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| 300B SET or EL34 SET I understand completely. When you hear something that you love, you want nothing else. Also get that everything in Europe is more due to VAT. I couldn't find an impedance measure on those speakers either but generally speaking, Tannoy's are gen... | |
| 300B SET or EL34 SET Other option beyond Audion - You could consider a few other options. There are other tubes in the 300B family that can deliver very similar mids with a bit more power. 300BXLS, 520B and the 320B XLS/842 are all very interesting tubes. Examples... | |
| Who has the best midrange 2A3 or 300B ? Terrible speaker to pair with a 300B or 2A3 unless you were to find a Push Pull. You might find a used unit from Opera Consonance that may meet your needs. The M100S Plus is a 22w Push Pull using 300Bs and is a darn good sounding amp. It would ... | |
| 300B SET or EL34 SET If speakers were properly matched to the amp, I don't think there is much of a difference in terms of bass performance between and EL34 and 300B. Both will be a bit flabby compared to SS, but neither is much better than the other. The 300B is th... | |
| 300B SET or EL34 SET Both tubes (EL34 & 300B) have a pronounced midrange profile but IMO (based on the amps I sell from Art Audio) is that the EL34 has a pronounced mid emphasis and the high's are a bit rolled off compared to say, a KT88. The 300B has a lush, alm... | |
| Recommended speaker for second system If he sells the HRSs, I would be interested. Does he have the stands? I always loved those speakers. Check out Monitor Audio Silver 100s. At $1050, they are on budget and brilliant. I would take the HRSs on trade, but my cheapest speaker woul... | |
| dissapointed - new LS50w's vs old PioneerFS52's/Luxman R113 - so far Kef's not so great? The LS50s take forever to break in. There is a dealer in Manhattan who refused to sell the floor model they have because they don't want to go through the pain of breaking them in again. I have listened to a new pair next to one that is fully br... | |
| Audio Troy Capital Audio Fest the good, the bad and the ugly! @pops thanks for the callout above. Really appreciate it. Since I was working the show, I didn’t get to many rooms but the guys next door to me at MC Audiotech had a really different speaker. I got to hear a couple different instrumentals on it... | |
| Is it even possible to set up a system in 12x12 room? I think you can get a system together that will sound pretty good if you accept limitations in terms of bass response. The biggest issue I have run into is not being able to get adequate space between the speakers (9' minimum is ideal) and distan... | |
| Who needs a Preamp?? My experience has been with the preamp stage of the PS Audio DSD vs. an Ayre K-5xeMP, PS Audio BHK and Art Audio Conductor. Hands down, the preamps deliver a better sounding signal with a more dynamic soundstage. Could just be the PS Audio, but ... | |
| speaker break in It will vary wildly from speaker to speaker. My experience on my speakers has been for the first 5-10 hours after install dynamic changes in volume within a piece of music are incoherent. Transitions from quiet to loud are poor. This has been t... | |
| New Preamp arrived.... Regarding your overall placement, proximity to the sidewall should be less of an issue but the imbalance with one side reflecting and the other not has to be interesting. I had a similar scenario in a home theater and move to a smaller satellite ... | |
| New Preamp arrived.... For non-permanent room treatments, reach out to Michael Green Audio. Michael is a friend and offered me some good advice as a consumer and as I have moved into the business. He specifically has a "Room-Tune" kit that consists of stuffed fabric p... | |
| New Preamp arrived.... Small tweaks would be appropriate to speaker placement. I found, that a small tweak to the toeing was necessary and I ended up closer to being aimed perfectly at my eating location where with the SS I was tied slightly in front of it. Eliminatin... | |
| New Preamp arrived.... Tubes can easily take 100 hours to burn in and start sounding like they will for most of their life. Also, don't even consider any critical listening for the first 20 minutes the unit is on. I have found with the two tube preamps I have owned t... |