tholt
Responses from tholt
| Usher Amp & Pre? Interesting response. Most of what I've read is that our speakers are difficult to drive properly with tubes (with enough muscle). The impedance curve isn't too bad,I always thought it was due to its sensitivity and power rating.There are other po... | |
| Usher Amp & Pre? Hi Mboldda1, did you ditch your Consonance cybers? Curious what tube amps people have tried successfully with the 6381's, as they are either a hard load or just voiced for SS amps (or both). I haven't yet demo'd any tube amps, mostly because of th... | |
| Usher Amp & Pre? Fishers9, have you made any headway on your end? Interested to hear about the others' experience, particularly with Usher speakers. | |
| Emotiva Amps They're for real. They were my first foray into hi-fi. Great company with personable customer service, a 40% discount for current customers who buy their next gen gear (pre/pros only) and a fine line of low cost, well engineered electronics. the p... | |
| Would Shindo Aurieges L pre work with a Forte 4 am I've run my aurieges L with a variety of ss amps -- chip-based, class d and class a -- and all between 55k and 47k ohm input impedance. Never had any perceived problems with roll off, etc. the aurieges does have a high output impedance of 5k ohm, ... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? For me the downside is lack of power, and thus compatibility with my speakers...Usher 6381 that Usher states are mated better with SS. I'm guessing its because they're probably difficult to drive adequately with most tube amps. I'm bummed, I'd lov... | |
| Usher Amp & Pre? I'm also tempted to pair with a p307 pre to see if there's any special magic with an all Usher rig | |
| Usher Amp & Pre? I'm demoing a 5.1 right now...comparing with Nuforce ref 8v2 class D's. Verdict still out but I wanted to try this amp with my Usher 6381's, plus I've never had a class a in my system. I will say build quality certainly is impressive. Best binding... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- ...When a $1500 amp is cheap but a $50 oil change is expensive05-09-09: Samhar-- your system has reaches a place where you can stop tweaking with new parts and you become depressed. ....I fear I'm there. | |
| Do you spend more on audio than your income allows I'm sure this economy is making us all tighten our belts and look a little longer and harder at buying toys. | |
| Do you spend more on audio than your income allows She's a beautiful mistress that's becoming increasingly harder to please....and more demanding. I pray we can find a happy medium of co-existence before the only thing I have left to sell is my soul. | |
| Do you spend more on audio than your income allows Foster, that's too bad. i can't imagine doing what I'm doing if it wasn't fun. I find it extremely fun -- the only downside is the considerable cash outlay. I find myself lost in dreaming of upgrades, what's available on agon, and doing research. ... | |
| Do you spend more on audio than your income allows It takes money to get into the hobby, but now I try to sell off something to pay off or offset substantially the 'upgrade' that replaces it. That being said, I am obsessed with gear, no doubt. sometimes i think the music is the means to the gear, ... | |
| MHZS 66F vs 88F CD players Take that Lampizator stuff and the fake part cries with a grain of salt. Sound is what matters, and IME they sounded pretty good. | |
| MHZS 66F vs 88F CD players I owned the 33 and 88 'E' models. I thought they were pretty well built, certainly stout (some of the heaviest players I've had -lots of thick metal), no mech issues ever. Of course, I did not have them for more then a few months each. The buttons... |