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| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I find the results, based on my own experiences in this hobby, not too surprising in the least. What I have personally observed over my years comparing different components is not how they might differ in a "love me or leave me" comparison but ove... | |
| Perreaux Preamps That's funny Efron, I mean the "blow it away" part. Sorry to hear about your bad experience with CJ. BTW I have a Perreaux 2150B amp in my garage that requires some repairs I'm not too motivated to do. It is an OK amp but an older design. I would ... | |
| What's your OTL tube amp experience and suggestion? Not too sure about the SA-4, I was always of the understanding that they were one of the problematic designs. Agree that Atmasphere is certainly dependable and at least in my experience the Transcendent T-8 I owned without a hiccup. The Berning ZO... | |
| Upgrading path from Merlin VSM black magic I have no doubt that the BBAM may effect subjective and measured performance of the speaker well into the midrange region. I’m not convinced removing it and adding a well integrated sub or better two would be a negative at least in my recent exper... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Kevin to ME being an audiophile among other things unrelated to musical enjoyment is discerning subtle differences of a given component through all the variables and proceeding from THAT point. I've been an audiophile long before I ever heard the ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Yes there is probably some bias of "made in China" I freely admit my bias if for no other reason other than the fact of supporting USA and Canadian businesses when possible. As bpd24 pointed out, there are other USA manufacturers' that offer cutt... | |
| Upgrading path from Merlin VSM black magic I agree with you brf. You can just lose that BAM with a properly integrated sub system, at least I would give it a try. I know this move would have been considered sacrilegious to Bobby. The whole idea to me IS the BAM being cumbersome, adding mor... | |
| Upgrading path from Merlin VSM black magic Have you considered adding a sub or two? It might flesh out the mid/upper bass as well as open up the Soundstage without losing the attributes you like. Certainly worth a try. The Rels were always mentioned with Merlin. I too found the Merlins lea... | |
| What are the more subtle sounding tube preamps? Yes, the older CJs and a few if not all ARC preamps might be described as phat or a bit lush but I never felt that a bad thing necessarily, opaque as well on some of the budget CJs of that era. I have a vintage CJ PV9a that has been extensively up... | |
| Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used. Where does all your knowledge come from dude? You are simply amazing."I had too much to dream last night, too much to dream"Great thread otherwise, I really have enjoyed the varying comments. | |
| Best Subwoofer To Use With A Two Way Speaker System I have a pair of REL Strata IIIS with Decapos. Agree with Chlv0ter, adding a 2nd sub was as significant as adding the 1st one and not just for bass performance but overall smoothness, dynamics and clarity, just more musically convincing. These REL... | |
| VAC vs Conrad Johnson Amps? Prof There is a gentleman selling both a VAC 200 and Premier 12 monos on Agon. You may want to PM him directly for his impressions on both. In any case good luck with your quest. | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil Abrew how deep does the trench need to be? I’d be a bit concerned about the foundation, wouldn’t you? Would definitely require a structural engineer to do the calculations and further analysis to determine pro/con. Sure would make for a great rabb... | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil I personally believe there are certainly more important things to focus on to realize system improvements than 100.00 fuses and keeping cables off the ground. I have witnessed some philes directing too much attention on factors that realize less b... | |
| thinking of switching from conrad johnson...... AMEN Bill. Sometimes I'm quite suspicious that people speak of what they know not. CJ is certainly not "long in the tooth", total nonsense. |