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| What's your favorite lyric from a song? I want to rock your gypsy soul. | |
| Zu Soul "Superfly" with Cary CAD-805's I tried them with the 8 and 16 ohm taps. My ears couldn't hear much difference, but I have the older 805Cs. Maybe the newer Cary 805s would have more differentiation. Also, FWIW, my first experience hearing the Druids, they were powered by a Ya... | |
| Zu Soul "Superfly" with Cary CAD-805's While I don't have direct experience with the Superflys, I tried Druids for a short time with my Cary 805Cs. While I am very fond of both the 805s and Druids, they did not work well together. I find that both these particular amps and speakers h... | |
| Broken tube on Art Audio Carissa 825 amp I can't help with how to extract the tube pieces from the amp, but I found that swapping out the 12BH7 tubes with NOS RCA's on my Carissa made a dramatic improvement. Make sure you replace both. | |
| Shuguang 845B or Psvane 845 Hi-Fi series tubes I'm not sure how the "new" 845 tubes compare to the Shuguangs, but thetubestore.com still has 845Bs if you decide to stick with those. They probably aren't as inexpensive as you found on ebay; however, as you metnion, they are getting tougher to f... | |
| Usher Be 718 or Dynaudio C1 I've heard them both, but on different occasions with plenty of time elapsed in between. I remember being very impressed with the C1s, while the Ushers seemed just ok. You might want to check out the 'Storm of a Difference' portion of this review ... | |
| Dynaudio C1 II vs Focal Micro BE vs Harbeth SHL5 Thanks for the responses from everyone. I didn't mean to hijack the thread, but this is very helpful should I ever decide to pursue a different path in the future. | |
| Dynaudio C1 II vs Focal Micro BE vs Harbeth SHL5 Xti16 and Michael,I've heard that the Octave / Dynaudio makes a fantastic combo. Do either of you have thoughts about whether Cary 805Cs would have enough power for the Dynaudios at 50 wpc? It's down a bit from what you both use. I'm not serious a... | |
| Dynaudio C1 II vs Focal Micro BE vs Harbeth SHL5 Michael,Thank you for your insightful and comprehensive assessment. I would probably own C1s if I didn't like my SHL5s so much. Just a couple of questions. Did you feel that the Cary SLI-80 had enough power for the C1s? Also, what was the rational... | |
| Advice on stand mount speakers I second the Dynaudio C1. Also, I'm having good luck with Harbeth SHL5 in a room roughly that size with a pair of Cary 805Cs. | |
| Best choice for new Dynaudio Excite X12 I heard them sound great with a Wadia 151 PowerDAC at an audio show. | |
| Where did you go after Harbeth? Hi Sébastien,It's not surprising that the SHL5s quickly run out of steam with only 8 watts. The Cary 805Cs are rated for 50 watts. Also, there are other manufacturers of 845-based SET amps that put out more than the typical single-watt ratings of ... | |
| Where did you go after Harbeth? Hi Sébastien,Count me as one of those that moved up the Harbeth line rather than to a different brand. I recently replaced a pair of Compact 7s with SHL5s. I'm getting great sound from a pair of Cary 805Cs. That might be one route to consider if y... | |
| Harbeth SHL5 Make sure you give the audition plenty of time. When I first changed from the Gallos to the Harbeths, I preferred the Gallos. The Gallos sound more spectacular during short auditions and quick A-B comparisons. On the other hand, you'll be suprised... | |
| Harbeth SHL5 I 'upgraded' from Gallo 3.0s to Harbeth Compact 7s a few years ago. I selected the Compact 7s over HL5s due to room size. In my opinion both Harbeths and Gallos are excellent speakers, and it's hard to go wrong with either.They are very different,... |