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| Lamm ML1.1 & ML 2.1 I recently got the ML2s (predecessor of the 2.1s) and am still in the "jaw dropping" stage - am an experienced SET listener (300B and 2A3 amps in particular), but once I got the correct input tube in place, the ML2s are redefining my system's capa... | |
| snell fans Hey Overhang, I once had Type Bs (after trading up from their predecessors in my system, the EIIIs). Very exhilarating speaker, but I could never get the bass under control even with fairly constipated high-current/damping factor SS amps. Course, ... | |
| If $ was no object what speaker would you buy? Avantgarde Trio Compact with a couple pair of Basshorns. Of course, then I'd need a much bigger room... | |
| What are the best Audio Compnent Racks Available? Grand Prix Audio Monaco Modular - don't listen or look unless they're in your budget, though! | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 2004 Porsche 911 - 40th Anniversary edition - modded with 15" Brembos, 19" Champion RG5 forged wheels and lowered with H&R springs. I'm in love, what can I say? Have been a PCA member since '84 and this is my best car yet. | |
| Reliability of Cary Audio Products My Cary amps and preamp have always functioned flawlessly and sounded great; the amps are now almost 10 years old. | |
| Looking for an incredibly dynamic preamplifier never heard the Wyetech, but the Cary SLP-98 with oil caps and direct coupling has balls to spare. Big, vivid sound. of course, NOS 6SN7s are de rigeur. | |
| CDP with best bass response I had Meridian 508.20 and 508.24 in years past...superb players, but outclassed in bass extension, filigree and punch by BAT VK-D5SE. Now a very happy BATman. | |
| Best CD player for under $6000 used? I second Akaddict's comments on the BAT. This is a killer, very "analog-like" machine which was $6K new, should be able to find used for considerably less. | |
| Butler TDB 5150 Amp -- Anyone hear this yet? Yep, have a 5150 in my home theater rig - for now, just driving 3 Definitive Tech Mythos speaks - for me, a perfect marriage of tubes and solid state...more akin to a push-pull sound than my preferred SETs, but in the context of the video system i... | |
| Cary 300B or Cary 2a3? Ttrhp, the 300SEs will sound great with your Unos - I am using those amps with my Duo 3.2s. Be sure to try Sophia mesh plate 300Bs, better than the Western Electrrics in my system.Have not heard the 2A3 w/the Duos, so can't say the 300B amps will ... | |
| CJ Premier 18/Cary slp 98-which is closer to PF-R? Not familiar with the CJs, but the SLP-98 does the "lush, bloomy" thing big time, but not at the expense of extension or dynamics. It's a very ballsy sounding preamp when outfitted with quality NOS 6SN7s...mine also has the oil caps and direct-cou... | |
| Want to experience tubed CDP? If you're going to spend Audio Aero or Cary $$, consider the BAT VK-D5SE. You won't regret it. | |
| Anyone compare VK-D5SE to Capitole 24/192 ? Haven't heard the Capitole, but the BAT is a very satisfying, "analog-like" player in that it has plenty of resolution and extension when you bother to listen for that, but what always strikes me about it is the richness, tonal density, dynamic ea... | |
| fuller sound at lower volumes Tube preamp and more efficient speakers will breather life into the system at low volumes...of course, then you might want a tube amp better matched to those more efficient speaks...a slippery slope, but a fun one! |