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| Best Solid State for Avalon Isis No Diamonds, the earlier version. Since I've owned the Eidolons almost every change to the system seems magnified compared to the lesser speakers I was monkeying around with when I was looking for my direction.Starting with a 35 then a 75 watt ste... | |
| Best Solid State for Avalon Isis Cpcorreia, I think the Isis may a bit of an easier load than the Eidolons. FWIW, I just began using a pair of Carver AT180Ms 180-230 watts with my Eidolons. The presentation is definitely not your typical tube amplifier. These things have a very g... | |
| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? Here you go.http://www.bobcarver.com/If you're reading this and rolling your eyes right now its quite understandable. The fact is, if you love your difficult to drive dynamic speakers as well as the presentation that only tubes can give-but the th... | |
| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? "actually i have a difficulty to match speaker systems with."What's the difficulty? What speakers? What preamplifier? What source? Budget?Amplifier suggestions without any system information, clever. | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly Thankful, reading the thread and your tube amplifier comparisons. Are you still happy with the 180s? Is there any new likes or dislikes to report? | |
| Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better?? ["07-23-12: AtmasphereBut to say that they sound better is another thing! Even with the highly inaccurate speakers that are common with music amplifiers, the lack of authority that class D brings to the party is obvious- a good tube amp, class A o... | |
| Tube guy gets a B&K: tubes vs solid state You should see if you could audition the Medusa. I think this may be the presentation you're looking for.http://www.rogueaudio.com/Products_Medusa.htm | |
| Best ampli for Avalon Time I'm an Eidolon / Velodyne user. My solid state experience is limited to an Ayre V-1xe and more recently enjoyed some NuForce class D mono blocks for different reasons. Both have since been sold.I recently heard the Sanders Magtech driving a pair o... | |
| Power conditioning for digital gear AND tube amp? Have you done any improvements on your dwellings VAC such as a higher amperage dedicated breaker/s with corresponding wire gauge, possibly uninterrupted BX metal clad from breaker to receptacle? | |
| Rogue M-180 vs BAT vk150se I was looking at the same amplifiers to drive my Eidolons and settled on these because of their power, ability to handle difficult loads, build quality and location, and features. Read the Olsher review carefully especially the chapter, "The Circu... | |
| PASS Labs x350.5 vrs. Parasound JC1 I'd call this a substantial endorsement.http://www.empiricalaudio.com/about-empirical-audio/ | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? Switching from Paradigm Studio 100 speakers to Avalon Acoustics Eidolon speakers with no change in electronics created a huge improvement in low level listening.Initially, it seemed like the Eidolons provided better low volume bass. After further ... | |
| Jeff Rowland tour fascinates Thanks for sharing."I have owned and greatly admire but is in no way superior to the Rowland gear."Very interesting assessment, good for you. During the demo what kind of speakers were being used and did you see any other speakers at the facility? | |
| Bob Carver LLC Black Beauty Review Teajay, thanks for responding to my hack criticism so graciously. In hindsight my criticism read a bit too gruff for my own taste, I apologize.1) Excellent, that's exactly what I wanted to know and 4) yes, I can't imagine both ARC and VTL have str... | |
| Bob Carver LLC Black Beauty Review Teajay, I'd like to offer some, what I hope is, some constructive criticism. As a prospective buyer of this amplifier your review leaves me with a few unanswered questions. For example you listened to the amplifier and I'm left with this unanswere... |