triode
Responses from triode
| Clearaudio Virtuoso vs. Maestro I am just breaking in a Maestro, which replaced a trusty Virtuoso Wood I had for years. Right out of the box, the Maestro has greater resolution - easier to hear into the mix, and better resolved timbre of instruments - coupled with even better po... | |
| High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more Avantgarde Duo OmegaAvantgarde Duo | |
| Speakers with Lamm ML2.1 Avantgardes - whichever model suits your budget. I have Duo Omegas and they are a match made in heaven with my ML2s. | |
| Avantgarde Uno Nano suitable for small room? You will love the Lamms with Avantgardes. The room sounds tight but doable; the key as Brf noted is to sit 10+ feet away, but while also preserving width (tweeter to tweeter) of 83% of the distance from each tweeter to your respective ear, so to s... | |
| It is 5 AM, Do you Know where Mikey Fremer is? I don't understand the OP busting on Fremer, who seems to listen quite a bit indeed and has been a stalwart champion of analog. | |
| Most high-quality loudspeakers are 4-Ohms Nope. Mine are 16 ohms! I prefer easy-to-drive speaks with high, stable impedance and high sensitivity. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Ghosthouse, unless she's dead, yes she'll enjoy the GT3 more than a Cayman! | |
| Soulution 710 Amplifier and 720 Preamplifier I'm with jwm...no SS can match the harmonic wholosity of a proper tube amp like the Lamms. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 2010 Porsche GT3...hooligan bliss, but with refinement! | |
| Pope Holland Tubes for Cary SLP98P what Cyclonicman said. I know Kevin Deal @ Upscale really likes the Popes, too. | |
| Cleaning horns on Avantgarde speakers? Microfiber cloth for dust, then use automotive wax once a year or so to protect the finish (am assuming the OP's speakers are just dusty, not dirty); must be careful not to grind in any abrasive dirt. Treat them just like an automotive finish (whi... | |
| What year did tube lose to SS I disagree with the premise of the question - tubes never "lost" to solid state, but were merely "outsold" by solid state, in much the way that Chevy outsells Porsche. Popularity does not equal victory, except in a commercial sense...it's rather a... | |
| Quality speakers that don't need tons of power Horns. Will allow you to experiment with amps on a qualitative, rather than quantitative, basis. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? To reply to the OP, the chief downsides of tube components are as follows:1) you will have less time for your wife/GF/etc., leading to resentments if they are at all insecure.2) your career will suffer as you spend way too much time listening to m... | |
| Choice: Avantgarde Duo Omega or JBL K2 s9800 Atmasphere, again, not a point of differentiation. However, I must admit that although I find the AGs image well in my setup near the wall, that sonic parameter is about 27,592nd on my list of sonic priorities. |