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| AUDIOVECTOR SPEAKERS Big soundstage and easy to drive. Build quality is excellent and they use some innovative technology. Unlike many speakers using an AMT, they are not even a little bright. Very natural. I have been flirting with an idea of signing up as a deal... | |
| New Scansonic MB2.5B vs older MB2.5 There is a huge shift from the MB2.5 Bs from the MB2.5s. The redesign made these speakers far more practical. The two major changes are that they don't need the silly amount of space they used to need. The MB1 Bs, 2.5 Bs and 3.5 Bs are all easy... | |
| Need a new amp If you are looking for new gear, you should check out the Art Audio Quartets which are a 45w 845 based mono-block. I ran them for almost 18 months and they are brilliant. There is a full review in Enjoy the Music that was done by Professor Micha... | |
| Disappointment with Pass Labs - I'm looking for something else A few options...Check out the Art Audio Opus 4. Tom designs all of his amps to work with horns as the core offerings are 300Bs and he is highly conscientious in terms of noise. The Opus 4 is a KT88 based unit and his gear will compare with Jadis... | |
| Looking For Established Person / Company That Repairs & Upgrades Amplifiers in the NY/NJ Best in the are is "The Service Department" in Bridgeport CT. That is about 30 miles across the NY Border. | |
| Best cost no object tube phono Like in your DAC thread, Ypsilon is insanely good but there are a million options for great tube phono stages. When you say cost not object, are we in the $25K-$50K range? Their stage with the right SUT is going to be at a best in world level. Key... | |
| The best cost no object tube DAC Lampizator makes awesome DACs. I have a few customers running them and they love how musical they are. The stock tubes stink so assume you are going to need to replace those to get the most out of it. This is a bit below what I would define as ... | |
| Pentode Power Tubes - Ultralinear vs Triode My experience is that when an amp is designed with a switch which literally alters the circuit, there is some compromise in one of the circuits. If the amp is setup primarily for Triode, the tetrode/pentode circuit won't sound as good as a pure c... | |
| Replacement for 802 D3s Have you looked at Wison Benesch? There are not a ton of dealers out there to help you with auditions but they are brilliant speakers and will be a bit more natural sounding than B&W. I would look at the A.C.T. One. Vivid Audio is not neces... | |
| Magico owners S1Mk 2 Can't say I have heard anything "chesty" in them. That being said, lean is not a word I would use but they were being driven by 450w amps. A buddy of mine has s5 mkiis and he is convinced that Magicos can't have too much headroom and the more po... | |
| Magico owners S1Mk 2 Not an owner but I have done the same as @erik_squires. I spent some time with them at a dealer. My experience was the speakers disappeared. They were standing next to Scansonics and Kaisers and I had to ask which speaker was playing. No locali... | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? The Yang (opposite) would probably be Chord or Krell. Switching power supply, error correction, much brighter sound profile. They are wonderful sounding with the right speakers. If you want a higher power alternative to Pass, AVM has a similar ... | |
| New speaker suggestion For speakers, I would check out the Focal Kanta 2s as they would be a good match with your pass gear. They are very detailed and I very much like the soundstage they deliver.the Magico A3s ought to be in that price range and could be interesting.... | |
| Focal Sopra 02 and Pass XA25? Sound profile of Pass with Focal will be awesome. 25w is going to be a little light to drive such large speakers. Overall, those speakers are efficient and just need an amp that thrives at low impedance. The issue is that they go pretty deep in... | |
| What is the best amp pairing you have personally made with the Klipsch La Scala AL-5 Art Audio Diavolo. It is a 300B based SET and has a very classic sound but is insanely quiet. This is a truly great amp. I am the importer of Art Audio so I am obviously biased but a classic sounding 300B SET will make them shine like the sun. ... |