tubegroover
Responses from tubegroover
| Is Audiophilia hereditary and or contagious? Audiophila CAN be about as close to religion as it gets. So far as your observations concerning psychosis Detlof accuracy/musicality, tubes/ss, sub sect pushpull/SET, sub sub sect Set/OTL, sub-sub-sub sect Telefunkens vs Tung Sols vinyl/digital, a... | |
| Tenor 75Wp monos & Amati Homage BWhite to answer your question they are power transformers not output transformers. The Berning in contrast uses a sophisticated high speed switching power supply, no transformer. Two entirely different designs top to bottom to be sure.Sonically, ... | |
| I recently emailed John Atkinson of Stereophile Macrojack writes "I went to a gas station recently that didn't sell "regular" gas. The choices were:Premium, Extra Premium and Ultra Premium. Grade inflation"Reminds me of a story a while back where the Russian Military ordered a bulk supply of co... | |
| Music Reference RM200 or David Berning ZH270? And Slowhand I should have a Sarah within the next few weeks, we shall compare notes! | |
| CAT SL-1 vs. ARC SP-10 I currently own the SL-1 Mk 1 with some upgraded (from CAT) parts to the power supply. It does not have stepped attenuation as does Swampwalker's and the SP-10. I have a friend that has the SP-10 Mk2 and have listened to it extensively several dif... | |
| Music Reference RM200 or David Berning ZH270? Please do let us know Slowhand. In addition to the stock amp there are other improvements that will greatly enhance its performance including upgrading the tubes among other things. Allan Bghan can help you with the "other things" and I would stro... | |
| Music Reference RM200 or David Berning ZH270? I can't comment on the Music Reference but it has gotten high marks by most listeners and appears to be a very good value at its price point. Now the Berning is something quite different from most tube designs in that is sounds more like a ss amp ... | |
| XRCDs WOW Warren, if you don't have it you must get the Sarah Vaughn "Send in the Clowns" with The Count Basie Orchestra. Great performance along with sonics. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Asa when I ordered mine I was told that it would be 3 months. To be honest I really didn't believe it as I expect that Mick is an optimist and I won't fault him for that. What I would fault him for is streamlining production at the expense of deli... | |
| Merlin VSM-M & TSM-M In Same System Hi JimI feel for a music system you really don't need anything more than a properly set-up pair of VSM's. The off axis dispersion of the Esotar and Scanspeak woofer are more than enough and I would think by adding additional speakers you would pro... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? I am absolutely amazed. Just about every great guitarist (Hendrix is my favorite, btw) has been mentioned except the late Chet Atkins. How can this great talent be forgotten? I'll bet if you asked the guitarists'listed above who the best is this m... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I agree Bwite. I have never heard a conditioner in my system that didn't have a signature. Power cords for the proper application are a better solution for filtering than conditioning devices IMO. I have gone the mile of putting in multiple dedica... | |
| ARC SP 10....how good is it really???? I wholeheartly agree with everything Jafox says, especially concerning the LS5, a great linestage indeed...BUT with proper mods I expect that the SP-10 can do it all at a reference level. Problem is at that point it may end up costing you 4K or mo... | |
| Audio Research sp 11 compared to the sp 10 btw Dave, don't expect that 10 to stay at 1100.00 by the end of the auction. If it is a Mk 2 it will end upwards of 2K most likely. A very desirable piece it is. | |
| Audio Research sp 11 compared to the sp 10 I have listened extensively to the SP-10 mk 2 with nos tubes in my system. I currently have a CAT SL-1 Mk 1 which is of the same vintage as the 10. Both are excellent pre-amps and were compared in a mid 80's Stereophile along with the SP-11 by Ant... |