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| Best Amp and Pre-amp with silver transformers and silver wiring Art Audio Harmony Silver vs base Art Audio Diavolo. Tremendous amps and are competitive with the best 300Bs in the world. | |
| Has anyone successfully put their speakers in storage for an extended period of time? I had a pair of Infinity Kappas in storage twice for a few years. I remember reading that light is the enemy in terms of causing the speaker surrounds to break down. Those speakers are 26 years old and still going strong. | |
| Amicus Addendum to Tube Pre-Amp Thread by Hilde45 Addressing your questions here, lets start with balanced/XLR. If a unit/system is fully balanced, XLRs are superior. If the whole unit is not balanced, then there is a transformer that converts a single ended signal to an XLR. The quality of so... | |
| Are there any tube amps that don't give off any--- I don't think you are ever going to find an amp that runs totally cool. There is electric flowing through it and that is going to generate at least a little heatThe coolest amps are going to be class Ds no question but even they give off a little... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed Your current combination is relatively neutral. You could move to an MC275 which would help. That bring said, I am not sure if that if far enough. I have listened to the Electras driven by a C22 (warmer than your C2600) and MC275s bridged mono... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed Adding the Mc MEN220 is running separate software in that it is the Lyngdorf room correction and is a pricey solution at $4500. It is also not certain to solve your problem. I find Lyngdorf amps sound a little bright even with room correction e... | |
| Zu Speakers with Clarity Cap upgrade vs standard I have not heard the ClarityCap CMR upgrade with the Zus but I use CMRs in my speakers and they are a great cap. Very flat frequency response. Not warm, not bright. | |
| Anyone use Naim with Zu? Naim and Zu should be a good match. I have not heard them together explicitly but wold be shocked if they don't work well together. Naim gear tends to be warm and Zu performs well with warm amps. I have run Zu Essences with multiple Art Audio A... | |
| Which Rogue pre? Depends on your taste. The RP1 is going to be warm and tubey and is not the be all end all in terms of resolution. Good for the money but if you can afford and RP5, the RP5 is the better preamp. The RP5 is going to be more neutral. Resolution ... | |
| Musical fidelity M6SI problem. MF has switched distributors from that time period. That does make a meaningful difference. Don't get me wrong, you are still subject to the customer service associated with service centers as they have a contracted network. But that is a chall... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed Regarding amplification, not sure Parasound would be any warmer than your current Mc combo. It might be a hair more forward. Moot though. Mentally, it sounds like you are ready to dump the Focals. What you will find is that Spendor and Harbeth ... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed Spendors definitely can handle the music you like. They are tremendous speakers and much more natural sounding than the Focals. Sonus Faber and Habeth are also brilliant. Will work well with your Mc amp. Any one of the tree will resolve the issue.... | |
| Musical fidelity M6SI problem. I am a dealer for MF. I have never had a customer have that issue as described. Regarding customer service, that is defined by your dealer. I had a customer with a warranty claim. Focal Naim NA (the distributor) quickly provided me a service c... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? At a root level...the answer to profs question of "can you be truly happy in the long run with a small speaker" the answer is it depends on who you are. I am now at 8 years with small speakers and likely will not go back to floor standers any time... | |
| Anyone prefer EL34 over 300B? Atmasphere is spot on regarding sensitivity. Check out the SPL rating of every Tekton speaker conducted by Stereophile. They always show a noticeable reduction in the actual SPL rating vs. reported. This doesn't make the speakers bad in any way... |