charles1dad
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| What do you like most? Jazz or Classic? Agree with Spencer’s perspective. Instruments with far more overlap between Jazz and Classical music are piano, guitar, trumpet and double bass for example. More of a fair/relevant comparison of two great music genres and their respectively superb... | |
| If you love SET amplifiers, boy do I have speaker for you. Hi Bill., Ok I understand your objective, exploring the specific category of the 45 and 2A3 tubes. In that case the NSMT speaker seems an excellent place to start the process.Charles | |
| If you love SET amplifiers, boy do I have speaker for you. AricNumerous very established/highly respected SET manufacturers has written the same regarding DC versus AC heating. You are definitely on the right track in your findings/conclusions. Some believe that the 45, 50 and 2A3 ’may’ successfully allow... | |
| If you love SET amplifiers, boy do I have speaker for you. Hi Bill, Merry Christmas to you and your wife. I remember when you all left Indiana for Tennessee, 5 years already.? With all the hiking you’re doing through the Tennessee hills you must be fit as the proverbial fiddle 😊.I am happy to hear retirem... | |
| If you love SET amplifiers, boy do I have speaker for you. Hi Teajay, I've heard the LTA Micro used as a 1 watt integrated amp driving the Tekton Double Impacts. It was a good sound but bettered by Aric Audio 300b SET and the Coincident Frankenstein. I was pleasantly surprised by the result of a 6SN7 as ... | |
| If you love SET amplifiers, boy do I have speaker for you. Aric, Hi and I really appreciate your candor and advice. I'm a confirmed DHT SET aficianodo. However I've advised people that if you're going to utilize these special tubes, do it right. You are absolutely correct in that you can't skimp on the q... | |
| Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3? Hi B,If I am among those you're referring to, I do not own a Pass Labs amplifier. I'm just aware of their design objectives and the very conservative power rating method they employ. Charles | |
| Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3? Kosst_amojan,I agree with your calculations and reasoning. This is the point I was attempting to illustrate in my prior post. You can’t look at the XA 25 and conclude, "oh, it’s just a 25 watt amplifier " . There’s considerably more going on here ... | |
| BEST fullrange speaker drivers in existence, 4"-10" diameter range, and...Go! I would heed the advice of Johnk, his comment makes much sense and reflects wisdom. Cube Audio (Poland) produces very highly regarded 8" and 10" full range drivers. Not cheap but are considered world class quality. Charles | |
| Watts, and clarity. Orpheus10, Well stated. Power will not adequately substitute for a lack of needed quality. If it were simply about increased power then every manufacturer would just produce 1000 watt amplifiers and the "clarity" issue is resolved.Charles | |
| Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3? Gweedoargus,You have gotten some good responses and comments. I’m inclined to agree with those who have raised the very important consideration of ’sound quality ’ as compared to increased quantity (higher oower/more watts). The Pass Labs XA 25 is... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi Jafant, I would go so far as to say there's excellent audio components available from multiple continents and many countries. I find Thieliste's auditioning/assessments are very interesting and his wife's input is telling and insightful. Charles | |
| Thiel Owners Hi Thielliste, I'm impressed by your wife's taste and listening perspective (Based on previous discussion ). Which does she prefer between the CH Precision and Aries Cerat? Reading your comments I get the impression that the Aries Cerat draws a s... | |
| Hornshoppe "the Truth" preamp - any opinions? Hi Chris,In regard to the PRE low SPL performance, those stated SPLs seem pretty good to me as peaks of 60db is definitely low level listening levels (and you say the SQ remains good). With 60 db peak this would suggest that the ’average volume wo... | |
| Hornshoppe "the Truth" preamp - any opinions? Hi Chris,Thanks for the update report. So to be clear you have both copper wired and silver wired RCA inputs? I’m generally a silver wire (I.C and S.C.) type of guy but interesting the difference it makes (to the extent you describe) with your Tru... |