wrm57
Responses from wrm57
| Klipsch Cornwall IV Timely discussion. A pair of Cornwall IV will arrive this week. I bought them looking for an alternative sound (low watt tubes, high-eff horn-like speakers) to my standard high watt, medium-eff cones and domes system. I’ll be trying them with my s... | |
| Has anybody had any reliability issues with VAC amplifiers? I owned a Phi 300.1a for six years or so without issue. VAC's Sentry Circuit was triggered a few times, shutting the amp down when a tube went bad, preventing possible damage and worse. I would not own this amp without that safety feature. I bel... | |
| Thoughts on Tube vs SS amplification for Sony SS AR1s I just discovered this fascinating thread! I have a new LX-380 coming to pair eventually with Cornwall IV. But until the CWs ship in a week or two, given the OP’s results with his Sony, I’m going to jump in and try the Luxman on my trusty PMC IB2i... | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year I like Stereophile's bench testing. While I don't put much faith in the rankings, etc., I do like having a source for tech data on various products. I don't buy measurements, of course, but I do like to see them. | |
| Low gain preamp options Another one to consider is the Herron. Keith makes them with switchable gain and will work with you to get the values you want. I auditioned the 360 last year. It's a nice piece, very well thought out and engineered. He's a terrific guy. | |
| Low gain preamp options List of desired features:<6dB gain <500 ohm output impedancetubed outputat least 2 sets of outputsbalanced in/out optional The LTA MicroZOTL preamp appears to check all your boxes. Looks like you can drop the gain by 10db, from 10-12db dow... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? For what it's worth, I have two Class A amps, a Reference Line Silver Signature (modded by Roger Modjeski, RIP) and a Plinius SA-103 (heavily modded by Vince Galbo Designs). Both put more than 100w into 8 ohms. I used to have Bryston 28B SST2, an ... | |
| Line Magnetic 845 Premium bias setting. Advice needed! Glad to hear it, mika! Thanks for letting us know. There's a good chance I'll pick up one of these myself. What speakers will you be using? | |
| Line Magnetic 845 Premium bias setting. Advice needed! mika, if you learn anything, please let us know. | |
| 1975 New Reflektor 6n23p SWGP or Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken Cca? I have around 30 pairs of Voskhod Rockets dated ’73 to ’85, bought as a lot more than a decade ago, before they caught on. While some years are better than others, they all share a family resemblance in my VAC Phi Beta preamp: clear, balanced, det... | |
| Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium - How quiet is it? Giving this a bump to see if anyone else will chime in. It is an awfully tempting unit. But I’ve heard tell of noise and dependability issues from a couple of owners, so I’d like to get more first-hand reports. | |
| Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium - How quiet is it? Thanks for the info. No, no units near me to audition. | |
| Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium - How quiet is it? Thanks, @goldprintaudio. Does "no excess noise" mean there's a baseline level of noise that I should expect? If so, how much?Also, have the 845 Prem or 219IA you’ve sold been pretty reliable? Any caps going bad, that sort of thing? Best,Bill | |
| Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium - How quiet is it? Thank you for the confirmation. It is as I suspected. Bill | |
| Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium - How quiet is it? That's really good to know. Hey, while I have you, @jlarryk , can you tell me how tall the amplifier unit is? Just the chassis with the tubes. Everywhere I look online, the amplifier unit is listed as being 460mm high. That's 18.1 inches just for ... |