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| speakers for first watt j2 Good point Al and now that you mention that my friend did have a concern with the J2 for the reason you gave, the decrease in power at lower impedances. | |
| speakers for first watt j2 I have a friend with the First Watt M2 amp driving a pair of Ref 3a reference L'integral with excellent results in a 20'X14' room. 25 watts which I believe is similar or the same as the J2. I second the above recommendation. He is bringing over hi... | |
| Quicksilver amps an appropriate match for Wilson Sophia? Allison2, the Silver 88 has just recently been discontinued to be replaced by a 120 watt amp using the Kt150 tube. I understand the price is lower as well. The advantage of the Silver 88 is it's lower output impedance which should work more evenha... | |
| KT 150 Amp Options Jgottget, you must of just missed out, it seems Rudge ordered a pair a week before you. I did speak with Mike Sanders concerning the differences other than the input/driver tubes used. Bigger transformers and more power but a higher output impedan... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... I also agree with Jwm concerning the Ken-Rad VT-231. For all the positive things I've read about them they are VERY microphonic in my experience and for the prices asked are not worth it. But if you INSIST I will gladly sell you a pair at a reason... | |
| Is it live or is it? zd542, your post reminds me, as if I'll ever forget, the experience of taking in Bach's Mass in B Minor with my wife and a friend and his wife that wanted to see a "classical concert". Bad choice! I had to contend with the kids and their giggling,... | |
| KT 150 Amp Options I just picked up the Silver 88s a few days ago for evaluation. My concerns were quickly laid to rest concerning a leading edge softening that I heard at the dealers. It seems the QS linestage was a major contributing factor to that impression afte... | |
| Is Vinyl Worth It Yes if you have a collection of records. Maybe if you don't. Yes, Tostadosunidos, that is right. Everytime I hear a great vinyl set-up it motivates me to consider getting my suspension (ugh) table up and running. I was again recently remotivated a... | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... Don't give up on those Sophias Abucktwoeighty. Their premium 6sn7s are rather pricey BUT they are hands down the most satisfying of all the 6sn7s I've used in my Supratek pre-amp and I've tried virtually all of them. Very linear with excellent ext... | |
| KT 150 Amp Options Please do Rudge along with your system. I'm planning on borrowing a pair from the dealer for an in home at the end of the month. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps I agree Rebbi that you should "stay put" unless given the opportunity to listen to another speaker without financial committment. All I can say is that the longer I live with the DeCapos the more I enjoy them. They are a VERY refined musically inv... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Pavpet sounds like she emptied the bank account before leaving you high and dry. What happened to your love affair with Wyetech? Is the amp all of a sudden junk or are they just not servicing it? Sorry to hear your bad experience but maybe you cou... | |
| KT 150 Amp Options Good luck Rudge, I feel quite confident you'll like them. At least there shouldn't be any negative surprises as they work with a wide variety of speaker loads. I'm fortunate that I have a dealer that allows me to take things home to listen before ... | |
| KT 150 Amp Options Well Charles I may be wrong with my suspicions. Sure would like to listen first hand, it's the only way to know for absolute sure. | |
| KT 150 Amp Options "For pure curiosity I'd love to hear the Quicksilver and the Audio Note Kit 300b SET in direct comparison with the De Capos."Me too Charles! It's so interesting you brought that up since I was so immersed in that thread and the final outcome and A... |