the Wyreds. Also not all class d's sound the same. FWIW i traded a pair of nuforce ref 8v2's for a cary rocket 88r and i much prefer the sound. i also have it paired to a promitheus rev4 tvc. | |
| Baby Steps back to Tubes. Consider also the Odyssey Line, Symphonic's "little brother". Many of the same parts as Symphonic. Huge bang for the buck. Their Stratos or Khartago amps can be had for ~$1k and up. Buy direct with a 30 day no questions, no re-stock fee policy. Or... | |
| Baby Steps back to Tubes. Remember that a tube watt will play (4) times as loud as a solid state watt.Hadn't heard that quantitative comparison before. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Krauti, I've lost track of this thread. After 4+ pages...how is your Mastersound/LV combo working out? Happy with the glowing glass? | |
| Wyred 4 Sound STP Dead quiet for sure. First time I've ever experienced NOTHING coming out of the speakers. The thing is overbuilt and bullet proof. Moreover the parts and thought behind it is much more then what the selling price is. I've owned 5 active preamps an... | |
| Anyone tried Passive Pre's with Class D Power amps follow up...if you don't have a certain passive in mind the promitheus stuff is unbelievable, if you find/buy any of the models on agon it won't be a huge investment. Plus you would likely be able to sell for little or no loss if it didn't work ou... | |
| Anyone tried Passive Pre's with Class D Power amps Nicholas at Promitheus assured me that his products would work well with my (at the time) Nuforces. i suspect if the input impedance of your class d was sufficient (class d's tend to be 47k or higher) it would be fine. The Nuforce didn't take much... | |
| "upgrade" from Cary SLI 80 F1 edition Agreed, that should be a killer amp. What cables are you using as well? | |
| Wyred 4 Sound STP Don't know if he meant it was the same performance range, more that the technologies were similar (passive/active). He also mentioned the McCormack VRE. Still, for about 1/5 the price, the performance is significantly different, and loads more tra... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound STP Conclusion is that this pre is worth a lot more then selling price. | |
| Impossible? Small towers, efficient, musical, loud An update, I received the Cary and it seems to be handling the Ushers remarkably well, even in triode. Nice full sound, don't detect much if any distortion. I'm still very interested in getting speakers that are better suited to this amplifier, bu... | |
| Can you lower gain requirements on tube amp? Thanks so far.Newbee/Rodman -- are you suggesting that a source with higher voltage will produce more gain at the amp end? My cdp is rated at 2V, +/-3dB output. To answer your question: yes, much of my recorded material does provide adequate SPL's... |