tubegroover
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| NHT 2.9 vs. Thiel 1.5 (or other?) Woodmann is absolutely right. The NHT's require the best amplification. I am with him on their use with tubes. I am using all ARC tube amplification with the 2.5i's which are very similar to the 2.9's but lacking somewhat to the 2.9's ease in the ... | |
| Could someone explain the Pass Aleph 3?? Depends on the the speaker's efficiency, size of your room, damping in your room. You don't give enough information. If you have horn speakers (Klipsch) you can probably get away with 30 watts and be more than satisfied. Most probably for your app... | |
| Which ARC? - SP8, SP9 or SP11 I owned a modified SP-6A for 10 years before selling it. It had leaky eletrolytics and ARC wanted 800.00 to fix it! I currently have an SP-8 revision 3 (yellow capacitors) It is in my opinion much better than the 6, richer, better detail, better b... | |
| Audio Research glare You probably have a hybrid ARC. There is none of the glare you are referring to in the all tube designs prior to the D125 Classic series hybrid. | |
| cable recomendation I recently upgraded all single ended interconnects to Harmonic Technology Truth-Link. You can't go wrong with these cables. Very smooth and they bring everything into focus without obscuring any of the inner detail and harmonic structure of the mu... | |
| Speakers: all-time favorite I have to think that the Vandersteen 2 series has been both among the most successful and competent performers in its price class for people who are serious about music. I recently heard the 2Ce and 3 Signature series and it just reconfirms that n... | |
| best 2 channels power amp around $3k? The best 2 channel amp is a good used ARC amp. But who am I to say that, there are plenty of others with different experiences as noted above. To me the VT-100 amplifier at about 3-3.5K used Mint is about as good as it gets. I repeat again that I ... | |
| Alon 5 vs Vandersteen 3A Signatures vs ? I recently (Friday February 25) auditioned both the Vandersteen 2Ce and 3 Signature series. I owned a pair of the 2C's for many years and on a previous audition of the 3's (about 5-6 years ago) the only real difference I noted was that the mid bas... | |
| best amp for classe'sp25,nht 2.9 I am currently using litzline speaker cable and have just acquired Harmonic Technology Truth-Link interconnects which I like much better than the Cardas crosslink I had previously in the System. Due to the fact that you have A Classe pre-amp you a... | |
| best amp for classe'sp25,nht 2.9 I am not familiar with the classe' sp25. I currently own a pair of NHT 2.5i's. I am using an all tube amplification set-up consisting of ARC SP-8 pre-amp and ARC D-115Mk 2 amp. I have heard the NHT 2.9 in the showroom with Krell gear and I can tel... | |
| Spectral Amps and Legacy Speakers? Spectral Amps are very fast. I am not sure how the combo would work. I have heard the Legacy Classic, a fine speaker. I don't know what you are searching for. I have never found the Adcom to be described as "Warm" nor have I heard it sound warm in... | |
| tube amp help CJ,VAC, or VTL I am a big proponent of Audio Research although not familiar with VTL, I am familiar with the other two and both are "too tubey" ARC in my estimation combines the best of both solid state and tubes that is to say the transient attacks are quick li... | |
| Tube Amps with Vandersteen 2Ci's ??? Osideffs Don't worry about the bottom end with an ARC just make sure you have enough power a Classic 60 or better yet if you can afford it the VT-100 will provide more than enough bass definition if not the pure slam of a good solid state amp. You... | |
| Tube Amps with Vandersteen 2Ci's ??? I have heard both good solid state and good tube electronics on Vandersteen 2C's. The solid state was Threshold SA-1 100 watt mono amps pure class A with an ARC SP-11 Pre-amp. The tube set-up with the Vandy's was ARC M-100 mono amps driven by SP-8... | |
| VANDERSTEENS vs. THIELS Bennett As stated above in some of the other responses there is no substitution to listening in your own room with your current electronics. If that is not possible, try to bring your electronics to the stores where you can then audition in a fami... |