tomic601

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High quality, passive, balanced, low pass crossover?
High pass. The Wima caps in the Vandy box ( 5 and 7 ) filters are properly bypassed and also formed by DBS circuit. Many of the Wima cap denigrating sect have never heard them in that combination, eg Vandersteen, Brinkmann, etc.. That’s ok. crosso... 
Observation: Passion vs Obsession
gear changers abound….. music lovers also… not often the same people….7 years now on most of my system, very few urges to change…much…. 
Mono solves all
consult the color wheel….. then ask yourself about stones…. 
Amp Preamp Advice
what exactly is the budget ? You have many choices of excellent gear. As Eric wisely said, optimize current setup as your Curl designed components are capable of much. Consider the Jim Smith book - Get Better Sound - to assist you.Ignore the singu... 
Whether to do anything about the limitations of our ears
having owned Vandy 3a-sig, 5a and 7 mk2 spanning some 20 years, i can assure you RV’s speakers are super flat in room. BTW Earthworks mics, good as they are are NOT good enough for Vandy production quality control against the reference each speake... 
Can someone suggest a lush tube integrated under $3000 used
that’s the balanced, experienced, nuanced reply i was hoping would help the OP to widen perspective….thanks.so very sorry to hear of friends setback, if there is a way i can help, let me know. Hopefully he at least has some musicbestJim 
New Raven Audio CeLest Monitor coming this fall.
wow….. i would publish that text in a heartbeat…. 
Can someone suggest a lush tube integrated under $3000 used
@arafiq still high on the VTL ? 
Amps In Wall Or Conditioner?
OP you are welcome. you have many helping this thread. I was lucky to buy a couple of Furman 15 for all the digital infrastructure in the house, keep it clean before dumping back into the line…Also, i have heard great things about both Puritan and... 
Reel to reel , is it real the hype!
level match against the excellent system you already have, gain is always addictive!have fun.enjoy ! 
Amps In Wall Or Conditioner?
and experience based…Isotec is my gold standard, but i could live with … ? OP your router or network switch on linear power supply ? 
How do you listen?
s to n of the room matters, but my recollection is we wrangled that one to the ground also…. 
How do you listen?
Jim Smith, tip number x and observed long before i met him…every recording, indeed every hall and reverberant space ( read venue ) has it’s “ bloom point “, with and without people ( read audience ).….carry on. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
yes, prayers answered - Foot is healed , thanks for all the well wishes along the long winding journey  
Tube vs solid state (with all apologies)
unleash the tornado….but a great designer with ears and taste can extract awesome sound out of either tubes or Ss or a hybrid…. just like a great guitar player….now, where did i put that fret less bass… ?