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| My journey to find a speaker + amp + setup for classical music (piano) Agree with Rauliruegas. Sub/mains separation is the most significant upgrade I have done in over 20 years on this hobby. Contrary to popular belief, the sub’s main goal is not to add magic to the low frequencies the mains might not reach to (wh... | |
| VINYL SUCKS! Once you get to a high-end digital system like Grim Audio MU1 streamer + Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC there is unfortunately no more role for Vinyl in my setup. I say unfortunately because I wanted Vinyl to win... I therefore organized a session with 3 ... | |
| WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD? I’ve owned the Sophia 3 for a couple of years. Enjoyable yes, great no. I’ve discovered afterwards far superior speakers such as the Lawrence audio double bass, cube audio Nenuphars and Soundkaos Vox3A. The sophia’s main weaknesses are a rather l... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure The Valvet E2se arrived last night. It’s still in early run-in mode but it’s potential with the Nenuphars it’s clear and exciting. Despite it’s 12W/8ohms rating it punches above its weight and features quite a stunning ‘presence’, reminding me t... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Thank you Stephen. I love the Elrog tubes but do most of my VR listening with the TAK300B (probably due to system tuning/preference). Keep us posted on your Linlai experience...The VR is amazing at driving my Lawrence Audio Double Bass or Albedo ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @stephendunn Keen to try your resistor solution for the VR L2iSE. Can you pls share model of resistor Vinnie recommended, how to install, any precautions etc. If you could add a photo that would be great. Thx! | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Thanks Riaa. It’s on his way... 🎶 My Sound|Kaos Vox3a are lined up for the Valvet, will also try it on the Nenuphars and revert with thoughts. | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I love what the VR does to the sound (particularly with the TAK300B valves) but now that my Nenuphars + subwoofer setup needs an active crossover to work at its best I tend to use the Icon. Bakoon vs SIT3 ... for me it’s like comparing a great bot... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Great speakers & great post. I exchanged my Nenuphars for a pair of Nenuphars monitors 10” + 1 Cube Audio Sub 12” (placed in the center, facing the listening position). To make things sweeter (thanks to Srajan) I got an Icon passive preamp w... | |
| First Watt SIT-3 preamp pairing advice For what is worth 2 notes I had stored in my files regarding the SIT3. Hope it helps Regarding the SIT3, an important point to note is that it has an extremely low gain (for a power amp) of only 11.5 db. Power amp gains are typically in the mid ... | |
| First Watt SIT-3 preamp pairing advice Hi Longinc - using Cube Audio Nenuphars 92db a marriage in heaven with the sit3 🍾 | |
| First Watt SIT-3 preamp pairing advice I have the mz2, a great preamp overall but not capable of driving the sit3 to its full splendor. Dynamic range & bass mgmt arr simply not as good as higher gain pre-amps. In my stable the VRossi L2i does a great job, the preamp section of a ... | |
| A stupid question for which there's no sensible answer. My experience in conceiving and installing ~50 hifi systems leads me to approach your question as follows:#1 get the magic triangle right: Room-Speakers-Amp. There is no such a thing as a great amp or amazing speakers. But there is definitely grea... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Sangbro: wonder about your long business trips around Asia (it must be tough having to do a 2-week confinement in a hotel room every time you change country) coupled with a couple of concerts a year in Vienna (how romantic)). You shops for ‘mid-ra... | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? If money is no issue separates can often reach a higher level of performance (think Vinnie Rossi L2 + Pass monoblocs) provided ancillaries are top notch. But some integrated (Ypsilon Phaeton, Bakoon amp13r) are absolutely splendid and costs -30/... |