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| Do I really Need a Digital to Digital Converter? I think depends on source and connection. I source ethernet to dedicated mac mini to DAC via USB. Inserted Iris between mac mini via USB and now I2S to the DACs, Topping L90 and a Pontus II depending on music and mood. The Iris made a differen... | |
| Help this old rookie with speakers Used Forte IIIs or Chorus IIs will give you LaScala sound stage w/out space constraints. Then a small tube amp and you’ll enjoy the music! | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? A lot of great suggestions above. Personally I think speaker synergy is very important. My 10 watt Dennis Had Inspire SEP drives my 99 dB Klipsch beautifully, superb holographic sound stage. Everything sounds like being there! It takes my beefy... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? If on the fence, or not, do what I did…a big bold SS (vintage Crown DC 300 no less) with 5 foot tall 4 way vintage Infinity speakers in the BIG room (20 foot ceiling) for the big bold punchy party rock and roll and get the party started! Then when... | |
| Best Tube Amp for High Sensitivity Speakers: 45, PX25, or 300B? Look for a Dennis Had Inspire 300b. He builds each by hand one at a time, essentially made to order. Sells on ebay under radioman731. He built me a KT88 last summer, added a volume pot so I can stream directly to the amp, then straight to Klipsc... | |
| Is simpler better? Einstein said it best, “everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.” | |
| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? They’re hifi when they sound the way you want and you can listen for hours! I have the Forte III and while not the most expensive speakers I own, definitely hifi. | |
| High end speakers at low volume Klipsch Heratige, Forte, Cornwall or LaScala depending on your room, could even look at Khorn. I have Fote III and a low 10 watt SET KT88 Inspire amp, plenty of detail, spooky good stereo sound stage and dynamics at low volume. | |
| Amplifier circuitry-4 ohm vs 8 ohm Hmmm, I have two pair of Vienna Acoustics that are 6 ohm speakers and a simple EL34 amp with 8 ohm and 4 ohm taps. Thanks to the excellent posts above I am much better informed but more confused! VA support told me to run off the 4 ohm tap, but t... | |
| My Final System Build in Words & Pictures One word WOW! Ok, two words, PASSION and WOW!! Sorry, four words, PASSION, TALENT, SKILL and WOW!!!! | |
| horn or line array? LOL Infinity IRS IV (1988), or the more modern Genesis 1 vs Klipsch Jubilee (2022) = Alien vs Predator. For jazz, i’d go with Klipschorn AK6 and a high quality Dennis Had Inspire 300b SET amp, stick them in the corner and pick your favorite so... | |
| Focal 948 vs. Klipsch Cornwall recommendations? I have both Klipsch Forte IIIs (99 dB sensitive) and Focal Aria 926 (91.5 dB) in my reference system. Two tube amps, a Willsenton 300i 845 that’s 23 wpc (the beast) and Inspire KT88 SEP that puts out 10 wpc (the angel). With the Klipsch I can on... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i Have already contacted China HiFi, here’s their response, “ Vacuum tube power amplifier and transistor power amplifier are different. It's normal thatr hear the huming within 1-1.5m.” So…I believe it is a function of quality of parts, particula... | |
| Klipsch Speakers I own a pair of Forte IIIs, unmodified, and I've found best pairing for high efficiency Klipsch IMO are low power SET or SEP amps of high quality build. My Forte III's sound simply magical paired with a Dennis Had Inspire KT88 whether I run 6550s... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i Hi, I have two of VEB Rohrenwerk Neuhaus GDR NOS ECC83s, very similar to the RFTs, same collective ownership as RFT back in the day of communist East Germany. They are noisy in my Willsenton, with higher hum coming from the Forte's which are 99dB... |