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| Anyone tried the EAT 6922s in their preamp? Or replaced 6550s with the new KT 120s When I had my Octave I had TS 6550 solid grey and black plates (no holes). I also had SED 6550 and KT88's GL KT88 Russian reissue. Ei KT90's - Eat KT88 diamonds original GEC KT88 and TS KT120's. I would rank them from warmest sounding to most line... | |
| What Sensitivity with Tube Components? I agree with yogiboy - it's the speakers that are bright. As far as power I drove Dynaudio C1's with 40-70-110W Octave tube integreted's with no problem. BTW the C1's are rated at 85db. What I did notice is with each 'bump' up with power there was... | |
| Who has a micro 2.0 system? Check into a Naim Muso. Great sound from a small 'all in one'. | |
| Keep or sell In my opinion if you are looking to better the QB check into the Ansuz Mainz D8. If you get a chance to demo one make sure you use the best Ansuz power cord to go from the wall to the Mainz D8. If you are not familiar with Ansuz it's a sister comp... | |
| Where did you sink the most cash into? Speakers - IA/Pre/Pro source - cables - room treatments | |
| Dynaudio Upgrade? As you move up the Dynaudio line up there is more refinement. The Focus 160 will be a bit punchier and tipped up in the highs vs Contour or Confidence. Some will say the Contour and Confidence will sound a bit laid back in comparison. Me personall... | |
| Has anyone changed terminal connectors (RCA or spades) on Nordost speaker cable? Nordost will do it. Not sure what the cost is but they stay factory terminated cables. | |
| Dynaudio Upgrade? Yes it would be an upgrade. You do know that Dynaudio is discontinuing the passive Focus line but keeping the active XD's going | |
| wyred 500st mk11 and rel sub r528 Thanks Al - Guess I have been lucky | |
| Tube integrated with real bass. Does it exist? Inna - Just remember you can change the overall sound of a tube amp by swapping tubes. I never heard any 2 different manufacturers or types sound the same. They all have their own sonic signature. Example no 2 KT88's - EL34 or 6550 sound the same ... | |
| wyred 500st mk11 and rel sub r528 I moved the black wire to the chassis ground on the Avvik U300 and heard no difference. I'll leave it there since connecting to the speaker binding post may cause a problemAl - My Bad. I heard no difference because the tracks I played at the time ... | |
| wyred 500st mk11 and rel sub r528 I would strongly recommend that you do NOT make the common mistake, in the case of amps having balanced or bridged outputs, of connecting the black wire to a negative output terminal of the amp. Depending on the internal grounding configuration of... | |
| wyred 500st mk11 and rel sub r528 Connecting the red and yellow wires to the amps positive speaker posts is a high level input for the Rel. Not sure why they suggested using the lfe for ground. I have heard of problems with differential amps and/or class d. I had no problem with m... | |
| tube vs SS my own little test The V80 has better output transformers. Also the little tubes are easier to swap if you get into tube rolling. A friend had the V80 when I owned the V70se. I couldn't tell the difference in sound but he has different speakers and his room is a lot... | |
| Ansuz, Mainz D8 and cables Mordante - On Wed my local dealer and Lars K came to my home with the new Ansuz Diamond TC cables (to be shown at the 2016 CES). OMG I had no idea what my system was capable of. Adding 1 Dia TC power cord to the MainzD8 and digital cable brought m... |